March 17

On This Day In History
	1992: Vote to end apartheid On this day in 1992, nearly 69 percent of white South African voters backed F.W. de Klerk's reforms—which included the repeal of racially discriminatory laws—and effectively endorsed the dismantling of apartheid.
South Africa
Biography Of The Day
	Mia Hamm Two-time FIFA Women's World Player of the Year Mia Hamm, born this day in 1972, was the first global star in women's football (soccer), retiring with 158 goals in international play—the most by any player, male or female.
American footballer (soccer player) Mia Hamm dribbling during FIFA Women's World Cup competition
More Events On This Day In History
1938	1938 Poland issued an ultimatum to Lithuania in an attempt to settle the territorial dispute over the city of Vilnius.
	1917 Nat King Cole, an American musician who first came to prominence as a jazz pianist but who reached enormous popularity with his warm, relaxed, somewhat breathy-voiced ballad singing, was born.
	1905 Eleanor Roosevelt, niece of President Theodore Roosevelt, married her distant cousin Franklin D. Roosevelt, later U.S. president.
	1861 In Turin, Italy, after more than 10 years of revolution led by such figures as Giuseppe Garibaldi, a parliament assembled and officially proclaimed the unified Kingdom of Italy.
1776	1776 British General William Howe evacuated Boston after a successful siege by American revolutionaries led by General George Washington.
	461 St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, died this day in 461, according to legend, and now his feast day is celebrated widely in Ireland and the United States.