March 22
1765 - The Stamp Act was enacted on the American colonies by Britain.
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 legislation outlawing polygamy.
1895 - Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.
1933 - The first German concentration camp opened at Dachau.
1941 - The Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state went into operation.
1945 - The Arab League was formed in Cairo by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
1946 - The British mandate in Transjordan came to an end.
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 the states for ratification. (The amendment would fail to get the required 38 states to support its adoption.)
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 - Both houses of Congress overrode President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act.
1990 - A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found former tanker captain Joseph Hazelwood innocent of three major charges in connection with the Exxon Valdez oil spill, but convicted him of a minor charge of negligent discharge of oil.
1991 - High school instructor Pamela Smart, accused of manipulating her student-lover into killing her husband, was convicted in Exeter, New Hampshire, of murder-conspiracy.
1993 - Intel Corp. unveiled the original Pentium computer chip.
1995 - Colin Ferguson was sentenced to life in prison for killing six people on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train in 1993.
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.
2006 - The Basque separatist group ETA announced a permanent cease-fire with Spain.
2010 - Google announced it would stop censoring search results on its site in China by shifting it from the mainland to Hong Kong.
2012 - Amadou Toumani Tour, the president of Mali, was ousted in a coup.
2012 - Coroner’s officials ruled singer Whitney Houston died by drowning the previous February, but that heart disease and cocaine use were contributing factors.
2017 - Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch wrapped up two days of Senate questioning to glowing GOP reviews but complaints from frustrated Democrats that he had concealed his views from the American public.
2019 - Special counsel Robert Mueller closed his Russia investigation with no new charges, delivering his final report to Justice Department officials.
2019 - Former President Jimmy Carter became the longest-living chief executive in American history; at 94 years and 172 days, he exceeded 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.
2021 - A man opened fire at a crowded supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, killing 10 people, including one of the first police officers to respond. (The suspect, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, has so far been found mentally incompetent to stand trial.)
Birthdays
24 - Paola Andino (actress)
32 - Meganne Young (actress)
33 - JJ Watt (football player)
37 - James Wolk (actor)
40 - Constance Wu (actress)
41 - Tiffany Dupont (actress)
46 - Reese Witherspoon (actress)
46 - Kellie Williams (actress)
47 - Cole Hauser (actor)
47 - Anne Dudek (actress)
51 - Will Yun Lee (actor)
51 - Keegan-Michael Key (actor/comedian)
57 - Rick Harrison (reality star)
63 - Matthew Modine (actor)
65 - Stephanie Mills (actress/singer)
67 - Lena Olin (actress)
67 - James House (singer)
70 - Bob Costas (sportscaster)
74 - Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer)
74 - Wolf Blitzer (newscaster)
79 - George Benson (singer)
81 - Jeremy Clyde (actor/singer)
87 - M. Emmet Walsh (actor)
91 - William Shatner (actor)
92 - Pat Robertson (evangelist)
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Today in Sports History - March 22
1894 - The first Stanley Cup championship game was played, with the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association defeating the Ottawa Capitals.
1934 - The first Masters golf championship began in Augusta, Georgia.
1958 - Kentucky defeats Seattle 84-72 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1964 - Ed Johnston (Boston Bruins) became the last goalie in NHL history to play every minute of every game for an entire season.
1969 - UCLA defeated Purdue 92-72 to become the first men's basketball team to win three consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
1979 - The NHL voted to accept four teams from the World Hockey Association (WHA): Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques and the Hartford Whalers.
1986 - HBO launches boxing's heavyweight title unification tournament.
1989 - Pete Rozelle announces his retirement after 29 years as NFL commissioner.
1994 - The NFL announced the addition of the two-point conversion. It was the league's first scoring change in 75 seasons.
1997 - Tara Lipinski of the United States became the youngest women's world figure skating champion at age 14 years, 10 months.
2021 - Former Los Angeles Lakers star and 11-time NBA all-star Elgin Baylor died at age 86.
1765 - The Stamp Act was enacted on the American colonies by Britain.
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 legislation outlawing polygamy.
