Today in Entrepreneurial History: March 22

By Dane Carlson on March 22, 2013 in History

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• 1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
• 1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
• 1888 – In England, The Football League, the world’s oldest professional Association Football league, is founded.
• 1923 – The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt.
• 1954 – Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.
• 1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser
• 1993 – The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.

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Business Opportunities Weblog editor and publisher Dane Carlson lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, just 15 miles from Yosemite National Park. He accidentally became a professional blogger in 2001. He has added 12,203 posts to the site.

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