Today in History
Today is Wednesday, March 22, the 81st day of 2023. There are 284 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlights in History:
On March 22, 1894, hockey’s first Stanley Cup championship game was played; home team Montreal defeated Ottawa, 3-1.
On this date:
In 1765, the British Parliament passed the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies, which fiercely resisted the tax. (The Stamp Act was repealed a year later.)
In 1882, President Chester Alan Arthur signed a measure outlawing polygamy.
In 1941, the Grand Coulee hydroelectric dam in Washington state officially went into operation.
In 1945, the Arab League was formed with the adoption of a charter in Cairo, Egypt.
In 1963, The Beatles’ debut album, “Please Please Me,” was released in the United Kingdom by Parlophone.
In 1978, Karl Wallenda, the 73-year-old patriarch of “The Flying Wallendas” high-wire act, fell to his death while attempting to walk a cable strung between two hotel towers in San Juan, Puerto…
