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Instructions:
1. Go to Wikipedia.
2. In the Search box, type your birth month and day (but not year).
3. List three events that happened on your birthday.
4. List two important birthdays and one interesting death.
5. List one holiday or observance (if any).

March 17
Events

• 1756 – St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in New York City for the first time (at the Crown and Thistle Tavern).
• 1805 – The Italian Republic, with Napoleon as president, becomes the Kingdom of Italy, with Napoleon as King.
• 1845 – The rubber band is invented.

Births

• 1231 – Emperor Shijo of Japan (d. 1242)
• 1964 – Rob Lowe, American actor

Deaths

• 180 – Marcus Aurelius, Roman emperor (b. 121)
• 493 – Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland

Holiday (I did a few because I didn’t want to be obvious)

• Boston, Massachusetts – Evacuation Day
• Ancient Rome – the second day of the Bacchanalia in honor of Bacchus
• And, of course… Feast day of St Patrick: a public holiday in Ireland (National feast) and Montserrat, widely celebrated in North America and worldwide (see St. Patrick’s Day)

Thanks, !