J. J. Jackson(one of the five original MTV video jockeys)–
Andre Norton(science fiction/fantasy writer)–
Oleg Cassini(fashion designer who created the Jackie look, the signature wardrobe created for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the early 1960s)–
Events
On this day, St. Patrick died. As a boy, Patrick was captured and carried off from Britain to Ireland tend sheep. After six years, he escaped. Later, he to Ireland and spread the word of Christianity. –
The Transylvania Land Company bought what became the state of Kentucky for $50,000, from a Cherokee Indian chief –
British Army evacuated Boston –
The rubber band was patented by Stephen Perry –
John Phillip Holland launched first modern submarine off Staten Island, NY –
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt and Franklin D. Roosevelt were married –
Camp Fire Girls established –
The National Gallery of Art was dedicated in Washington, D.C. –
Gen. MacArthur arrived in Australia to assume supreme command of the Allied forces (WW II) –
Battle of Iwo Jima ended with U.S. victory (WW II) –
The University of California (Berkeley) announced the development of californium, a new element with the atomic number 98 –
Vanguard I spacecraft launched by U.S. at Cape Canaveral –
USS Skate first submarine to surface at North Pole –
UN conference of the Law of the Sea opened at Geneva, Switzerland –
Paroxysmal eruption of Mt. Agung in Bali –
A Milwaukee, Wisconsin, high school teacher, Golda Meir, took office as Israel’s 4th Prime Minister –
One of the worst oil spills in history occured when supertanker Amoco Cadiz broke in two off the Brittany coast in France, dumping more than 223,000 tons of crude oil into the sea –
Julie Croteau first woman to play NCAA baseball –
1,263 people dressed as leprechauns (in Bandon, Ireland), setting a world record –
Weather
Snowstorm central and SW Tennessee; Memphis got 18.5 inches –
Fifty degrees below zero F, Snake River, Wyoming –
