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What happened on March 22 Please support our Sponsors - They help us keep this site Alive! 0238 Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperors. 1349 Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death) 1457 Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book 1556 Cardinal Reginald Pole becomes archbishop of Canterbury 1594 French King Henri IV festival in Paris France 1621 Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Netherlands 1621 Massasoit & Pilgrims agree on league of friendship (Plymouth) 1621 The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags. 1622 In the first major massacre of European colonists by Native Americans, Algonquian Indians led by Opechancanough, chief of the Pamunkey, slaughter 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia--nearly a third of the settlement’s total population 1622 Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population. 1630 First colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston) 1638 Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent. 1638 Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Massachusetts 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) 1752 Pope Stephen II elected to succeed Zacharias, died 2 days later 1765 Stamp Act passed: first direct British tax on colonists 1774 A collection of English nursery rhymes is published and includes Baa, Baa, Black Sheep. 1775 Edmund Burke presents his 13 articles to the English parliament 1778 Captain Cook sights Cape Flattery, in Washington state we really should have claimed it! 1784 The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand. 1794 Congress bans US vessels from supplying slaves to other countries 1809 Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne. 1822 Gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna 1822 New York Horticultural Society founded 1829 The three protecting powers (Britain, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece. 1841 Cornstarch patented (Orlando Jones) 1849 The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara. 1859 The first political party dedicated to the working class in Australia, the Political Labour League of Victoria, is founded in Melbourne. 1861 The first US nursing school chartered 1862 San Marino & Italy conclude treaty of friendship & cooperation 1865 Raid at Wilson's: Chickaswas AL to Macon GA 1871 In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment. 1871 William Holden of North Carolina is first governor removed from office by impeachment 1872 Illinois becomes first state to require sexual equality in employment 1873 A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery. 1874 Young Men's Hebrew Association is founded in New York NY 1878 In Victoria BC R. B. McMicking demonstrates Victoria's first 2 telephones 1882 Edmunds Act adopted by US to suppress polygamy in the territories 1885 Canadian troops ordered mobilized because of the Northwest Rebellion 1888 English Football League established 1894 The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts. 1895 Auguste & Louis Lumiere show their first movie to an invited audience 1895 First display (a private screening) of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumire. 1897 Federal convention starts second meeting in Adelaide to begin drawing up a constitution for a Commonwealth of Australia. 1903 Niagera Falls runs out of water because of a drought 1905 Near Islands, Alaska a 7.0 earthquake occurred one of the Largest Earthquakes in the United States 1914 World's first airline, St Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins 1917 One week after socialist revolutionaries forced Russian Czar Nicholas II to abdicate, the United States becomes the first government in the world to recognize Russia’s provincial government 1922 British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to 6 years in prison 1929 U.S. Coast Guard vessel sinks Canadian schooner 'I'm Alone' carrying 2,800 cases of liquor, in the Gulf of Mexico off coast of Louisiana 1929 USCG vessel sank Canadian schooner suspected of carrying liquor 1931 Star Trek actor William Shatner born this day. 1933 FDR makes wine & beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal 1933 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of beer and wine. 1935 Blood tests authorized as evidence in court cases (New York) 1939 Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany 1941 Grand Coulee Dam in Washington goes into operation 1941 Washington's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity. 1942 World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, Britain's Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte. 1943 Crematorium II at Birkenau is now ready for use. 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 1943 World War II: the entire population of Khatyn in Belarus is burnt alive by German occupation forces. 1944 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin 1945 Arab League forms with adoption of a charter in Cairo Egypt 1945 The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt. 1945 US 3rd Army crosses Rhine at Nierstein 1946 Britain signs treaty granting independence to Jordan 1946 Visitor posting - Rita Lira with the green eyes, was born in Indio, California 1946 The first US rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up) 1952 Dutch DC-6 crashes near Frankfurt, killing 44 1952 Visitor posting - Byron Kirkpatrick was born - USA 1953 Antonín Zápotocky chosen as president of Czechoslovakia 1954 Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens. 1957 Earthquake gives San Francisco shakes 1957 Republic of India adopts Saka calendar along with Gregorian 1958 Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi-Arabia 1958 Liz Taylor's 3rd divorce (Mike Todd) 1959 Visitor posting - Kelvin Harband was born in Newcastle Australia 1960 Arthur Leonard Schawlow & Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser. 1960 Patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes 1963 Beatles release first album, "Please Please Me" 1963 British Minister of War John Profumo denies having sex with Christine Keeler 1965 D Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1965 US confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong 1966 In Northeastern China a 6.75-7.0 earthquake occurred second one in a month the last was March 07. 