Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 17
On March 17:
- 1756 - St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in New York City for the first time.
- 1941 - The National Gallery of Art was opened in Washington, DC.
- 1959 - The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, fled Tibet for India.
- 1969 - Golda Meir became the fourth Prime Minister of Israel.
- 1985 - The "Night Stalker" commited his first two Los Angeles murders.