Subject: Poor Gabriel's Almanac -- Mar 22
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 05:00:25 GMT

Interesting things that happened March 22:

Birthdays on this date ...
  In 1819 Brig. Gen. William Wirt Adams, Organized First Miss. Cavalry
  In 1846 Randolph Caldecott (in England), illustrater
  In 1913 Karl "Don't leave home without it" Malden, actor
  In 1920 Werner Klemperer, actor (Col. Klink of "Hogan's Heroes")
  In 1923 Marcel Marceau (in France), mime
  In 1930 Stephen Sondheim, composer, lyricist (West Side Story, A Little
          Night Music)
  In 1931 William Shatner, actor (Star Trek, T.J. Hooker), author (Tek War)
  In 1934 Orrin Hatch, Republican Senator (Utah)
  In 1936 May Britt, German actor, former wife of Sammy Davis Jr.
  In 1942 Barbara Parkins (in England), actor (Peyton Place)
  In 1943 George Benson, singer, guitarist
  In 1948 Andrew Lloyd Webber, composer (Evita, Cats, J.C. Superstar)
  In 1959 Matthew Modine

Events worth noting ...
  In 1638 Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson expelled from Mass Bay Colony.
  In 1733 Joseph Priestly (father of soda pop) invents carbonated water.
  In 1765 Britain enacts the Stamp Act.
  In 1820 U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur killed in a duel with
          Comadore James Barron.
  In 1882 Congress outlawed polygamy.
  In 1894 Montreal AAA beats Ottawa Capitals 3-2 and wins the first Stanley Cup.
  In 1903 N.Y. Highlander (Yankees) tickets first go on sale.
  In 1919 First international airline sevice inaugurated with a weekly Paris
          to Brussels airline route.
  In 1929 USCG vessel sank Canadian-reg schooner suspected of carrying liquor.
  In 1941 Grand Coulee Dam in Washington state went into operation.
  In 1957 Earthquake gives San Francisco the shakes.
  In 1963 Beatles release first album, "Please, Please Me."
  In 1967 Cassius Clay (aka Muhammad Ali) has first Madison Square Garden fight.
  In 1968 President Johnson's daughter, Lynda, ordered off Cable Car
          because she was eating an ice cream cone (no food on cars!).
  In 1972 Congress approves the Equal Rights Amendment, states never ratify.
  In 1972 Yankees trade Danny Cater to the Red Sox for Sparky Lyle.
  In 1977 Indira Gandhi resigned as prime minister of India.
  In 1978 Robert Frost Plaza, at California, Drumm and Market, dedicated.
  In 1979 Israel's parliament approved a peace treaty with Egypt.
  In 1981 First Class Postage raised to 18 cents from 15 cents.
  In 1981 Soyuz 39 is launched - First Monoglian in space.
  In 1982 Third Space Shuttle Mission - Columbia 3 is launched.
  In 1983 Chaim Herzog elected president of Israel.
  In 1984 Islander Bryan Trottier ties NHL rec scores 5 seconds in game.
  In 1994 Walter F. Lantz, creator of Woody Woodpecker, Andy Panda, Chilly 
          Willy et. al., dies at 94.

And remember ...
  International Hamburger and Pickle Month
  Red Cross Month
  National Nutrition Month (US)
  Women's History Month
 
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