March 22 - Flight

Flight

This Day In History

1638

Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.

1888

In England, The Football League, the world's oldest professional Association Football league, is founded.

1960

Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser

1978

Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

1982

NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.

1993

The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.

Famous Birthdays

1599

Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (d. 1641)

1846

Randolph Caldecott, British artist and illustrator (d. 1886)

1887

Chico Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1961)

1908

Louis L'Amour, American author (d. 1988)

1930

Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist

1931

William Shatner, Canadian actor

1946

1946 Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and philosopher; one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement

1948

Andrew Lloyd Webber, English theatre composer

1976

Reese Witherspoon, American actress