HISTORY-432-Saint Patrick, age 16, is captured from his home in Great Britain by Irish pirates and taken as a slave to Ireland
EXPLORERS-1521 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines
CELEBRATIONS 1756-St. Patrick’s Day is first celebrated in New York City at the Crown and Thistle Tavern
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