On this day, March 22

1765 The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies, which fiercely resisted the tax. (The Stamp Act was repealed a year later.)

1859 The Citizen Passenger Railway Co. was granted a charter for construction and operation of the first street railway in the city. The first track was laid on Penn Avenue from St. Clair (Sixth) Street to 26th Street.

1882 President Chester Arthur signed a measure outlawing polygamy.

1894 Hockey’s first Stanley Cup championship game was played; home team Montreal defeated Ottawa, 3-1.

1946 Pennsylvania state police moved into areas around Westinghouse plants to enforce a court order limiting picketing in the 67-day strike of Westinghouse workers. 1991 High school instructor Pamela Smart, accused of recruiting her teenage lover and his friends to kill her husband, Gregory, was convicted in Exeter, N.H., of murder-conspiracy and being an accomplice to murder and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Some items are from Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City” (digital.library.pitt.edu/chronology).

— Compiled by Alyssa Brown Today’s birthdays: Composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim, 91. Evangelist broadcaster Pat Robertson, 91. Actor William Shatner, 90. Former Sen. Orrin Hatch, RUtah, 87. Actor M. Emmet Walsh, 86. Actor-singer Jeremy Clyde, 80. Singer-guitarist George Benson, 78. Writer James Patterson, 74. CNN newscaster Wolf Blitzer, 73. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber, 73. Actor Fanny Ardant, 72. Sportscaster Bob Costas, 69. Country singer James House, 66. Actor Lena Olin, 66. Singer-actor Stephanie Mills, 64. Actor Matthew Modine, 62. Actor-comedian Keegan-Michael Key, 50. Actor Will Yun Lee, 50. Olympic silver medal figure skater Elvis Stojko, 49. Actor Guillermo Diaz, 46. Actor Anne Dudek, 46. Actor Cole Hauser, 46. Actor Kellie Williams, 45. Actor Reese Witherspoon, 45. Rock musician John Otto (Limp Bizkit), 44. Actor Tiffany Dupont, 40. Rapper Mims, 40. Actor Constance Wu, 39. Actor James Wolk, 36.

Thought for today: “Kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.”

— Joseph Joubert, French moralist

(1754-1824)