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