Today is March 22, 2016<\/p>\n
1765
\nThe Stamp Act was enacted on the American colonies by Britain.<\/p>\n
1820
\nU.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron.<\/p>\n
1894
\nThe first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals.<\/p>\n
1895
\nAuguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.<\/p>\n
1945
\nThe Arab League was formed in Cairo, by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.<\/p>\n
1972
\nCongress approved the Equal Rights Amendment and sent it to be ratified by the states. The amendment would fail to get the required 38 states to ratify it.<\/p>\n
1997
\nComet Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the northern hemisphere. The comet\u2019s next pass is predicted for the year 4397.<\/p>\n
2012
\nAmadou Toumani Tour\u00e9, The President of Mali, was ousted in a coup d’\u00e9tat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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