These historical events took place on March 22nd:
1622: The first American Indian, Powhatan Tribe, massacre of Europeans in Jamestown Virginia took place where 347 people were killed.
1638: Religious dissident Anne Hutchinson was expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1790: Thomas Jefferson becomes the 1st US Secretary of State under President Washington
1861: The first U.S. nursing school was chartered named the Bellevue Hospital School of Nursing in New York City.
1865: In the Wilson’s Raid, 13,480 cavalry troops led by Union General James H. Wilson destroyed most of the Confederate Alabama and Georgia’s arms-manufacturing and rail capabilities. The raid lasted through mid-April after Lee’s surrender of natural resources.
1872: Illinois became the first state to require sexual equality in employment.
1903: The U.S. Anthracite Coal Commission that was set up by President Theodore Roosevelt, submitted its recommendations for shorter hours, a 10-per cent wage increase, and an ‘open shop.’
1935: Blood tests were authorized to be evidence in court cases.
1936: The movie, “The Great Ziegfeld” directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring William Powell and Luise Rainer premiered in Los Angeles.
1954: Northland Center, the world’s largest shopping mall at the time, opened in Oakpark, Michigan.
1965: U.S. confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong.