March 17 history: Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India, US approves first Chickenpox vaccine, and more

 | Updated: Mar 17, 2021, 09:43 AM IST

Here's what happened today in history

1845

British inventor Stephen Perry patents rubber band

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1959

Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India

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1969

Golda Meir becomes first female PM of Israel

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1992

Apartheid in South Africa comes to an end

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1995

US FDA approves first Chickenpox Vaccine

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