
1765: The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which placed taxes on various printed papers in the colonies; highly unpopular, the legislation was particularly contentious in America.
1774: Mary Cooper published the first book of English nursery rhymes- Tommy Thumb’s Song Book, it included Baa Baa Black Sheep, whose ‘three bags full’ is thought to refer to a tax imposed on the wool trade in 1275.

1888: Aston Villaโs director, William McGregor, formed the English Football League when 12 clubs met at a hotel in Fleet Street, London. This was the worldโs first-ever football league.

1903: The iconic Niagara Falls waterfall ran out of water during a drought. All that was left was a dry cliff top.

1945: The Arab League is founded. The organization was founded to promote political, economic, and cultural collaboration amongst its member states, which include 21 African, Asian, and Middle Eastern countries, from Mauritania in the west to Oman in the east.

1960: The laser is patented. Charles Hard Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow received the first patent for their device, although Gordon Gould had previously filed a patent application for a similar contraption, which was turned down.
1978: Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas died after falling off a tightrope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
He attempted to walk 121ft (37 meters) on a wire that was stretched between two buildings in San Juan, Puerto Rico but lost his balance due to strong winds.

1980: For the first time, Nigeria hosts the African Cup of Nations (the 12th edition), and for the first time, Nigeria wins the football championship, continuing the tradition of most host countries, lifting the cup. Top scorers areNigertiaโs Segun Odegbami and Moroccoโs
Khaled Labied, both with three goals.

1997: Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest female figure skating world champion
The American athlete won the 1997 World Figure Skating Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland at the age of 14 years and 10 months.

1993: The Intel Corporation produces the first Pentium microprocessor. Intel holds about 80% of the world market share in the PC microprocessor business.
1997: The super-bright comet โHale-Boppโ reached its closest point to Earth at a distance of 1.215 AU, making it visible to the naked eye.

2002: A woman, paralyzed from the neck down and known to the court as ‘Miss B’, won the legal right to die by having her treatment withdrawn.
2018: US President Donald Trump imposes $60 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese imports.
2019: Jimmy Carter becomes the longest-living US president.
On March 22, 2019, 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.

Births on This Day, March 22
Andrew Lloyd Webber, 76 years
Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass.

Reese Witherspoon, 46years
Reese Witherspoon was born on March 22, 1976, in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
She is an American actress who appeared in a wide range of genres but was perhaps best known for her romantic comedies, in which she often portrayed charming yet determined characters.

Nicholas Monsarrat (22 March 1910 – 8 August 1979)
The birth of Nicholas Monsarrat, naval officer and British novelist known today for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea and Three Corvettes, but perhaps known best internationally for his novels, The Tribe That Lost Its Head and its sequel, Richer Than All His Tribe. He died at the age of 69.

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