Today is Thursday, March 22, the 82nd day of 2012. There are 284 days left in the year.
1457 ― Gutenberg Bible became the first printed book
1622 ― First Indian (Powhattan) massacre of whites, Jamestown, Va.; 347 slain
1733 ― Joseph Priestly invents carbonated water (seltzer)
1888 ― English Football League established
1903 ― Niagara Falls runs out of water because of a drought
1922 ― British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to six years in prison
1963 ― Beatles release first album, ``Please Please Me"
1968 ― Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone
1977 ― Indira Gandhi resigns as prime minister of India
1990 ― ``Les Miserables" opens at Shunert Theatre, Boston, Mass.