History of March 22
On March 22 the following events have occured in our world's history.
1621 - Massasoit & Pilgrims agree on league of friendship (Plymouth)
1638 - Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony
1733 - Joseph Priestly (father of soda pop) invents carbonated water
1765 - Britain enacts Stamp Act
1778 - Capt Cook sights Cape Flattery - in Wash state
1799 - F.W.A. Argelander - cataloguer of 324 -000 stars - dies
1820 - Stephen Decatur killed in a duel with Com James Barron
1882 - Congress outlaws polygamy
1894 - Montreal AAA beats Ottawa Capitals 3-2 & wins 1st Stanley Cup
1903 - NY Highlander (Yankees) tickets 1st go on sale
1929 - USCG vessel sank Canadian-reg schooner suspected of carrying liquor
1941 - Grand Coulee Dam in Wash went into operation
1945 - Arab League founded
1946 - Jordan (then Transjordan) gains independence from Britain
1957 - Earthquake gives SF shakes
1960 - AL Schawlow & C H Townes obtain patent for the laser
1963 - Beatles release 1st album - Please Please Me
1967 - Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali's 1st MSG fight
1968 - Lynda Johnson ordered off Cable Car for eating an ice cream cone
1972 - Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified)
1972 - Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle
1975 - Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens
1977 - Indira Gandhi resigns as PM of India
1978 - Robert Frost Plaza - at Calif - Drumm & Market - dedicated
1979 - Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt
1981 - 1st class postage raised 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 pres
1984 - Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds into game