Today in History in 461 St. Patrick, the patron Saint of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend); in 1756 St. Patrick’s Day was first celebrated in New York City at the Crown & Thistle Tavern; and in 1973 Queen Elizabeth opened the new London Bridge.
Our on this day in history archives contain over 200,000 events, birthdays and deaths from 6,000 years of history. Here is a roundup of a few of them:
Historical Events
45 BC - In his last victory, Julius Caesar defeats the Pompeian forces of Titus Labienus and Pompey the Younger in the Battle of Munda.
432 - St Patrick aged 16 is carried off to Ireland as a slave (traditional date)
1521 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines
1756 - St Patrick's Day 1st celebrated in NYC at Crown & Thistle Tavern
1898 - 1st practical submarine submerges of Staten Island, New York City for 1 hour 40 minutes in test runs by engineer John Philip Holland.
1901 - A showing of seventy-one Vincent van Gogh paintings in Paris, 11 years after his death, creates a sensation.
1939 - Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945): The Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and the Japanese breaks out.
1944 - John Sebastian, singer (Loving Spoonful, Welcome Back Kotter), born in NYC, New York
1944 - Pattie Boyd, English photographer and author (Mrs George Harrison/Mrs Eric Clapton)
1949 - Patrick Duffy, Townsend Mont, actor (Bobby-Dallas, Man from Atlantis)
1951 - Kurt Russell, actor (Thing, Overboard, Mean Seasons), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
Famous Weddings
1905 - Eleanor Roosevelt (20) marries Franklin D. Roosevelt (23) later 32nd US President in New York, & given away by her uncle, 26th President Theodore Roosevelt
1944 - Actor Charlton Heston weds Lydia Clarke
1955 - Erotic writer Anaïs Nin marries actor Rupert Pole at Quartzsite, Arizona, while still married to her first husband
1961 - Actor Christopher Lee (38) weds actress Gitte Lee (25)
1966 - The Who drummer Keith Moon (19) weds model Kim Kerrigan (18) at Brent Registry Office
Famous Divorces
2008 - Musician Paul McCartney (65) divorces former model and anti-landmines campaigner Heather Mills (40) on the grounds of unreasonable behavior
Famous Deaths
461 - St Patrick, patron St of Ireland, dies in Saul (according to legend)
1853 - Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist, dies at 49
1956 - Irene Joliot-Curie, French physicist, Nobel laureate, dies at 58
1993 - Helen Hayes, actress (Airport), dies of congestive heart failure at 92
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