March 22

March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap
years). There are 284 days remaining.

Events

   * 1621 - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with
     Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
   * 1622 - Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers
     around Jamestown, Virginia (1/3 of the colony's population)
   * 1638 - Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for
     religious dissent.
   * 1765 - The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act which is the first
     direct tax levied from England on the American colonies.
   * 1871 - In North Carolina, William Holden becomes the first governor of
     a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
   * 1888 - The English Football League is formed
   * 1894 - The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
   * 1895 - First display of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumire
     (private screening).
   * 1939 - World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania
   * 1941 - Washington's Grand Coolee Dam begins to generate electricity.
   * 1945 - The Arab League is founded a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
   * 1954 - The London gold market reopens (it was closed in 1939).
   * 1958 - Faisal becomes King of Saudi Arabia
   * 1960 - A.L. Schawlow & C.H. Townes receive the first patent for a
     laser.
   * 1978 - Karl Wallenda of the Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a
     tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
   * 1984 - Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach,
     California at charged with Satanic ritual abuse of the children in the
     school. The charges were later dropped as completely unfounded.
   * 1993 - The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586) 64
     bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS.
   * 1995 - Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438
     days in space.
   * 1997 - 14 year, 10 month old Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest
     champion of the women's world figure skating competition.

Births

   * 1599 - Anthonis van Dyke, painter (+ 1641)
   * 1797 - Wilhelm I, King of Prussia and German Emperor (+ 1888)
   * 1812 - Stephen Pearl Andrews Anarchist Abolitionist
   * 1817 - Braxton Brag, Confederate general (+ 1876)
   * 1861 - Walter Francis Willcox, statisician and Census Bureau head (+
     1964)
   * 1887 - Chico Marx, comedian, actor (+ 1961)
   * 1908 - Louis L'Amour, author (+ 1988)
   * 1909 - Gabrielle Roy, author (+ 1983)
   * 1912 - Karl Malden, actor
   * 1923 - Marcel Marceau, mime
   * 1930 - Stephen Sondheim, composer and lyricist
   * 1930 - Pat Robertson, televangelist
   * 1931 - William Shatner, actor
   * 1934 - Orrin Hatch, politician (Senator from Utah)
   * 1935 - M. Emmet Walsh, actor
   * 1940 - Haing S. Ngor, actor (+ 1996)
   * 1941 - Bruno Ganz, actor
   * 1943 - George Benson, jazz musician
   * 1945 - Paul Schockemšhle, equestrian
   * 1946 - AndrŽ Heller, artist
   * 1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer
   * 1948 - Wolf Blitzer, television journalist
   * 1949 - Fanny Ardant, actress
   * 1952 - Bob Costas, sports commentator, broadcaster, talk show host
   * 1959 - Matthew Modine, actor
   * 1972 - Elvis Stojko, figure skater
   * 1976 - Reese Witherspoon, actress
   * 2228 - James T. Kirk, captain of the USS Enterprise (fictional
     character)

Deaths

   * 1687 - Jean Baptiste Lully, French composer
   * 1820 - Stephen Decatur, sailor
   * 1832 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, writer and poet
   * 1842 - Stendahl, author
   * 1913 - Sung Chiao-jen, a founder of KMT
   * 1952 - Uncle Dave Macon, country music performer
   * 1958 - Michael Todd, producer
   * 1994 - Walter Lantz, cartoonist ("Woody Woodpecker")
   * 2001 - William Hanna, animator, co-founder of Hanna-Barbera cartoon
     studio

Holidays and observances

   * The fourth day of Quinquatria in ancient Rome, held in honor of
     Minerva.

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