TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Sunday, March 22, the 82nd day of 2020. There are 284 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On March 22, 1894, hockey’s first Stanley Cup championship game was played; home team Montreal defeated Ottawa, 3-1.
On this date:
■ In 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 (The Stamp Act was repealed a year later.)
■ In 1820, U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with Commodore James Barron near Washington, D.C.
■ In 1934, the first Masters Tournament opened under the title “Augusta National Invitation Tournament,” which was won three days later by Horton Smith.
■ In 1941, the Grand Coulee hydroelectric dam in Washington state officially went into operation.
■ In 1968, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced that Gen. William C. Westmoreland, the commander of American forces in Vietnam, would leave that post to become the U.S. Army’s new chief of staff.
■ In 1997, Tara Lipinski, at age 14 years and 10 months, became the youngest ladies’ world figure skating champion in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Ten years ago: Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton toured the quake-devastated capital of Haiti, a visit intended to remind donors of the immense needs facing the recovery effort.
Five years ago: CIA Director John Brennan, in an interview on Fox News Sunday, said the leader of Iran’s elite Quds Force was contributing to instability in Iraq and complicating the U.S. mission against terrorism.
One year ago: Special counsel Robert Mueller closed his Russia investigation with no new charges, delivering his final report to Justice Department officials.
Today’s Birthdays: Composerlyricist Stephen Sondheim is
90. Evangelist broadcaster Pat Robertson is 90. Actor William Shatner is 89. Singer-guitarist George Benson is 77. Writer James Patterson is 73. CNN newscaster Wolf Blitzer is
72. Composer Andrew Lloyd Webber is 72. Sportscaster Bob Costas is 68. Matthew Modine is 61. Country musician Tim Beeler is 52. Actorcomedian Keegan-Michael Key is 49. Actor Cole Hauser is 45. Actress Reese Witherspoon is
44. Actress Tiffany Dupont is
39. Rapper Mims is 39. Actress Constance Wu is 38
Thought for Today:
“Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian author (1821-1881).