Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). There are 284 days remaining. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are procclaimed Roman emperors 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 Lumière (private screening). 1939 - World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania 1941 - Washington's Grand Coulee 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. 1975 - A fire at the Brown's Ferry nuclear reactor in Decatur, Alabama caused dangerous lowering of cooling water levels. 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 Schockemöhle, equestrian 1946 - André 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 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") 1999 - David Strickland, American actor 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. See Also: March 21 - March 23 - February 24 - April 24 -- listing of all days January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.