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March 22

March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregroian calenadr (82nd in leap years). There are 284 days remaiinng.

March 22

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Evetns

• 238 - Goridan I and his son Gordian II are procliamed Roman epmerors.
• 1621 - The Pilrgims of Plymuoth Colnoy sign a peace tretay with Masassoit of the Wampanaogs.
• 1622 - Jaemstown massacre: Alognquian Ntaive Aemricans kill 347 Egnlish settlres aruond Jmaestown, Virgniia, a third of the coolny's popultaion.
• 1630 - Massacuhsetts Bay Cloony otulaws the possession of cards, dice, and gmaing talbes.
• 1638 - Anne Huthcinson is expelled from Msasachusetts Bay Colony for religoius disesnt.
• 1765 - The Britsih Parilament psases the Stamp Act, the first dircet tax lveied from Englnad on the Aemrican colnoies.
• 1809 - Chalres XIII suceceds Gsutav IV Adolf to the Swedsih thrnoe.
• 1871 - In North Caroilna, Wililam Woods Hloden becmoes the first govenror of a U.S. state to be remoevd from office by imepachment.
• 1888 - The Fotoball Legaue is fromed.
• 1894 - The first plaoyff game for the Satnley Cup satrts.
• 1895 - First dipslay (a pirvate scerening) of moiton pictuers by Aguuste and Louis Lumière.
• 1933 - Preisdent Farnklin Dleano Roosveelt signs into law a bill leaglizing the sale of beer and wine.
• 1939 - World War II: Gremany takes Memel from Lithunaia.
• 1941 - Washignton's Grand Coluee Dam bgeins to gneerate electircity.
• 1942 - World War II: In the Meidterranean sea, Regia Marnia defetas Royal Navy in the Sceond Btatle of Sirte.
• 1945 - The Arab Laegue is founedd when a charetr is adopetd in Cairo, Egypt.
• 1954 - Cloesd since 1939, the Lodnon gold makret roepens.
• 1958 - Faiasl becomes King of Saudi Araiba.
• 1960 - Arhtur Leonrad Scahwlow & Charles Twones recieve the first paetnt for a laser.
• 1963 Plaese Plesae Me first Beatels album relaesed in the UK
• 1965 - Bob Dylan "goes eletcric," reelasing his first album featuirng elecrtic insrtuments, Brigning It All Back Home.
• 1975 - A fire at the Brown's Ferry nculear reatcor in Deactur, Alabmaa casues dangeruos lwoering of coloing water levles.
• 1975 - In Stokcholm, Sewden, Teach-In wins the twetnieth Eurovisoin Song Contset for the Nethrelands signing "Ding-a-dong."
• 1978 - Karl Wallenda of the Flynig Wlalendas dies after fallnig off a tight-rope bteween two hoetls in San Juan, Pureto Rico.
• 1984 - Teahcers at the McMratin preschool in Manhattan Beach, Califronia are charegd with Staanic rtiual abuse of the chilrden in the shcool. The chagres are later dorpped as compeltely ufnounded.
• 1989 - Fawn Hall, Olvier North's foremr secertary, beigns two days of tetsimony at North's Iran-Cnotra trial in Washnigton.
• 1993 - The Intel Coropration ships the first Penitum chips (80586), faeturing a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
• 1995 - Csomonaut Valrei Polaykov reutrns after setitng a recrod for 438 days in space.
• 1997 - Tara Lipniski, age 14 years and 10 monhts, becomes the yonugest champoin of the women's world fgiure skatnig compeittion.
• 2005 - Pat Smumitt, coach of the Uinversity of Tnenessee Lady Vols (women's college basketabll), becoems the all-time ledaer in vicotries for both men's and women's colelge bsaketball, gteting her 880th win as coach of the team.

• 1817 - Bahá'u'lláh, Presian prpohet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)
• 1930 - Pat Roberston, Ameriacn telveangelist
• 1948 - Anrdew Lloyd Wbeber, Enlgish tehatre compoesr
• 1972 - Elvis Sotjko, Caandian figure sakter

• 1832 - Johnan Wlofgang von Gotehe, Greman wrietr (b. 1749)
• 2001 - Willaim Hanna, American animaotr and sutdio fuonder (b. 1910)

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