March 22
1765 - The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies, which fiercely resisted the tax. (The act was repealed a year later.)
1820 - U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron.
1882 - President Chester A. Arthur signed a measure outlawing polygamy.
1895 - Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.
1933 - The first German concentration camp was opened at Dachau.
1941 - The Grand Coulee hydroelectric dam in Washington state officially went into operation.
1945 - The Arab League was formed in Cairo by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
1963 - The Beatles’ debut album, “Please Please Me,” was released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone.
1972 - Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment and sent it to be ratified by the states. (The amendment would fail to get the 38 states required to ratify it.)
1978 - Karl Wallenda, the 73-year-old patriarch of “The Flying Wallendas” high-wire act, fell to his death while attempting to walk a cable strung between two hotel towers in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1988 - Congress overrode President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act.
1993 - Intel Corp. unveiled the original Pentium computer processor.
1997 - The Hale-Bopp comet made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the Northern Hemisphere. The comet's next pass is predicted for the year 4397.
2010 - Google Inc. stopped censoring the internet for China by shifting its search engine off the mainland to Hong Kong.
2012 - Amadou Toumani Toure, the president of Mali, was ousted in a coup.
2012 - Coroner’s officials ruled singer Whitney Houston died by drowning, but that heart disease and cocaine use were contributing factors.
2019 - Former President Jimmy Carter became the longest-living chief executive in American history at 94 years and 172 days old, exceeding the lifespan of the late former President George H.W. Bush.
2020 - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered all nonessential businesses in the state to close and nonessential workers to stay home. Kentucky Republican Rand Paul became the first member of the U.S. Senate to report testing positive for the coronavirus; his announcement led Utah senators Mike Lee and Mitt Romney to place themselves in quarantine.
Birthdays
22 - Nicole Wallace (actress)
26 - Noah LaLonde (actor)
26 - Paola Andino (actress)
35 - JJ Watt (football player)
39 - James Wolk (actor)
42 - Constance Wu (actress)
43 - Tiffany Dupont (actress)
48 - Reese Witherspoon (actress)
48 - Kellie Williams (actress)
49 - Cole Hauser (actor)
48 - Anne Dudek (actress)
53 - Keegan-Michael Key (actor/comedian)
59 - Rick Harrison (reality star)
65 - Matthew Modine (actor)
67 - Stephanie Mills (actress/singer)
69 - Lena Olin (actress)
72 - Bob Costas (sportscaster)
76 - Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer)
76 - Wolf Blitzer (news correspondent)
77 - James Patterson (author)
81 - George Benson (singer)
83 - Jeremy Clyde (actor/singer)
89 - M. Emmet Walsh (actor)
93 - William Shatner (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 22
1894 - The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) defeated the Ottawa Capitals.
1923 - Foster Hewitt used a telephone to broadcast the first hockey game. He called the game between Kitchner and Toronto Parkdale.
1934 - The first Masters golf tournament began in Augusta, Georgia.
1958 - Kentucky defeats Seattle 84-72 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1967 - Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavyweight title for refusing to be inducted into the United States Army.
1969 - UCLA defeated Purdue 92-72 to win the NCAA Tournament for a record third consecutive season.
1979 - The NHL owners voted to accept four teams from the World Hockey Association (WHA): Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques and Hartford Whalers.
1986 - HBO announces a boxing heavyweight title unification tournament.
1989 - Pete Rozelle announces his retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years.
1994 - The NFL announced the addition of the two-point conversion. It was the league's first scoring change in 75 seasons.
1997 - American Tara Lipinski, at age 14 years and 10 months, became the youngest ladies world figure skating champion.
1765 - The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies, which fiercely resisted the tax. (The act was repealed a year later.)
1820 - U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron.
1882 - President Chester A. Arthur signed a measure outlawing polygamy.
1895 - Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.
1933 - The first German concentration camp was opened at Dachau.
1941 - The Grand Coulee hydroelectric dam in Washington state officially went into operation.
1945 - The Arab League was formed in Cairo by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
1963 - The Beatles’ debut album, “Please Please Me,” was released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone.
1972 - Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment and sent it to be ratified by the states. (The amendment would fail to get the 38 states required to ratify it.)
1978 - Karl Wallenda, the 73-year-old patriarch of “The Flying Wallendas” high-wire act, fell to his death while attempting to walk a cable strung between two hotel towers in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1988 - Congress overrode President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act.
1993 - Intel Corp. unveiled the original Pentium computer processor.
1997 - The Hale-Bopp comet made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the Northern Hemisphere. The comet's next pass is predicted for the year 4397.
2010 - Google Inc. stopped censoring the internet for China by shifting its search engine off the mainland to Hong Kong.
2012 - Amadou Toumani Toure, the president of Mali, was ousted in a coup.
2012 - Coroner’s officials ruled singer Whitney Houston died by drowning, but that heart disease and cocaine use were contributing factors.
2019 - Former President Jimmy Carter became the longest-living chief executive in American history at 94 years and 172 days old, exceeding the lifespan of the late former President George H.W. Bush.
2020 - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo ordered all nonessential businesses in the state to close and nonessential workers to stay home. Kentucky Republican Rand Paul became the first member of the U.S. Senate to report testing positive for the coronavirus; his announcement led Utah senators Mike Lee and Mitt Romney to place themselves in quarantine.
Birthdays
22 - Nicole Wallace (actress)
26 - Noah LaLonde (actor)
26 - Paola Andino (actress)
35 - JJ Watt (football player)
39 - James Wolk (actor)
42 - Constance Wu (actress)
43 - Tiffany Dupont (actress)
48 - Reese Witherspoon (actress)
48 - Kellie Williams (actress)
49 - Cole Hauser (actor)
48 - Anne Dudek (actress)
53 - Keegan-Michael Key (actor/comedian)
59 - Rick Harrison (reality star)
65 - Matthew Modine (actor)
67 - Stephanie Mills (actress/singer)
69 - Lena Olin (actress)
72 - Bob Costas (sportscaster)
76 - Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer)
76 - Wolf Blitzer (news correspondent)
77 - James Patterson (author)
81 - George Benson (singer)
83 - Jeremy Clyde (actor/singer)
89 - M. Emmet Walsh (actor)
93 - William Shatner (actor)
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Today in Sports History - March 22
1894 - The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) defeated the Ottawa Capitals.
1923 - Foster Hewitt used a telephone to broadcast the first hockey game. He called the game between Kitchner and Toronto Parkdale.
1934 - The first Masters golf tournament began in Augusta, Georgia.
1958 - Kentucky defeats Seattle 84-72 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1967 - Muhammad Ali was stripped of his heavyweight title for refusing to be inducted into the United States Army.
1969 - UCLA defeated Purdue 92-72 to win the NCAA Tournament for a record third consecutive season.
1979 - The NHL owners voted to accept four teams from the World Hockey Association (WHA): Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques and Hartford Whalers.
1986 - HBO announces a boxing heavyweight title unification tournament.
1989 - Pete Rozelle announces his retirement as NFL commissioner after 29 years.
1994 - The NFL announced the addition of the two-point conversion. It was the league's first scoring change in 75 seasons.
1997 - American Tara Lipinski, at age 14 years and 10 months, became the youngest ladies world figure skating champion.
