TODAY IN HISTORY

TUESDAY MAR 22, 2022

1894

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

1765

The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies, which fiercely resisted the tax.

1882

President Chester Alan Arthur signed a measure outlawing polygamy.

1941

The Grand Coulee hydroelectric dam in Washington state officially went into operation.

1945

The Arab League was formed with the adoption of a charter in Cairo, Egypt.

1963

The Beatles’ debut album, “Please Please Me,” was released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone.

1978

Karl Wallenda, the 73-yearold patriarch of “The Flying Wallendas” high-wire act, fell to his death while attempting to walk a cable strung between two hotel towers in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

1988

Both houses of Congress overrode President Ronald Reagan’s veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act.

1993

Intel Corp. unveiled the original Pentium computer chip.

1997

Tara Lipinski, at age 14 years and 10 months, became the youngest ladies’ world figure skating champion in Lausanne, Switzerland.

2010

Google Inc. stopped censoring the internet for China by shifting its search engine off the mainland to Hong Kong.

2019

Special counsel Robert Mueller closed his Russia investigation with no new charges, delivering his final report to Justice Department officials. Former President Jimmy Carter became the longest-living chief executive in American history; at 94 years and 172 days, he exceeded the lifespan of the late former President George H.W. Bush.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Evangelist broadcaster Pat Robertson is 92. Actor William Shatner is 91. Former Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-utah, is 88. Actor M. Emmet Walsh is 87. Actor-singer Jeremy Clyde is 81. Singer-guitarist George Benson is 79. Writer James Patterson is 75. CNN newscaster Wolf Blitzer is 74. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is 74. Actor Fanny Ardant is 73.