On this day in history - March 22

What Happened On This Day – March 22

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

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

• 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 included the hit single “Love Me Do” is regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time.

• 1960 The laser is patented

  Charles Hard Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow received the first patent for their device, although Gordon Gould had previously filed a patent application for a similar contraption, which was turned down.

• 1945 The Arab League is founded

  The organization was founded to promote political, economic, and cultural collaboration amongst its member states, which include 22 African, Asian, and Middle Eastern countries, from Mauritania in the west to Oman in the east.