FRIDAY, MARCH 22, 2013

Today is Friday, March 22, the 81st day of 2013. There are 284 days left in the year.

1457 ― Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book

1790 ― Thomas Jefferson becomes the first U.S. secretary of state

1903 ― Niagara Falls runs out of water because of a drought

1914 ― World's first airline, St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line, begins

1922 ― British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to six years in prison

1935 ― Blood tests authorized as evidence in court cases (New York)

1954 ― First shopping mall opened in Southfield, MI

1963 ― Beatles release first album, “Please, Please, Me”

1965 ― U.S. confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong

1990 ― “Les Miserables” opens at Shunert Theatre, Boston, Mass.