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Sunday, 22 March 2026
1944 Mont Canadiens sweep Chicago Black Hawks for the Stanley Cup 
1944 SC rejects black suffrage
1944 Cecile Chaminade, composer, dies at 86.
1945 Allies occupy Wien (Vienna).
1945 President Roosevelt dies.
1945 Canadian army liberates Teuge and Assen Neth from Nazis.
1946 Belgian premier Acker proclaims wage and price freeze over.
1946 William Henry Bell, composer, dies at 72
1948 75 scientists ambushed on way to Mount Scopus
1949 In the Puget Sound area, Washington region a 6.9 earthquake occured between Olympia and Tacoma, along the southern edge of Puget Sound. Property damage in Olympia, Seattle, and Tacoma was estimated at $25 million; eight people were killed.
1949 3rd NBA Championship: Minn Lakers beat Wash Capitols, 4 games to 2.
1949 C V France, dies at 80.
1952 [Rosalie] Julia Cuypers, Flemish actress (Adelaarsjong), dies at 79
1953 1st game of Milwaukee Braves, they beat Cin Reds 2-0.
1954 Balt Orioles 1st game, loses to Tigers in Detroit 3-0.
1955 20.33" (51.64 cm) of rainfall, Axis, Alabama (state record)
1956 KETA TV channel 13 in Oklahoma City, OK (PBS) begins broadcasting.
1957 Due to lack of funds, Saturday mail delivery in the US is halted
1957 "Shinbone Alley" opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 49 performances.
1959 USAF launches Discover II into polar orbit.
1959 Vanguard SLV-5 launched for Earth orbit (failed)
1959 Vatican edict forbids Roman Catholics for voting for communists
1959 Eduard A van Beinum, Dutch musician/conductor, dies at 57.
1960 France is recorded as becoming the 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara.
1960 France is recorded as becoming the 4th nuclear nation exploding an A-Bomb in Sahara And atom here, an atom there.
1960 Navy's navigation satellite, Transit, placed into orbit from Cape Canaveral, FL and demonstrates ability to launch another satellite.
1960 Transit 1B, inaugural navigational satellite, placed in Earth orbit
1961 UN General Assembly condemns South Africa for apartheid.
1963 Gary Kasparov, Russian world champion chess player is born.
1964 New Zealand Colin Bosher shears a record 565 sheep in 1 work day
1964 Sidney Poitier became inaugural black man to win Oscar for best actor
1965 Beatles record "Help"
1965 Lawrence Bradford Jr, 16 of NYC became inaugural black congressional page
1966 Pan Am places $525000000 order for 25 Boeing 747s
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