| 1622 |
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Indians attack a group of colonists in the James River area of Virginia, killing 350 residents. |
| 1630 |
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The first legislation prohibiting gambling is enacted in Boston. |
| 1664 |
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Charles II gives large tracks of land from west of the Connecticut River to the east of Delaware Bay in North America to his brother James, the Duke of York. |
| 1719 |
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Frederick William abolishes serfdom on crown property in Prussia. |
| 1765 |
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The Stamp Act is passed, the first direct British tax on the American colonists. |
| 1775 |
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British statesman Edmund Burke makes a speech in the House of Commons, urging the government to adopt a policy of reconciliation with America. |
| 1790 |
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Thomas Jefferson becomes the first U.S. Secretary of State. |
| 1794 |
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Congress passes laws prohibiting slave trade with foreign countries although slavery remains legal in the United States. |
| 1834 |
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Horace Greeley publishes New Yorker, a weekly literary and news magazine and forerunner of Harold Ross’ more successful The New Yorker. |
| 1901 |
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Japan proclaims that it is determined to keep Russia from encroaching on Korea. |
| 1904 |
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The first color photograph is published in the London Daily Illustrated Mirror. |
| 1907 |
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Russians troops complete the evacuation of Manchuria in the face of advancing Japanese forces. |
| 1915 |
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A German Zepplin makes a night raid on Paris railway stations. |
| 1919 |
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The first international airline service is inaugurated on a weekly schedule between Paris and Brussels. |
| 1933 |
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill legalizing the sale and possession of beer and wine. |
| 1935 |
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Persia is renamed Iran. |
| 1946 |
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First U.S. built rocket to leave the Earth’s atmosphere reaches a 50-mile height. |
| 1948 |
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The United States announces a land reform plan for Korea. |
| 1954 |
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The London gold market reopens for the first time since 1939. |
| 1968 |
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President Lyndon Johnson names General William Westmoreland as Army Chief of Staff. |
| 1972 |
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The U.S. Senate passes the Equal Rights Amendment. The amendment fails to achieve ratification. |
| 1974 |
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The Viet Cong propose a new truce with the United States and South Vietnam, which includes general elections. |
| 1990 |
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A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, finds Captain Hazelwood not guilty in the Valdez oil spill. |
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Born on March 22 |
| 1599 |
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Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish artist, the namesake of the beard style. |
| 1797 |
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Wilhelm I, German emperor (1871-88) |
| 1846 |
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Randolph Caldecott, illustrator. |
| 1907 |
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James Gavin, U.S. Army general of the 82nd Airborne Division in WWII. |
| 1908 |
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Louis L’Amour, American Western novelist. |
| 1923 |
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Marcel Marceau, French mime. |
| 1930 |
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Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist (A Little Night Music, Passion). |
| 1948 |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber, British composer (The Phantom of the Opera, Cats) |
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