Gary Sinise 1955 - Actor ("C.S.I: NY")
- 0461 - Bishop Patrick, St. Patrick, died in Saul. Ireland celebrates this day in his honor. (More about St. Patrick's Day)
- 1756 - St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in New York City for the first time. The event took place at the Crown and Thistle Tavern.
- 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.
- 1969 - Golda Meir was sworn in as the fourth premier of Israel.
- 1973 - The first American prisoners of war (POWs) were released from the "Hanoi Hilton" in Hanoi, North Vietnam.
- 1989 - A series of solar flares caused a violent magnetic storm that brought power outages over large regions of Canada.
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