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On This Day In History for March 22, 2023
This is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 284 days remaining in 2023.
- It was on this date in 1508, that Ferdinand II of Aragon commissioned Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.
- It was 392 years ago today, that The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlawed the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
- On March 22, 1895, Before the Société pour L’Encouragement à l’Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrated movie film technology publicly for the first time.
- It was on this date in 1960, that Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes received the first patent for a laser
- On March 22, 1963, The Beatles released their debut album Please Please Me.
- March 22, 1982, NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3
- The Intel Corporation shipped the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path on this date in 1993
- Also on March 22, 1995, Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returned to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space
- 26 years ago today, Comet Hale-Bopp reached its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- Persian astronomer and mathematician, Ulugh Beg, born on this date in 1394.
- Born March 22, 1785, English scientist Adam Sedgwick.
- Greek scientist, Anastassios Christomanos was born 182 years ago today.
- American novelist and short story writer, Louis L’Amour, born on this date in 1908.
- Werner Klemperer, German-American actor was born on that same date in 1920.
- Born March 22, 1924, American journalist and author, founded USA Today Al Neuharth.
- Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Yevgeny Ostashev, born on this date in 1924.
- Also born on that same date in 1940, American physicist and inventor, George Edward Alcorn, Jr..
- Also turning 77 today is American mathematician, computer scientist, and author Rudy Rucker.
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- 26 – Chuck Tomasi
- 26 – Brina Baird in Hampton, VA
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 22, 2023
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