Tuesday, March 17, 2009
March 17: What a Day
432 St Patrick is carried off to Ireland as a slave
1521 Ferdinand Magellan discovers the Philippines
1755 Transylvania Land Co. buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief
1756 St. Patrick's Day 1st celebrated in New York City at Crown and Thistle Tavern
1762 1st St. Patrick's Day parade in New York City
1845 Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London
1861 Italy declares independence; Kingdom of Italy proclaimed
1868 Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued
1871 National Association of Professional Baseball players organized
1905 Eleanor Roosevelt marries Franklin D. Roosevelt in NY
1932 German police raid Hitler's Nazi-headquarters
1941 National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. opens
1942 General Douglas MacArthur arrives in Australia to become supreme commander
1944 Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke
1945 Monte E Wilson, Jr. weds Billie Lynn Webb
1959 Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India
2002 Death of Billie Webb Wilson
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2 comments:
I knew the last one, but didn't realize (or remember) that it was also their anniversary!
While mom was not conscious those last days, I do think she somehow knew their anniversary date was approaching, and held on to that very day.
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