Today is Saturday, March 22, the 82nd day of 2008. There are 284 days left in the year.
1457 _ Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book
1622 _ First Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites, Jamestown VA; 347 slain
1872 _ Illinois becomes first state to require sexual equality in employment
1873 _ Slavery is abolished in Puerto Rico
1922 _ British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to six years in prison
1945 _ Arab League forms with adoption of a charter in Cairo Egypt
1958 _ Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi-Arabia
1963 _ Beatles release 1st album, ``Please, please me"
1988 _ Congress overrides Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill
1998 _ 18th Golden Raspberry Awards: The Postman wins