TV actor Will Yun Lee

Events in 1971 and 22-3

Events in US in the birth year of Will Yun Lee

• US Supreme Court rules unanimously that busing of students may be ordered to achieve racial desegregation (April 20).
• Anti-war militants attempt to disrupt government business in Washington (May 3)—police and military units arrest as many as 12,000; most are later released.
• Pentagon Papers published (June 13).
• Twenty-sixth Amendment to US Constitution lowers voting age to 18. (June 30).

Birthday Will Yun Lee (22-3) in history

• Day 22-3 year 1765: The Stamp Act was enacted by Britain on the American colonies.
• Day 22-3 year 1820: U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron.
• Day 22-3 year 1894: The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals.
• Day 22-3 year 1895: Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.
• Day 22-3 year 1945: The Arab League was formed in Cairo, by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.
• Day 22-3 year 1972: Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment and sent it to be ratified by the states. The amendment would fail to get the required 38 states to ratify it.
• Day 22-3 year 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the northern hemisphere. The comet’s next pass is predicted for the year 4397.
• Day 22-3 year 2012: Amadou Toumani Touré, The President of Mali, was ousted in a coup d'état.