SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2014

Today is Saturday, March 22, the 81stday of 2014. There are 284 days left in the year.

1457 ― Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book

1733 ― Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer)

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

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

1960 ― First patent for lasers, granted to Arthur Schawlow & Charles Townes

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

1968 ― Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone

1991 ― New York Daily News begins using motto “Forward with New York”

1993 ― Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS

1997 ― Comet Hale-Bopp Closest Approach to Earth (1.315 AU)