Template:Selected anniversaries/March 17

March 17 - St. Patrick's Day, Sean Cassidy's birthday

2004: Cain suggests Manuel deserves to get out of the Box. Pete lets people know that he's off on a job. Bobby comes back to the school.

2005: Sean and Terry get into a shouting match on the grounds; Terry finds Alison for a talk about being a misunderstood teenager. Jubilee sends Amanda a Fat-O-Gram as a way of making the other girl speak to her; it works and they establish some groundrules for a possible friendship. Thermopylae: Mick Foley surprises Madelyn, and they discuss the mission; Scott and Alison have a tactical strategy meeting; Nathan and Anika arrange to have Kyle meet Mick and Tim, and the; former Mistra folks share one last drink together; Madelyn makes dinner for Jubilee, and tells her about her upcoming absence; Mick comes to meet Alison, and they have a small successful powers experiment. Angelo meets with Samson, and talks about his concerns for Paige. Kitty and Jamie talk about her troubles with her parents and their future. Alex comes across Shiro practicing with his new katana, and Shiro drags him off to meet Jean, which does not go well.

2006: Clean Slate: Amanda and Remy go to Muir Island for treatment - Amanda for her migraines, Remy for his leg. Nathan sneaks down to the office for coffee, Angelo catches him, then another precognitive fit ensues. Scott reminds the team to file their personal mission reports.

2007: Kaiten: Angelo's information leads the FBI to Devlin, but Ash's gang gets word of the raid and Angelo and Garrison have to help stop them whilst Ororo's team tries to get there; Scott decides he doesn't want to kill innocents (and Jean) when he explodes, so he knocks Jean out and steals a seaplane, heading for open sea off the coast of Florida; a second team of X-Men take down a Preservers cell in Mexico, but not without casualties, including the Blackbird; the Mexico team manages to capture the bomb-maker, with the help of a vacationing Cain, and they head for the base where Scott is; Cain divebombs Scott's plane with the bomber in tow, and forces him to reverse what he did, which kills him; the students wonder about the damage to the plane and their teachers; Jean is furious at Scott for leaving her, and rants to several people; Cain returns to the school. Marie-Ange posts about leaving a scarf in Forge's car, much to Amanda's concern when she emails Marie-Ange later. Several people comment on the unseasonably cold weather.

2008: Crystal meets with Scott about Nori, and brings up her concerns about the focus of the school not being the students. Jan and Kurt talk about Kurt's father. Jean and Scott talk about his future and his dissatisfaction with being headmaster. Terry complains about having a test on St Patrick's Day; Jennie posts drunk from her phone. Nathan is pensive watching Henry V and Amanda warns Jay off teasing him so close to the Youra anniversary.

2009: Catseye is curious about the precious book Lil is trying to read. Jay and Sam talk again and manage to resolve some of their differences. Cammie encounters Manuel in the kitchen and isn't happy about his perception of her mood. Zanne offers Callie a job helping out on the grounds. Scott shows Jean his new project for the summer, a new car restoration, and she is suitably pleased; Julian is embarrassed to encounter the pair after Jean shows just how pleased she was. St. Patrick's Day: Jennie posts about encountering a drunken man in the elevator; Vanessa and Adrienne celebrate St. Patrick's in Vanessa's old neighbourhood; Mark texts drunk; Logan goes out in an attempt to avoid thinking about Jean too much; Lil is less than impressed with the St Pat's crowd at Harry's; Laurie posts from Ireland and her own St. Pat's day celebration; Jubilee posts drunk as well. Fred is impressed to discover Salem Center has a showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show.

2010: John and Jan wishes everyone a happy St. Patrick's Day via their journals. John announces his intent to get wholly drunk whilst Jan invites everyone to an alcohol-free party at the second-floor rec room. Kyle sends Jan a text message regarding her intent to pinch anyone who doesn't adhere to the party dress code.

2011: Janet announces there will be green food and snacks available for all, as it's St. Patrick's Day, and has green food coloring on hand if anyone needs anything turned green. Jean-Paul and Vanessa head to the library in Gardner, MA to further investigate Vanessa's case by researching the local newspaper archives, turning to personal conversation as they do so and then head out for lunch. Lex walks in on Julian as he's brooding in the kitchen, so Lex asks him to help him with repairs to one of the vehicles in the garage, which they then take for a test drive and head out for some food. Marie-Ange e-mails Amanda about potentially pulling a moose-y prank on Kurt in the not-too-distant future.