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On This Day In History for March 22, 2023

This is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 284 days remaining in 2023.

It was on this date in 1508, that Ferdinand II of Aragon commissioned Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.

It was 392 years ago today, that The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlawed the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.

On March 22, 1895, Before the Société pour L’Encouragement à l’Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrated movie film technology publicly for the first time.

It was on this date in 1960, that Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes received the first patent for a laser

On March 22, 1963, The Beatles released their debut album Please Please Me.

March 22, 1982, NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia was launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3

The Intel Corporation shipped the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path on this date in 1993

Also on March 22, 1995, Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returned to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space

26 years ago today, Comet Hale-Bopp reached its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Persian astronomer and mathematician, Ulugh Beg, born on this date in 1394.

Born March 22, 1785, English scientist Adam Sedgwick.

Greek scientist, Anastassios Christomanos was born 182 years ago today.

American novelist and short story writer, Louis L’Amour, born on this date in 1908.

Werner Klemperer, German-American actor was born on that same date in 1920.

Born March 22, 1924, American journalist and author, founded USA Today Al Neuharth.

Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, Yevgeny Ostashev, born on this date in 1924.

Also born on that same date in 1940,  American physicist and inventor, George Edward Alcorn, Jr..

Also turning 77 today is American mathematician, computer scientist, and author Rudy Rucker.

Listener Birthdays

23 – Steve Riekeberg a.k.a. MissingIntellect of Geek Cred

23 – Richard Parkman

25 – Nicholas St Gabriel

26 – Chuck Tomasi

26 – Brina Baird in Hampton, VA

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for March 22, 2023

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