TODAY HISTORY LESSON: MARCH 22
1622 Indians attack a group of colonists in the James River area of Virginia, killing 350 residents.
1630 1st colonial legislation prohibiting gambling enacted (Boston)
1664 Charles II gives large tracts of land from west of the Connecticut River to the east of Delaware Bay in North America to his brother James, the Duke of York.
1733 Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer)
1765 The Stamp Act is passed, the first direct British tax on the American colonists.
1775 British statesman Edmund Burke makes a speech in the House of Commons, urging the government to adopt a policy of reconciliation with America.
1794 Congress passes laws prohibiting slave trade with foreign countries although slavery remains legal in the United States.
1820 U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron.
1832 British Parliament, led by Charles Grey, passes the Reform Act, introducing wide-ranging changes to electoral system of England and Wales, increasing electorate from about 500,000 voters to 813,000
1834 Horace Greeley publishes New Yorker, a weekly literary and news magazine and forerunner of Harold Ross’ more successful The New Yorker.
1871 William Holden of North Carolina is 1st governor removed from office by impeachment
1894 The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals.
1904 The first color photograph is published in the London Daily Illustrated Mirror.
1933 President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill legalizing the sale and possession of beer and wine.
1948 The United States announces a land reform plan for Korea.
1960 1st patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes
1965 US confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong
1972 The U.S. Senate passes the Equal Rights Amendment. The amendment fails to achieve ratification.
1979 The National Hockey League (NHL) voted to accept 4 WHA teams, the Oilers, Jets, Nordiques & Whalers.
1980 People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) was founded by Ingrid Newkirk and Alex Pacheco.
1987 A barge loaded with 32,000 tons of refuse left Islip, NY, to find a place to unload. After being refused by several states and three countries space was found back in Islip.
1988 Congress overrides Reagan’s veto of sweeping civil rights bill
1991 Pamela Smart (HS teacher) found guilty in New Hampshire of manipulating her student-lover to kill her husband
1993 The Intel Corporation produces the first Pentium microprocessor
1997 Comet Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the northern hemisphere. The comet?s next pass is predicted for the year 4397.
2017 In Jerusalem, the tomb of Jesus reopened after a restoration project.
2018 US President Donald Trump imposes $60 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese imports
REFERENCE: history.net, onthisday.com, thepeopleshistory.com, timeanddate.com, scopesys.com, on-this-day.com
