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A bit of March 22nd history…
1622 - 1st American Indian (Powhatan) massacre of Europeans in Jamestown, Va; 347 killed
1765 - Stamp Act passed, 1st direct British tax on American colonists
1946 - 1st US rocket to leave the Earth’s atmosphere
2018 - The “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” between Hawaii and California has 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic and is increasing rapidly (pictured)
2019 - “Mind Blowing” discovery announced of 518 million year old fossil site in Hubei Province, China, with thousands of unknown fossils well preserved
Today in History: March 22nd