Today in History(17th March 2016)

461 A.D Saint Patrick dies

American Revolution
1776 British evacuate Boston

Automotive
1834 Auto pioneer Gottlieb Daimler born

Civil War
1863 Battle of Kelly’s Ford, Virginia

Cold War
1990 Lithuania rejects Soviet demand to renounce its independence

Crime
2011 Clark pleads guilty in Yale grad student slaying

Disaster
1906 Earthquakes kill more than 1,200 in Taiwan

General Interest
1762 First St. Patrick’s Day parade
1776 The British evacuate Boston
1901 Van Gogh paintings shown

Hollywood
2000 Julia Roberts collects $20 million for Erin Brockovich

Literary
1894 Novelist and playwright Paul Green is born

Music
1958 The Champs’ “Tequila” is the #1 song on the U.S. pop charts

Old West
1804 Jim Bridger born

Presidential
1905 Franklin Roosevelt marries Eleanor Roosevelt

Sports
1902 Bobby Jones is born

Vietnam War
1964 National Security Council reviews situation
1970 Results of Peers investigation announced

World War I
1917 Shakeup in French government

World War II
1940 Todt named Reich Minister for Weapons and Munitions