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.