Today In History
Today is Thursday, March 17, the 76th day of 2022. There are 289 days left in the year. This is St. Patrick’s Day.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1762: New York held its first St. Patrick’s Day parade.
ON THIS DATE
› 1776: The Revolutionary War Siege of Boston ended as British forces evacuated the city.
› 1905: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt married Franklin Delano Roosevelt in New York.
› 1941: The National Gallery of Art opened in Washington, D.C.
› 1942: Six days after departing the Philippines during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur arrived in Australia to become supreme commander of Allied forces in the southwest Pacific theater.
› 2003: Edging to the brink of war, President George W. Bush gave Saddam Hussein 48 hours to leave his country. Iraq rejected Bush’s ultimatum, saying that a U.S. attack to force Saddam from power would be “a grave mistake.”
› 2010: Michael Jordan became the first ex-player to become a majority owner in the NBA as the league’s Board of Governors unanimously approved Jordan’s $275 million bid to buy the Charlotte Bobcats from Bob Johnson.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
The former national chairwoman of the NAACP, Myrlie Evers-Williams, is 89. Former astronaut Ken Mattingly is 86. Singer-songwriter John Sebastian (The Lovin’ Spoonful) is
78. Actor Patrick Duffy is
73. Actor Kurt Russell is
71. Country singer Susie Allanson is 70. Actor Lesley-Anne Down is
68. Actor Mark Boone Jr. is 67. Actor Christian Clemenson is 64. Former basketball and baseball player Danny Ainge is 63. Actor Arye Gross is 62. Actor Vicki Lewis is 62. Actor Casey Siemaszko is 61. Actor Yanic Truesdale is 53. Rock musician Melissa Auf der Maur is
50. Olympic gold medal soccer player Mia Hamm is 50. Rock musician Caroline Corr (The Corrs) is
49. Actor Amelia Heinle is 49. Country singer Keifer Thompson (Thompson Square) is 49. Actor Marisa Coughlan is 48. Country musician Geoff Sprung (Old Dominion) is 44. Reggaeton singer Nicky Jam is 41. Pop/rock singer-songwriter Hozier is 32. Actor John Boyega is 30. Olympic gold medal swimmer Katie Ledecky is 25. Actor Flynn Morrison is 17.