THURSDAY, MARCH 22, 2018

Today is Thursday, March 22, the 81st day of 2018. There are 284 days left in the year.

1349 — Townspeople of Fulda Germany massacre Jews (blamed for black death)

1457 — Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book

1556 — Cardinal Reginald Pole becomes archbishop of Canterbury

1621 — Hugo de Grote escapes in bookcase from Loevenstein castle, Netherlands

1733 — Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer)

1822 — Gioacchino Rossini marries Isabella Colbran in Bologna

1822 — New York Horticultural Society founded

1841 — Cornstarch patented (Orlando Jones)

1896 — Charilaos Vasilakos wins first marathon (3:18)

1903 — New York Highlanders (Yankees) tickets first go on sale

1903 — Niagera Falls runs out of water because of a drought