History for March 17
History for March 17 - On-This-Day.comRoger Brooke Taney 1777 - Fifth Chief Justice of the United States
- 0461 - Bishop Patrick, St. Patrick, died in Saul. Ireland celebrates this day in his honor. (More about St. Patrick's Day)
- 1766 - Britain repealed the Stamp Act that had caused resentment in the North American colonies.
- 1884 - In Otay, California, John Joseph Montgomery made the first manned, controlled, heavier-than-air glider flight in the United States.
- 1930 - In New York, construction began on the Empire State Building. Excavation at the site began on January 22.
- 1959 - The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) fled Tibet and went to India.
- 1989 - A series of solar flares caused a violent magnetic storm that brought power outages over large regions of Canada.
- 2004 - NASA's Messenger became the first spacecraft to enter into orbit around Mercury.
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