What happend on 22nd March

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1960

Arthur Leonard Schawlow & Charles Townes receive the first patent for a laser.

1958

Faisal becomes King of Saudi Arabia.

1954

Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.

1945

The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.

1942

World War II: In the Mediterranean sea, Regia Marina defeats Royal Navy in the Second Battle of Sirte.

1941

Washington's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.

1939

World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.

1933

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of beer and wine.

1895

First display (a private screening) of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière.

1894

The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.