THIS DAY IN HISTORY

Today is Friday, March 22, the 81st day of 2019. There are 284 days left in the year.

IN THE NATION

1990: A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found former tanker captain Joseph Hazelwood not guilty of three major charges in connection with the Exxon Valdez oil spill, but convicted him of a minor charge of negligent discharge of oil.

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. 2014: A massive mudslide in Oso, Wash., killed 43 people and destroyed or damaged four dozen homes.

IN THE WORLD

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 (The Stamp Act was repealed a year later.)

1894: Hockey’s first Stanley Cup championship game was played; home team Montreal defeated Ottawa 3-1. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU Composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim is 89. Evangelist broadcaster Pat Robertson is 89. Actor William Shatner is 88. Former Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, is 85. Singer-guitarist George Benson is 76. Writer James Patterson is 72. CNN newscaster Wolf Blitzer is 71. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is 71. Sportscaster Bob Costas is 67. Actor Matthew Modine is 60. Actor-comedian Keegan-Michael Key is 48. Actress Reese Witherspoon is 43. Actress Constance Wu is 37.