March 22

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March 22 in recent years 2008 (Saturday) 2007 (Thursday) [[Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "["|2006 (Wednesday)]] 2005 (Tuesday) 2004 (Monday) 2003 (Saturday) 2002 (Friday) 2001 (Thursday) 2000 (Wednesday)

March 22 is the Template:Day/TotaldaysTemplate:Ordinal/th day of the year (Template:Day/TotaldaysTemplate:Ordinal/th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are Expression error: Unrecognised punctuation character "[" days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances 4.1 Liturgical feasts 5 External links

[edit] Events

• 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperors.
• 1621 - The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
• 1622 - Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population.
• 1630 - Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
• 1638 - Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
• 1765 - The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Stamp Act, which introduced a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
• 1784 - The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
• 1809 - Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.
• 1829 - The three protecting powers (Britain, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
• 1849 - The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.
• 1871 - In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
• 1873 - A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery.
• 1888 - The Football League is formed.
• 1894 - The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
• 1895 - First display (a private screening) of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière.
• 1923 - The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt.
• 1933 - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of beer and wine.
• 1939 - World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
• 1941 - Washington's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
• 1942 - World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, Britain's Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
• 1943 - World War II: the entire population of Khatyn in Belarus is burnt alive by German occupation forces.
• 1945 - The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
• 1954 - Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.
• 1960 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow & Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
• 1975 - A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes dangerous lowering of cooling water levels.
• 1978 - Karl Wallenda of the The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• 1979 - Margaret Thatcher puts down an early day motion censuring the government, which leads to the defeat of the Labour government of James Callaghan.
• 1984 - Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with Satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfounded.
• 1989 - Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat in one of the most gruesome sports injuries of all time.
• 1993 - The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
• 1995 - Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in space.
• 1997 - Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion of the women's world figure skating competition.
• 1997 - The Comet Hale-Bopp has its closest approach to earth.
• 2004 - Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist militant group Hamas, and bodyguards are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles.
• 2006 - ETA, armed Basque separatist group, declares permanent ceasefire.
• 2006 - BC Ferries' M/V Queen of the North runs aground on Gil Island British Columbia and sinks; 101 on board, 2 presumed deaths.
• 2006 - Three Christian Peacemaker Teams Hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days captivity and the death of their colleague, American Tom Fox.

