Today's Highlight in History:
On March 22nd, 1765, Britain enacted¹ the Stamp Act to raise money from the American colonies. (The Act was repealed² the following year.)
On this date:
In 1638, religious dissident Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

In 1820, US naval³ hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel⁴ with Commodore James Barron near Washington DC.

In 1882, Congress outlawed⁵ polygamy.

In 1894, hockey's first Stanley Cup championship game was played; the home team Montreal Amateur Athletic⁶ Association defeated the Ottawa Capitals, 3-to-1.

In 1895, Auguste and Louis Lumiere showed their first movie to an invited audience in Paris.

In 1933, during Prohibition⁷, President Roosevelt signed a measure to make wine and beer containing up to 3.2 percent alcohol legal.

In 1945, the Arab League was formed with the adoption⁸ of a charter in Cairo, Egypt.

In 1946, the British mandate⁹ in Transjordan came to an end.

In 1972, Congress sent the proposed Equal Rights Amendment¹⁰ to the Constitution to the states for ratification¹¹. (It fell three states short of the 38 needed for approval.)

In 1978, Karl Wallenda, the 73-year-old patriarch of "The Flying Wallendas" high-wire act, fell to his death while attempting to walk a cable strung between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Ten years ago: A jury in Anchorage, Alaska, found former tanker¹² captain Joseph Hazelwood innocent of three major charges in connection with the "Exxon Valdez" oil spill, but convicted him of a minor¹³ charge of negligent¹⁴ discharge of oil.

Five years ago: Shouting erupted in the US House of Representatives as Democrats¹⁵ bitterly accused majority Republicans of trying to ram¹⁶ through a mean-spirited welfare overhaul¹⁷ bill. Convicted Long Island Rail Road gunman Colin Ferguson was sentenced to life in prison for killing¹⁸ six people.

One year ago: Acting¹⁹ as his own lawyer, Dr. Jack²⁰ Kevorkian went on trial on murder charges for the first time, telling a jury in Pontiac, Michigan, he was merely carrying out his professional duty in a videotaped assisted death shown on "60 Minutes." (Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder.)