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    Photos: Today in History for March 22

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    • Mar 22, 2022
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    USA New York Hyde Park
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    USA New York Hyde Park

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    • Updated Mar 21, 2021

    The home of President Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York, on March 22, 1939. (AP Photo)

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    • Updated Mar 21, 2021
    GRAND COULEE DAM IRRIGATION
    3

    GRAND COULEE DAM IRRIGATION

    • ASSOCIATED PRESS
    • Updated Mar 21, 2021

    The Grand Coulee dam, located about 100 miles north of Spokane, Wash., is shown on April 14, 1945. The 151-mile reservoir averages nearly a mile in width and extends to the Canadian border. Water will be pumped from this vast lake to irrigate more than 1,000,000 acres of land in the Columbia basin project of South-Central Washington. (AP Photo)

    Farm Worker Squalor
    4

    Farm Worker Squalor

    • David F. Smith
    • Updated Mar 21, 2021

    The Theodore James family lives in a 16-foot square tent outside the city of Tulare, in California's San Joaquin valley, shown March 22, 1950. James, 49, is a part-time picker and truck driver who recently was on country work relief drawing $22 a week. The family has lived in the tent for three years and doesn't have much hope for anything better. They pay $15 a month rent. Left to right: Mrs. James holding Ronald James, 1; Carroll James, 4; Bruce James, 6; James, holding Ronald's twin brother, Donald James; Richard James, 21, and Phillip James, 20. Two other children live away from home. (AP Photo/David F. Smith)

    DIMAGGIO MONROE
    5

    DIMAGGIO MONROE

    • ASSOCIATED PRESS
    • Updated Mar 21, 2021

    Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio are pictured together in a cabana on Redington Beach near St. Petersburg, Florida, on March 22, 1961. (AP Photo)

    Virgil Grissom, Edward White, Roger Chaffee
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    Virgil Grissom, Edward White, Roger Chaffee

    • Anonymous
    • Updated Mar 21, 2021
    Janet Guthrie
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    Janet Guthrie

    • Jim Kerlin
    • Updated Mar 21, 2021

    This trio of girls await the start of practice trails and qualifying for the Florida International 12-hour of endurance race at Sebring, Florida on March 22, 1969. Seated at the wheel of the Austin Healey is Liane Engeman, Amsterdam. The Netherlands., as co-drivers Janet Guthrie, left, Great Neck, N. Y., and Donna Mae Mims, Pittsburg, Pa. , await their chance for a practice drive. (AP Photo/Jim Kerlin)

    NIT St. Peter's Kansas
    8

    NIT St. Peter's Kansas

    • Henri Huet
    • Updated Mar 21, 2021

    Dave Nash (13) of Kansas stands over Pete O’Dea as the St. Peter’s forward tumbles during semi-final NIT at Madison Square Garden in New York, March 22, 1968. In background Jo Jo White (15) of Kansas has the ball as Bob Leckie (10) of St. Peter’s defends. At right is Tom MacMahon (24) of St. Peter’s. Kansas won, 58-46, and they’ll meet Dayton in Saturday’s final. (AP Photo/Henri Huet)

    Henry Kissinger,  Yigael Yadin
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    Henry Kissinger, Yigael Yadin

    • Castro
    • Updated Mar 21, 2021

    U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger listens as Israeli archaelogist Yigael Yadin describes the ancient Jewish fortress of Masada on the shore of the Read Sea in Masada on March 22, 1975. Biblical Judean Mountains are in the background. (AP Photo/Castro)

    Helms Schlafly Hatch
    10

    Helms Schlafly Hatch

    • CHARLES TASNADI
    • Updated Mar 21, 2021

    Standing at the podium at an anti-Equal Rights Amendment dinner in Washington are, from left: Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), activist Phyllis Schlafly, and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), March 22, 1979. The dinner was held to celebrate the date of what would have been the expiration of the seven-year ratification period for the ERA before its extension by Congress. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

    President Ronald Reagan
    11

    President Ronald Reagan

    • Anonymous
    • Updated Mar 21, 2021

    U.S. President Robert Reagan addresses a session with House Republicans, Wednesday, March 22, 1984 in Washington on Capitol Hill, appealing for support of a three-year $150 billion deficit reduction plan. Next to the podium are Vice President George Bush and Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., right. (AP Photo)

    DONALD TRUMP
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    DONALD TRUMP

    • WILBUR FUNCHES
    • Updated Mar 21, 2021

    Real estate magnate Donald Trump poses in front of one of three Sikorsky helicopters at New York Port Authority's West 30 Street Heliport on March 22, 1988. (AP Photo/Wilbur Funches)

    1991 Gulf War Iraq Army
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    1991 Gulf War Iraq Army

    • Tannen Maury
    • Updated Mar 21, 2021

    A group of Iraqi soldiers man a checkpoint in the town of Um Qasr, Friday, March 22, 1991 in Iraq facing an American checkpoint manned by the 3rd Armored Division soldiers. As Iraqi and American troops eyeball each other across the ceasefire demarcation line, the only shooting is between Saddam Hussein's government forces and rebels seeking to topple his government. (AP Photo/Tannen Maury)

    F. W. de Klerk
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    F. W. de Klerk

    • Peter Dejong
    • Updated Mar 21, 2021

    South African President F.W. de Klerk, is welcomed by hundreds of his National Party supporters while campaigning in the outskirts of Port Elizabeth, Tuesday, March 22, 1994. South Africa’s Eastern Cape is considered a traditional African National Congress (ANC) stronghold. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

