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Events from History on March 22

1349 : Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death)
1457 : Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book
1556 : Cardinal Reginald Pole becomes archbishop of Canterbury
1594 : French King Henri IV festival in Paris
1621 : Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Neth
1622 : 1st Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites Jamestown Va; 347 slain
1630 : 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston)
1638 : Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony
1680 : Parliament of Breisach accept French sovereignty over Elzas
1692 : Emperor Leopold I names duke Earnest August of Braunschweig, king
1733 : Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer)
1765 : Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists
1775 : Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament
1778 : Capt Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state
1790 : Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State
1794 : Congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries
1822 : Gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna
1822 : NY Horticultural Society founded
1841 : Cornstarch patented (Orlando Jones)
1861 : 1st US nursing school chartered
1862 : San Marino & Italy conclude treaty of friendship & cooperation
1865 : Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas AL to Macon GA
1871 : William Holden of NC becomes 1st governor removed by impeachment
1872 : Illinois becomes 1st state to require sexual equality in employment
1873 : Slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico
1874 : Young Men's Hebrew Association organizes in NYC
1882 : Congress outlaws polygamy (again); bad news for Mormons
1882 : Edmunds Act adopted by US to suppress polygamy in the territories
1888 : English Football League established
1894 : Stanley Cup: Mont AAA beat Ottawa Generals, 3-1 (1st Cup game ever)
1895 : Auguste & Louis Lumiere show their 1st movie to an invited audience
1896 : Charilaos Vasilakos wins 1st marathon (3:18)
1903 : NY Highlanders (Yankees) tickets 1st go on sale
1903 : Niagera Falls runs out of water because of a drought
1914 : World's 1st airline, St Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins
1922 : British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison
1927 : Federico Garc¡a Lorca's "El Maleficio," premieres in Madrid
1928 : No‰l Coward's musical "This Year of Grace," premieres in London
1929 : 66 horses run in Irish Grand National Sweepstakes
1929 : KIT-AM in Yakima WA begins radio transmissions
1929 : USCG vessel sank Canadian schooner suspected of carrying liquor
1933 : FDR makes wine & beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal
1934 : 1st Masters golf championship began in Augusta, Ga
1934 : Fire destroys Hakodate Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000)
1935 : Blood tests authorized as evidence in court cases (NY)
1939 : Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany
1941 : Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation
1942 : Heavy German assault on Malta
1943 : Dutch work week extended to 54 hour
1943 : Obligatory work for woman ends in Belgium
1943 : SS police chief Rauter threatens to kill half Jewish children
1944 : 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin
1945 : Arab League forms with adoption of a charter in Cairo Egypt
1945 : US 3rd Army crosses Rhine at Nierstein
1946 : 1st US rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up)
1946 : Britain signs treaty granting independence to Jordan
1947 : President Truman signs executive order calling for loyalty
1952 : Dutch DC-6 crashes near Frankfurt, killing 44
1953 : Anton¡n Z potocky chosen as president of Czechoslovakia
1954 : 1st shopping mall opened in Southfield, Mich
1956 : "Mr Wonderful" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 383 performances
1956 : Death penalty against KPM-director L‚on Jungschlaeger
1956 : Musical "Mr Wonderful" with Sammy Davis Jr premieres in NYC
1957 : Earthquake gives SF shakes
1957 : Republic of India adopts Saka calendar along with Gregorian
1958 : 20th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Kentucky beats Seattle 84-72
1958 : Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi-Arabia
1958 : Liz Taylor's 3rd divorce (Mike Todd)
1958 : USSR performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1960 : 1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes
1960 : AL Schawlow & C H Townes obtain patent for the laser
1962 : "I Can Get It For You Wholesale" opens at Shubert NYC for 300 perfs
1963 : Beatles release 1st album, "Please Please Me"
1963 : Brit Min of War John Profumo denies having sex with Christine Keeler