1967 Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title in first Madison Square Garden fight 1967 Visitor posting - Lissa Harris born in Chicago, USA 1968 Visitor posting - Carolyn Barraza born - USA 1968 Jarmila Novotna resigns presidency of Czechoslovakia 1968 Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone 1968 Student riot in Nanterre near Paris France 1971 Ottawa starts $2 million program to hire 276 Francophone graduates for public service jobs; jobs where French is 'la Langue du travail' 1972 Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified) 1972 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP 1975 A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes dangerous lowering of cooling water levels. 1975 Canadian classical guitarist Liona Boyd makes her New York debut at the Carnegie Recital Hall 1975 Number one hit on UK music charts - Bay City Rollers - Bye Bye Baby 1975 Ranjit & Damayanthie married in St Anne's Church Wattala , Sri Lanka 1975 Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens 1977 Dutch Den Uyl government falls 1977 Indira Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India 1978 Karl Wallenda of the The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. 1978 Three prisoners emerge from St. Jerome prison with their six hostages after a two-week standoff, ending Canada's longest hostage-taking 1979 Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt 1979 Margaret Thatcher puts down an early day motion censuring the government, which leads to the defeat of the Labour government of James Callaghan. 1980 Number one hit on UK music charts - Jam - Going Underground / Dreams Of Children 1981 Postal rates up gain to 18¢ from 15¢ 1981 Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6 1982 3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched 1983 Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president 1984 Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game 1984 Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with Satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfounded. 1986 Heart's "These Dreams", single goes #1 1986 Karin Kania skates ladies world record 1500 meter (1 :9.30) 1986 Kurt Browning (Canada) becomes first skater to land a quadruple jump 1986 Trevor Berbick beats Pinklon Thomas in 15 for heavyweight boxing title 1987 American singer Michael Jackson, the "King of Pop," arrived in Japan at the start of his world tour. 1988 Congress overrides Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill 1989 Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat in one of the most gruesome sports injuries of all time. 1990 Anchorage jury finds Captain Hazelwood innocent of Valdez oil spill 1990 The Major League umpires announce that they will boycott exhibition games 1990 Visitor posting - Alysha Shrum-Wells was born! - USA 1991 Law enforcement officers raid fraternities at University of Virginia seizing drugs 1991 Visitor posting - Paul Howarah was born! - Virgin Islands (US) 1991 Pamela Smart (HS teacher) found guilty in New Hampshire of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband 1991 Police fire on pro-democracy protesters in Bamako, Mali, killing 30, in violence that leads up to the overthrow of dictator General Moussa Traore 1992 US Air New York to Cleveland crashes on take off at La Guardia, 27 die 1993 Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS 1993 Visitor posting - Roshan Patel was born 1993 The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path. 1994 Dutch Ambassador to US christens a new tulip (the Hillary Clinton) 1994 South African Government/ANC take power in Ciskei homeland 1994 Soyuz TM-21 lands 1995 Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in space. 1995 Deputy Governor of Bank of England, Rupert Pennant-Rea, resigns following revelations of his affair with a freelance journalist 1995 In Buenos Aires Argentina Victoria BC rower Silken Laumann 1965- tests positive for banned stimulant ephedrine at the Pan-American Games 1995 Visitor posting - Randy Batti was born 1996 Visitor posting - Erin Prodgers was Born. 1996 Cheryl Depew, of Florida, crowned 13th Miss Hawaiian Tropic International 1996 STS 76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit 1997 Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU) 1997 Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion of the women's world figure skating competition. 1997 The Comet Hale-Bopp has its closest approach to earth. 1999 RaiLink Ltd.takes over operation of the CN Coronado, Bonnyville, and Lac La Biche subdivisions, northeast of Edmonton. The line extends from St. Paul Junction, immediately north of Edmonton, to Boyle and northeast to Grande Centre and Elk Point. It also connects with RaiLink's existing Lakeland and Waterways line at Boyle. 2004 Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist militant group Hamas, and bodyguards are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles. 2006 BC Ferries' M/V Queen of the North runs aground on Gil Island British Columbia and sinks; 101 on board, 2 presumed deaths. 2006 ETA, armed Basque separatist group, declares permanent ceasefire. 2006 Three Christian Peacemaker Teams Hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days captivity and the death of their colleague, American Tom Fox. 2007 Visitor posting - one Year Marriage Anniversary 2008 Jewish Holiday - Shushan Purim More historical events added daily - keep checking back Add your own Personal Historic listing FREE! - Click Here Return to Daily Calendar Contact us at: info @ datesinhistory.com (remove the spaces) "This site contains links to other Internet sites. 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