March 22

1931 - Actor William Shatner (Captain James T. Kirk) is born.
1960 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow & Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
1995 - Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in space.
1997 - The Comet Hale-Bopp has its closest approach to Earth.