A United States Air Force aircraft disappears with all 67 people on board somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. Date: March 22, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On This Day (Today)
Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser. Date: March 22, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Beatles release their debut album Please Please Me. Date: March 22, 1963 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1963 📅 On This Day (Today)
In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives. Date: March 22, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification. Date: March 22, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)
A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama, causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels. Date: March 22, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This Day (Today)
Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Date: March 22, 1978 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1978 📅 On This Day (Today)
NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3. Date: March 22, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)
The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987. Date: March 22, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election. Date: March 22, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)