1753 – 1st official St. Patrick’s Day.
1755 – Transylvania Land Company buys Kentucky for $50,000 from a Cherokee chief.
1836 – Texas abolishes slavery.
1845 – Bristol man, Henry Jones, patents self-raising flour.
1845 – Rubber band patented by Stephen Perry of London.
1854 – 1st park land purchased by a US city, Worchester, Mass.
1868 – Postage stamp canceling machine patent issued.
1884 – John Joseph Montgomery makes 1st glider flight, Otay, California.
1898 – John Phillip Holland achieves successful test runs of the first modern submarine off Staten Island.
1926 – Richard Rogers & L Hart’s musical “Girl Friend” premieres in NYC.
1961 – NY DA arrests professional gamblers who implicate Seton Hall players.
1963 – Bob Cousy plays his last NBA game.
1987 – IBM releases PC-DOS version 3.3.
1988 – Highest scoring NCAA basketball game; Loyola-Marymont 119, Wyoming 115.
1991 – NJ raises turnpike tolls 70%.
1992 – 18th People’s Choice Awards: Kevin Costner & Julia Roberts win (Dramatic Motion Picture) and Bill Cosby & Candice Bergen win (TV).
1994 – It is announced there is no smoking in Cleveland Indians new ballpark.
1997 – CNN begins Spanish broadcasts.
2008 – New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer resigns after a scandal involving a high-end prostitute. David Patterson becomes acting New York governor.
2103 – 60th ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament: Miami beats North Carolina, 87-77.
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