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Historical Events on March 22

  • Ferdinand II of Aragon

    1508

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

  • Massachusetts Bay Colony

    1638

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

  • William Woods Holden

    1871

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

  • Klaipėda Region

    1939

    World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.

  • Second Battle of Sirte

    1942

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

  • Equal Rights Amendment

    1972

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

  • Birth control

    1972

    In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.

  • Space Shuttle Columbia

    1982

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

  • My Chemical Romance

    2013

    The band My Chemical Romance breaks up after 12 years.

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