1963 : Oregon State's Terry Baker becomes 1st & only Heisman Trophy winner
1964 : Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of NY Times Magazine section
1965 : D Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
1965 : US confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong
1968 : Jarmila Novotna resigns presidency of Czechoslovakia
1968 : Lynda Johnson ordered off SF cable car for eating an ice cream cone
1968 : Student riot in Nanterre near Paris
1969 : "Billy" opens & closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 1 performance
1969 : "Come Summer" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater NYC after 7 performances
1969 : 31st NCAA Men's D Championship: UCLA beats Purdue 92-72
1969 : UCLA wins its 5th national championship in 6 years
1970 : "Blood Red Roses" opens & closes at John Golden Theater NYC
1971 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1972 : "Selling of the President" opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 5 perfs
1972 : Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified)
1972 : Nick Mileti purchases Cleve Indians for $9 million
1972 : Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle
1974 : #4269, #5569, #7045 & #7975
1975 : "Dinge-competed" wins Eurovisie Song festival
1975 : "Dr Jazz" closes at Winter Garden Theater NYC after 5 performances
1975 : "Letter for Queen Victoria" opens at ANTA Theater NYC for 18 perfs
1975 : Delta State beats Immaculata for the women's AIAW championship
1975 : Teach-In wins Eurovision Song Festival with "Dinge-Dong"
1975 : Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens
1977 : Dutch Den Uyl government falls
1977 : Indira Gandhi resigns as PM of India
1977 : Uyl govt falls
1978 : France performs nuclear test
1978 : Robert Frost Plaza, at California, Drumm & Market, SF, dedicated
1978 : Rutle's "All You Need is Cash" is show on NBC-TV
1979 : Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt
1981 : 1st class postage raised to 18› from 15›
1981 : Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6
1981 : Toshihiko Seko runs world record 25k (1:13:55.8)/30k (1:29:18.8)
1982 : 3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched
1982 : Iran offensive against Iraq
1983 : Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president
1985 : #5166 Olson & #5504 Lanzerotti
1985 : NASA launches Intelsat VA
1986 : Ehrig skates ladies world record 5 km (7:20.99)
1986 : Heart's "These Dreams," single goes #1
1986 : Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Gordeeva & Grinkov (URS)
1986 : Kania skates ladies world record 1500m (1:59.30)
1986 : Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Geneva won by Debi Thomas (USA)
1988 : Congress overrides Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill
1988 : WA beat Queensland by 5 wkts to win the Sheffield Shield Final
1989 : Pete Rozelle announces retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years
1989 : US Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of NYC Board of Estimate
1990 : "Grapes of Wrath" opens at Cort Theater NYC for 188 performances
1990 : "Les Miserables," opens at Shunert Theatre, Boston
1990 : Anchorage jury finds Capt Hazelwood innocent of Valdez oil spill
1990 : The ML umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games
1991 : Law enforcement officers raid fraternities at U of Va seizing drugs
1991 : NY Daily News begins using motto "Forward with NY"
1991 : Pamela Smart (HS teacher) found guilty in NH of manipulating her
1991 : student-lover to kill her husband
1992 : "Private Lives" closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 37 performances
1992 : Joseph A Molloy elected NY Yankee general partner
1992 : Record producer Lou Adler weds Paige Hannah (Daryl's sister)
1992 : US Air NY to Cleveland crashes on take off at LaGuardia, 27 die
1993 : Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS
1994 : Dutch Ambassador to US christens a new tulip (the Hillary Clinton)
1994 : Mark Foster swims world record 50m butterfly (23.68 sec)
1994 : South African Govt/ANC take power in Ciskei homeland
1994 : Soyuz TM-21 lands
1995 : Deputy Gov of Bank of England, Rupert Pennant-Rea, resigns following
1995 : revelations of his affair with a freelance journalist
1996 : Cheryl Depew, of Florida, crowned 13th Miss Hawaiian Tropic Intl
1996 : STS 76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit
1997 : "Sunset Boulevard," closes at Minskoff NYC after 977 performances
1997 : Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU)
1997 : Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Lausanne won by Tara Lipinski (USA)
1998 : 18th Golden Raspberry Awards

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