• 1756 - St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in New York City for the first time.
• 1941 - The National Gallery of Art was opened in Washington, DC.
• 1959 - The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, fled Tibet for India.
• 1969 - Golda Meir became the fourth Prime Minister of Israel.
• 1985 - The "Night Stalker" commited his first two Los Angeles murders.

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