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1762 The first St Patrick's Day parade was held in New York.
1845 Elastic bands were patented by Stephen Perry of a London rubber
company.
1846 * Kate Greenaway, English illustrator.
1899 The classic Neapolitan song 'O Sole Mio!' was published by E.
di Campa and G. Capurro.
1917 * Nat(aniel Adams) 'King' Cole, legendary US singer and
pianist.
1934 * Rudolf Nureyev, Russian-born ballet dancer who defected to
the West in 1961.
1939 * Robin Knox-Johnson, The first solo round the world yachtsman.
1942 General Douglas MacArthur became supreme commander of Allied
forces in the southwest Pacific.
1949 * Patrick Duffy, US actor, best known for playing 'Bobby Ewing'
in the TV series Dallas.
1954 * Leslie Ann Downe, English actress who appeared in the TV
series Upstairs, Downstairs.
1957 British European Airways withdrew 25 Viscount 701s following
the fatal Manchester air crash.
1963 Mount Agung on Bali erupted, killing almost 2000 people.
1968 A huge demonstration was held in London over the US involvement
in the Vietnam War.
1969 Golda Meir was sworn in as prime minister of Israel.
1978 The oil tanker Amoco Cadiz ran aground off the coast of
Brittany.
1988 Nigel Short won the chess Euwe memorial tournament in
Amsterdam.
2003 US President Bush delivered an ultimatum to Saddam Hussein,
'leave Iraq within 48 hours or face an attack'.
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