Important Events From This day in History – 22 March

Today in History

• 1997 Tara Lipinski becomes the youngest female figure skating world champion

  At the age of 14 years and 10 months, the American skater won the 1997 World Figure Skating Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland.

• 1993 The Intel Corporation produces the first Pentium microprocessor

  Intel holds about 80% of the world market share in the PC microprocessor business.

• 1963 The Beatles release their first album

  Please Please Me, which featured the hit single “Love Me Do,” is widely regarded as one of the best albums of all time.

• 1960 The laser is patented

  Although Gordon Gould had previously filed a patent application for a similar contraption, it was denied, Charles Hard Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow received the first patent for their device.

• 1945 The Arab League is founded

  The organization was founded to promote political, economic, and cultural cooperation among its member countries, which range from Mauritania in the west to Oman in the east.