March 22 in History

Historical Events on March 22

1508 Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.

1638 Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.

1871 In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.

1872 Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.

1939 World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.

1942 World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.

1972 The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.

1982 NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.

1993 The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.

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Famous Birthdays on March 22

1459 Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

1930 Stephen Sondheim

1931 William Shatner

1976 Reese Witherspoon

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Famous Deaths on March 22

1758 Jonathan Edwards (theologian)

1820 Stephen Decatur

1832 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

2016 Rob Ford

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