[edit] Births

• 841 - Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885)
• 1212 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)
• 1366 - Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)
• 1459 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)
• 1503 - Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)
• 1599 - Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (d. 1641)
• 1609 - King John II Casimir of Poland (d. 1672)
• 1663 - August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)
• 1712 - Edward Moore, English writer (d. 1757)
• 1720 - Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (d. 1799)
• 1723 - Charles Carroll, American statesman (d. 1783)
• 1759 - Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1818)
• 1797 - King Wilhelm I of Germany (d. 1888)
• 1812 - Stephen Pearl Andrews, American abolitionist (d. 1886)
• 1817 - Bahá'u'lláh, Persian prophet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)
• 1817 - Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (d. 1876)
• 1818 - John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (d. 1846)
• 1857 - Paul Doumer, French President (d. 1932)
• 1860 - Alfred Ploetz, German physician (d. 1940)
• 1866 - Jack Boyle, American baseball player (d. 1913)
• 1868 - Robert Millikan, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
• 1869 - Emilio Aguinaldo, 1st President of the Philippines Republic (d. 1964)
• 1878 - Michel Théato, Luxembourgian athlete (d. 1919)
• 1880 - Ernie Quigley, Canadian-American sports official (d. 1960)
• 1887 - Chico Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1961)
• 1896 - He Long, Chinese marshal (d. 1969)
• 1901 - Greta Kempton, American artist (d. 1991)
• 1907 - James Gavin, American general and ambassador (d. 1990)
• 1907 - Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun (d. 2005)
• 1908 - Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (d. 1991)
• 1908 - Louis L'Amour, American author (d. 1988)
• 1909 - Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (d. 1983)
• 1910 - Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (d. 1979)
• 1912 - Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (d. 1985)
• 1912 - Karl Malden, American actor
• 1913 - Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)
• 1913 - Lew Wasserman, American film studio executive (d. 2002)
• 1915 - Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and writer (d. 2005)
• 1917 - Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004)
• 1918 - Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (d. 1997)
• 1920 - Werner Klemperer, German-born actor (d. 2000)
• 1920 - Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (d. 1981)
• 1921 - Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (d. 2004)
• 1923 - Marcel Marceau, world renown French Mime (d. 2007)
• 1924 - Allen Neuharth, American businessman
• 1924 - Bill Wendell, American television announcer (d. 1999)
• 1928 - Carrie Donovan, American fashion editor (d. 2001)
• 1928 - Ed Macauley, American basketball player
• 1930 - Derek Bok, American lawyer and educator
• 1930 - Pat Robertson, American televangelist
• 1930 - Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist
• 1931 - Burton Richter, American physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1931 - William Shatner, Canadian actor
• 1933 - Abolhassan Banisadr, former President of Iran
• 1933 - May Britt, Swedish actress
• 1934 - Orrin Hatch, American politician
• 1934 - Larry Martyn, English comedy actor (d. 1994)
• 1935 - M. Emmet Walsh, American actor
• 1936 - Ron Carey, American labor leader
• 1936 - Roger Whittaker, British singer
• 1937 - Armin Hary, German athlete
• 1940 - Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 - Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian/American actor (d. 1996)
• 1940 (or 1942) - Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian musician
• 1941 - Jeremy Clyde, British actor and musician (Chad and Jeremy)
• 1941 - Billy Collins, American poet
• 1941 - Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor
• 1942 - Bernd Herzsprung, German actor
• 1942 - Dick Pound, Canadian chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency
• 1943 - George Benson, American musician
• 1943 - Keith Relf, English musician (The Yardbirds) (d. 1976)
• 1944 - Tony McPhee, English singer and guitarist (The Groundhogs)
• 1946 - Rudy Rucker, American author
• 1948 - Wolf Blitzer, American television journalist
• 1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, English theatre composer
• 1949 - Fanny Ardant, French actress
• 1950 - Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player
• 1952 - Bob Costas, American sports commentator
• 1955 - Pete Sessions, American politician
• 1955 - Lena Olin, Swedish actress
• 1955 - Valdis Zatlers, 7th President of Latvia
• 1956 - Generosa Ammon, widow of Ted Ammon (d. 2003)
• 1957 - Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer
• 1958 - Laurie David, American political activist
• 1958 - Pete Wylie, British singer/songwriter
• 1959 - Carlton Cuse, Mexican-born American TV writer and executive
• 1959 - Matthew Modine, American actor
• 1965 - John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
• 1965 - Emma Wray, English actress
• 1966 - Artis Pabriks, Latvian politician
• 1966 - Song Kwang Sik, Korean singer
• 1967 - Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
• 1968 - Euronymous, Norwegian black metal musician (d. 1993)
• 1968 - David Macmillan, Materials Engineer
• 1970 - Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer
• 1970 - Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
• 1972 - Shawn Bradley, American basketball player
• 1972 - Cory Lidle, American baseball player (d. 2006)
• 1972 - Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater
• 1973 - Joe Nedney, American football player
• 1974 - Marcus Camby, American basketball player
• 1974 - Kidada Jones, American actress
• 1975 - Jiří Novák, Czech tennis player
• 1976 - Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
• 1976 - Reese Witherspoon, American actress
• 1977 - Joey Porter, American football player
• 1978 - Tom Poti, Professional Hockey Player
• 1979 - Aaron North, American musician
• 1979 - Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player
• 1980 - Shannon Bex, American singer (Danity Kane)
• 1980 - Pamela O'Connor, Scottish ice dancer
• 1981 - Victoria Lanz, Venezuelan porn star
• 1981 - MIMS, American rapper
• 1982 - Pete Bennett, British musician and winner of Big Brother 2006
• 1988 - Tania Raymonde, American actress

[edit] Deaths

• 1322 - Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)
• 1418 - Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian
• 1421 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388)
• 1544 - Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)
• 1602 - Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557)
• 1685 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
• 1687 - Jean Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (b. 1632)
• 1758 - Jonathan Edwards, American minister (b. 1703)
• 1758 - Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (b. 1670)
• 1772 - John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)
• 1820 - Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (b. 1779)
• 1832 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (b. 1749)
• 1840 - Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)
• 1896 - Thomas Hughes, English novelist (b. 1822)
• 1913 - Sung Chiao-jen, Chinese Nationalist (b. 1882)
• 1924 - William Macewen, Scottish surgeon (b. 1848)
• 1934 - Theophilos Hatzimihail, Greek painter (b. 1870)
• 1945 - John Hessin Clarke, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1857)
• 1951 - Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (b. 1871)
• 1952 - Uncle Dave Macon, American musician (b. 1870)
• 1958 - Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1960 - José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (b. 1904)
• 1974 - Peter Revson, American racecar driver (b.1939)
• 1977 - A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (b. 1904)
• 1978 - Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (b. 1905)
• 1981 - James "Jumbo" Elliott, American track coach (b. 1915)
• 1986 - Charles Starrett, American actor (b. 1903)
• 1990 - Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer (b. 1928)
• 1991 - Dave Guard, American folk singer (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1934)
• 1994 - Dan Hartman, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1950)
• 1994 - Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (b. 1900)
• 1999 - David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969)
• 2001 - William Hanna, American animator and studio founder (b. 1910)
• 2003 - Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)
• 2004 - Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. ca. 1937)
• 2005 - Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect (b. 1913)
• 2006 - Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)
• 2006 - Kurt von Trojan, Australian science fiction author (b. 1937)
• 2007 - Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, Indian thinker (b. 1918)

[edit] Holidays and observances

• The fourth day of Quinquatria in ancient Rome, held in honor of Minerva.
• World Water Day.

[edit] Liturgical feasts

• Easter Sunday - 1818, 2285. In the Gregorian Calendar 22 March is the earliest date on which Easter Sunday can fall (25 April is the latest).

[edit] External links

• On this day in Canada
• Template:NYT On this day
• BBC: On This Day

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