Today in History Today is Monday, March 22, the 81st day of 2021. There are 284 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On March 22, 1941, the Grand Coulee hydroelectric dam in Washington state officially went into operation. On this date: In 1820, U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with Commodore James Barron near Washington, D.C. In 1882, President Chester Alan Arthur signed a measure outlawing polygamy. In 1894, hockey’s first Stanley Cup championship game was played; home team Montreal defeated Ottawa, 3-1. In 1945, the Arab League was formed with the adoption of a charter in Cairo, Egypt. In 1976, principal photography for the first “Star Wars” movie, directed by George Lucas, began in Tunisia. In 1987, a garbage barge, carrying 3,200 tons of refuse, left Islip, New York, on a six-month journey in search of a place to unload. (The barge was turned away by several states and three other countries until space was found back in...
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