March 17
| 1776 | British forces evacuate from Boston to Nova Scotia. | |
| 1905 | Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, marries Franklin D. Roosevelt in New York. | |
| 1985 | President Ronald Reagan agrees to a joint study with Canada on acid rain. | |
| 1992 | White South Africans approve constitutional reforms giving legal equality to blacks. | |
| Born on March 17 | ||
| 1846 | Kate Greenway, painter and illustrator (Mother Goose). | |
| 1919 | Nat “King” Cole, American jazz pianist and singer. Nathaniel Adams Coles (March 17, 1919 – February 15, 1965), known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American singer who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. He was widely noted for his soft, baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres, becoming a major force in popular music for three decades. Cole was one of the first African Americans to host a national television variety show, The Nat King Cole Show, and has maintained worldwide popularity since his death from lung cancer in February 1965. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0170713/ Adopted woman discovers her grandfather was Nat King Cole http://dailym.ai/1DxXJ30 via @MailOnline | |
