History for March 22 - On-This-Day.com:
Karl Malden 1913 - Actor, Allen H. Neuharth 1924 - Founder of USA Today, Pat Robertson 1930
William Shatner 1931 - Actor ("Star Trek" television series and movies), Andrew Lloyd Webber 1948 - Composer, Reese Witherspoon 1976 - Actress ("Legally Blonde")
1457 - Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book.
1775 - Edmund Burke presented his 13 articles to the English parliament.
1841 - Englishman Orlando Jones patented cornstarch.
1903 - Niagara Falls ran out of water due to a drought.
1935 - Persia was renamed Iran.
1954 - The first shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan.
1978 - Karl Wallenda, of the Flying Wallendas, fell to his death while walking a cable strung between to hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1981 - RCA put its Selectra Vision laser disc players on the market.
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