    ETA
    15

    ETA

    • BERNAT ARMANGUE
    • Updated Mar 21, 2021

    Two men chat in the background of a TV showing the video of three masked members of the Basque separatist group ETA declaring a permanent cease-fire, in Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, March 22, 2006. The Basque separatist group ETA announced on Wednesday a permanent cease-fire, bringing a dramatic end to a decades-long campaign of violence and closing the door on one of Western Europe's last active armed separatist movements. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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    USA New York Hyde Park

    USA New York Hyde Park

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    The home of President Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York, on March 22, 1939. (AP Photo)

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    GRAND COULEE DAM IRRIGATION

    GRAND COULEE DAM IRRIGATION

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    The Grand Coulee dam, located about 100 miles north of Spokane, Wash., is shown on April 14, 1945. The 151-mile reservoir averages nearly a mile in width and extends to the Canadian border. Water will be pumped from this vast lake to irrigate more than 1,000,000 acres of land in the Columbia basin project of South-Central Washington. (AP Photo)

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    Farm Worker Squalor

    Farm Worker Squalor

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    The Theodore James family lives in a 16-foot square tent outside the city of Tulare, in California's San Joaquin valley, shown March 22, 1950. James, 49, is a part-time picker and truck driver who recently was on country work relief drawing $22 a week. The family has lived in the tent for three years and doesn't have much hope for anything better. They pay $15 a month rent. Left to right: Mrs. James holding Ronald James, 1; Carroll James, 4; Bruce James, 6; James, holding Ronald's twin brother, Donald James; Richard James, 21, and Phillip James, 20. Two other children live away from home. (AP Photo/David F. Smith)

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    DIMAGGIO MONROE

    DIMAGGIO MONROE

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    Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio are pictured together in a cabana on Redington Beach near St. Petersburg, Florida, on March 22, 1961. (AP Photo)

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    Virgil Grissom, Edward White, Roger Chaffee

    Virgil Grissom, Edward White, Roger Chaffee

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    Janet Guthrie

    Janet Guthrie

    • Jim Kerlin

    This trio of girls await the start of practice trails and qualifying for the Florida International 12-hour of endurance race at Sebring, Florida on March 22, 1969. Seated at the wheel of the Austin Healey is Liane Engeman, Amsterdam. The Netherlands., as co-drivers Janet Guthrie, left, Great Neck, N. Y., and Donna Mae Mims, Pittsburg, Pa. , await their chance for a practice drive. (AP Photo/Jim Kerlin)

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    NIT St. Peter's Kansas

    NIT St. Peter's Kansas

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    Dave Nash (13) of Kansas stands over Pete O’Dea as the St. Peter’s forward tumbles during semi-final NIT at Madison Square Garden in New York, March 22, 1968. In background Jo Jo White (15) of Kansas has the ball as Bob Leckie (10) of St. Peter’s defends. At right is Tom MacMahon (24) of St. Peter’s. Kansas won, 58-46, and they’ll meet Dayton in Saturday’s final. (AP Photo/Henri Huet)

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    Henry Kissinger,  Yigael Yadin

    Henry Kissinger, Yigael Yadin

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    U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger listens as Israeli archaelogist Yigael Yadin describes the ancient Jewish fortress of Masada on the shore of the Read Sea in Masada on March 22, 1975. Biblical Judean Mountains are in the background. (AP Photo/Castro)

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    Helms Schlafly Hatch

    Helms Schlafly Hatch

    • CHARLES TASNADI

    Standing at the podium at an anti-Equal Rights Amendment dinner in Washington are, from left: Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), activist Phyllis Schlafly, and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), March 22, 1979. The dinner was held to celebrate the date of what would have been the expiration of the seven-year ratification period for the ERA before its extension by Congress. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)

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    President Ronald Reagan

    President Ronald Reagan

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    U.S. President Robert Reagan addresses a session with House Republicans, Wednesday, March 22, 1984 in Washington on Capitol Hill, appealing for support of a three-year $150 billion deficit reduction plan. Next to the podium are Vice President George Bush and Rep. Jack Kemp, R-N.Y., right. (AP Photo)

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    DONALD TRUMP

    DONALD TRUMP

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    Real estate magnate Donald Trump poses in front of one of three Sikorsky helicopters at New York Port Authority's West 30 Street Heliport on March 22, 1988. (AP Photo/Wilbur Funches)

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    1991 Gulf War Iraq Army

    1991 Gulf War Iraq Army

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    A group of Iraqi soldiers man a checkpoint in the town of Um Qasr, Friday, March 22, 1991 in Iraq facing an American checkpoint manned by the 3rd Armored Division soldiers. As Iraqi and American troops eyeball each other across the ceasefire demarcation line, the only shooting is between Saddam Hussein's government forces and rebels seeking to topple his government. (AP Photo/Tannen Maury)

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    F. W. de Klerk

    F. W. de Klerk

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    South African President F.W. de Klerk, is welcomed by hundreds of his National Party supporters while campaigning in the outskirts of Port Elizabeth, Tuesday, March 22, 1994. South Africa’s Eastern Cape is considered a traditional African National Congress (ANC) stronghold. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

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    ETA

    ETA

    • BERNAT ARMANGUE

    Two men chat in the background of a TV showing the video of three masked members of the Basque separatist group ETA declaring a permanent cease-fire, in Valencia, Spain, Wednesday, March 22, 2006. The Basque separatist group ETA announced on Wednesday a permanent cease-fire, bringing a dramatic end to a decades-long campaign of violence and closing the door on one of Western Europe's last active armed separatist movements. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

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    Today in History for March 22, 2022

    On this day in 2010: Google Inc. stopped censoring the internet for China by shifting its search engine off the mainland to Hong Kong.

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