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-* [[238]] - [[Gordian I]] and his son [[Gordian II]] are proclaimed [[Roman emperors]]. 
-*[[1621]] - The [[Pilgrims]] of [[Plymouth Colony]] sign a peace treaty with [[Massasoit]] of the [[Wampanoag (tribe)|Wampanoag]]s.  
-*[[1622]] - [[Indian massacre of 1622|Jamestown massacre]]: [[Algonquian]] Indians kill 347 [[England|English]] settlers around [[Jamestown, Virginia]], a third of the colony's population.  
-*[[1630]] - [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] outlaws the possession of cards, [[dice]], and gaming tables. 
-*[[1638]] - [[Anne Hutchinson]] is expelled from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] for religious dissent. 
-*[[1765]] - The [[Parliament of Great Britain|Parliament of]] [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] passes the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which introduced a tax to be levied directly on its [[British colonization of the Americas|American colonies]].  
-*[[1784]] - The [[Emerald Buddha]] is moved with great ceremony to its current place in [[Wat Phra Kaew]], [[Thailand]]. 
-*[[1809]] - [[Charles XIII of Sweden|Charles XIII]] succeeds [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden|Gustav IV Adolf]] to the [[Sweden|Swedish]] throne.  
-*[[1829]] - The three protecting powers ([[Kingdom of Great Britain|Britain]], [[France]] and [[Russia]]) establish the borders of [[Greece]]. 
-*[[1849]] - The [[Austrian Empire|Austrians]] defeat the [[Kingdom of Sardinia|Piedmontese]] at the [[Battle of Novara (1849)|Battle of Novara]]. 
-*[[1861]] - [[Charles Darwin]]'s buldog [[Thomas Henry Huxley]] updates his wife Henrietta on his working mans' series of lectures promoting [[Darwinism]]. "By next Friday evening they will all be convinced that they are monkeys."<ref> March 22, 1861 letter to Henrietta [http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/letters/61.html ''T. H. Huxley Letters and Diary 1861'']</ref> 
-*[[1871]] - In [[North Carolina]], [[William Woods Holden]] becomes the first [[governor]] of a [[U.S. state]] to be removed from office by [[impeachment]].  
-*[[1873]] - A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in [[Puerto Rico]] to abolish [[slavery]]. 
-*[[1888]] - [[The Football League]] is formed.  
-*[[1894]] - The first playoff game for the [[Stanley Cup]] starts.  
-*[[1895]] - First display (a private screening) of [[Film|motion pictures]] by [[Auguste and Louis Lumière]]. 
-*[[1923]] - The first radio broadcast of [[ice hockey]] is made by [[Foster Hewitt]]. 
-*[[1933]] - [[President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt|Franklin Delano Roosevelt]] signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of [[beer]] and [[wine]]. 
-*[[1939]] - [[World War II]]: [[Germany]] takes [[Klaipėda Region|Memel]] from [[Lithuania]]. 
-*[[1941]] - [[Washington]]'s [[Grand Coulee Dam]] begins to generate [[electricity]]. 
-*[[1942]] - [[World War II]]: In the [[Mediterranean Sea]], Britain's [[Royal Navy]] confronts Italy's [[Regia Marina]] in the [[Second Battle of Sirte]]. 
-*[[1943]] - [[World War II]]: the entire population of [[Khatyn massacre|Khatyn]] in [[Belarus]] is burnt alive by [[Germany|German]] occupation forces. 
-*[[1945]] - The [[Arab League]] is founded when a charter is adopted in [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].  
-*[[1954]] - Closed since [[1939]], the [[London bullion market]] reopens.  
-*[[1960]] - [[Arthur Leonard Schawlow]] & [[Charles Hard Townes]] receive the first [[patent]] for a [[laser]].  
-*[[1975]] - A fire at the [[Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant]] in [[Decatur, Alabama]] causes dangerous lowering of cooling water levels. 
-*[[1978]] - [[Karl Wallenda]] of the [[The Flying Wallendas]] dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]].  
-*[[1979]] - [[Margaret Thatcher]] puts down an [[early day motion]] censuring the government, which leads to the defeat of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] government of [[James Callaghan]].  
-*[[1984]] - Teachers at the [[McMartin preschool trial|McMartin preschool]] in [[Manhattan Beach, California]] are charged with [[Satanic ritual abuse]] of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfounded.  
-*[[1989]] - [[Clint Malarchuk]] of the [[Buffalo Sabres]] suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat in one of the most gruesome sports injuries of all time.  
-*[[1993]] - The [[Intel Corporation|Intel]] [[Corporation]] ships the first [[Pentium]] chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ [[Instructions per second|MIPS]], and a 64 bit data path.  
-*[[1995]] - [[Astronaut|Cosmonaut]] [[Valeriy Polyakov]] returns after setting a record for 438 days in [[outer space|space]]. 
-*[[1997]] - [[Tara Lipinski]], age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion of the women's world [[figure skating]] competition. 
-* 1997 - The [[Comet Hale-Bopp]] has its closest approach to [[earth]]. 
-*[[2004]] - [[Ahmed Yassin]], co-founder and leader of the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[Sunni]] Islamist militant group [[Hamas]], and bodyguards are killed in the [[Gaza Strip]] when hit by [[Israeli Air Force]] [[AH-64 Apache]] fired [[AGM-114 Hellfire|Hellfire missiles]]. 
-*[[2006]] - [[ETA]], armed [[Basque people|Basque]] separatist group, declares permanent ceasefire. 
-* 2006 - [[BC Ferries]]' ''[[M/V Queen of the North]]'' runs aground on [[Gil Island (Canada)|Gil Island]] [[British Columbia]] and sinks; 101 on board, 2 presumed deaths. 
-* 2006 - Three [[Christian Peacemaker Teams]] Hostages are freed by British forces in [[Baghdad]] after 118 days captivity and the death of their colleague, American [[Tom Fox (activist)|Tom Fox]]. 
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