📅 March 22 · Stamp Act 1765, 1934 Masters Tournament, Khatyn massacre, Comet Hale–Bopp
March 22 in history: • 1765 – The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act, requiring that many printed materials in the Thirteen Colonies in British America carry a tax stamp. → go there • 1934 – In golf, the first Masters Tournament was held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, United States. → go there • 1943 – World War II: Almost the entire population of the village of Khatyn, in present-day Belarus, were massacred by Ukrainian and Belarusian Nazi collaborators. → go there • 1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp (pictured) reached its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU. → go there Born 1615: Katherine Jones Wiki link Died 1864: Konstanty Kalinowski Wiki link Born 1976: Reese Witherspoon Wiki link Born 2001: Artūrs Šilovs Wiki link Pictured: Comet Hale–Bopp.