March 22nd

1457: Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book
1733: Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer)
1765: Stamp Act passed; 1st direct British tax on colonists
1790: Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st U.S. Secretary of State
1794: Congress bans U.S. vessels from supplying slaves to other countries
1861: 1st U.S. nursing school chartered
1871: William Holden of North Carolina becomes 1st governor removed by impeachment
1873: Slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico
1888: English Football League established
1903: Niagera Falls runs out of water because of a drought
1903: New York Highlanders (Yankees) tickets 1st go on sale
1914: World's 1st airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins
1934: Fire destroys Hakodate Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000)
1935: Blood tests authorized as evidence in court cases (New York)
1944: 600+ 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin
1946: 1st U.S. rocket to leave the Earth's atmosphere (50 miles up)
1947: President Truman signs executive order calling for loyalty
1954: 1st shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan
1964: Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of New York Times Magazine section
1968: Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone
1975: Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens
1981: 1st class postage raised to 18 cents from 15 cents
1982: 3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched
1988: Congress overrides Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill
1993: Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS
1994: Dutch Ambassador to U.S. christens a new tulip (the Hillary Clinton)
1998: 18th Golden Raspberry Awards
2010: The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 is passed by the U.S. House of Representatives
2011: In South Dakota, Governor Dennis Daugaard signs an abortion bill that requires women to undertake counseling and wait 72 hours, the longest period in the U.S.
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