Today in History(22nd March)

1871 Stanley begins search for Livingstone

American Revolution
1778 Massacre at Hancock’s Bridge

Automotive
1960 Formula One champ Ayrton Senna born

Civil War
1863 Edwin V. Sumner dies

Cold War
1980 Carter tells U.S. athletes of Olympic boycott

Crime
1963 Alcatraz closes its doors

Disaster
1932 Series of tornadoes hits Southeast U.S.

General Interest
1804 Napoleonic Code approved in France
1918 Second Battle of the Somme begins
1960 Massacre in Sharpeville
1965 Selma to Montgomery march begins

Hollywood
1980 Famous Dallas cliffhanger airs

Literary
1678 Reward offered for identity of pamphlet author

Music
1952 The Moondog Coronation Ball is history’s first rock concert

Old West
1882 “Broncho Billy” Anderson born

Presidential
1980 Carter announces Olympic boycott

Sports
1980 Ronaldinho is born

Vietnam War
1967 North Vietnam rejects Johnson overture
1972 Khmer Rouge shell Phnom Penh

World War I
1918 Germany begins major offensive on the Western Front

World War II
1943 Another plot to kill Hitler foiled