1895 - Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.
1933 - The first German concentration camp opened at Dachau.
1941 - The Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state went into operation.
1945 - The Arab League was formed in Cairo by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria.
1946 - The British mandate in Transjordan came to an end.
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 the states for ratification. (The amendment would fail to get the required 38 states to support its adoption.)
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 - Both houses of Congress overrode President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act.
1990 - A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found former tanker captain Joseph Hazelwood innocent of three major charges in connection with the Exxon Valdez oil spill, but convicted him of a minor charge of negligent discharge of oil.
1991 - High school instructor Pamela Smart, accused of manipulating her student-lover into killing her husband, was convicted in Exeter, New Hampshire, of murder-conspiracy.
1993 - Intel Corp. unveiled the original Pentium computer chip.
1995 - Colin Ferguson was sentenced to life in prison for killing six people on a Long Island Rail Road commuter train in 1993.
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.
2006 - The Basque separatist group ETA announced a permanent cease-fire with Spain.
2010 - Google announced it would stop censoring search results on its site in China by shifting it from the mainland to Hong Kong.
2012 - Amadou Toumani Tour, the president of Mali, was ousted in a coup.
2012 - Coroner’s officials ruled singer Whitney Houston died by drowning the previous February, but that heart disease and cocaine use were contributing factors.
2017 - Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch wrapped up two days of Senate questioning to glowing GOP reviews but complaints from frustrated Democrats that he had concealed his views from the American public.
2019 - Special counsel Robert Mueller closed his Russia investigation with no new charges, delivering his final report to Justice Department officials.
2019 - Former President Jimmy Carter became the longest-living chief executive in American history; at 94 years and 172 days, he exceeded 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.
2021 - A man opened fire at a crowded supermarket in Boulder, Colorado, killing 10 people, including one of the first police officers to respond. (The suspect, Ahmad Al Aliwi Alissa, has so far been found mentally incompetent to stand trial.)
Birthdays
24 - Paola Andino (actress)
32 - Meganne Young (actress)
33 - JJ Watt (football player)
37 - James Wolk (actor)
40 - Constance Wu (actress)
41 - Tiffany Dupont (actress)
46 - Reese Witherspoon (actress)
46 - Kellie Williams (actress)
47 - Cole Hauser (actor)
47 - Anne Dudek (actress)
51 - Will Yun Lee (actor)
51 - Keegan-Michael Key (actor/comedian)
57 - Rick Harrison (reality star)
63 - Matthew Modine (actor)
65 - Stephanie Mills (actress/singer)
67 - Lena Olin (actress)
67 - James House (singer)
70 - Bob Costas (sportscaster)
74 - Andrew Lloyd Webber (composer)
74 - Wolf Blitzer (newscaster)
79 - George Benson (singer)
81 - Jeremy Clyde (actor/singer)
87 - M. Emmet Walsh (actor)
91 - William Shatner (actor)
92 - Pat Robertson (evangelist)
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Today in Sports History - March 22
1894 - The first Stanley Cup championship game was played, with the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association defeating the Ottawa Capitals.
1934 - The first Masters golf championship began in Augusta, Georgia.
1958 - Kentucky defeats Seattle 84-72 to win the NCAA Tournament.
1964 - Ed Johnston (Boston Bruins) became the last goalie in NHL history to play every minute of every game for an entire season.
1969 - UCLA defeated Purdue 92-72 to become the first men's basketball team to win three consecutive NCAA Tournaments.
1979 - The NHL voted to accept four teams from the World Hockey Association (WHA): Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques and the Hartford Whalers.
1986 - HBO launches boxing's heavyweight title unification tournament.
1989 - Pete Rozelle announces his retirement after 29 years as NFL commissioner.
1994 - The NFL announced the addition of the two-point conversion. It was the league's first scoring change in 75 seasons.
1997 - Tara Lipinski of the United States became the youngest women's world figure skating champion at age 14 years, 10 months.
2021 - Former Los Angeles Lakers star and 11-time NBA all-star Elgin Baylor died at age 86.
