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March 22 is the 81 st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap Year s). There are 284 days remaining.
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 Wampanoag s.
- 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 passed the Stamp Act , which introduced a tax to be levied directly on its American Colonies .
- 1784 - The Emerald Buddha was moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew , Thailand .
- 1809 - Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.
- 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 .
- 1933 - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of Beer and Wine .
- takes Memel from Lithuania .
- 1941 - Washington 's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate Electricity .
- , Regia Marina defeats Royal Navy in the Second Battle Of Sirte .
- 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.
- 1958 - Faisal becomes King Of Saudi Arabia .
- 1960 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow & Charles Townes receive the first Patent for a Laser .
- 1963 - '' Please Please Me '', the first Beatles Album , is released in the UK .
- 1965 - Bob Dylan "goes electric," releasing his first album featuring electric instruments, '' Bringing It All Back Home ''.
- 1975 - A fire at the Brown's Ferry nuclear reactor in Decatur, Alabama causes dangerous lowering of cooling water levels.
- 1975 - In Stockholm , Sweden , Teach-In wins the twentieth Eurovision Song Contest for the Netherlands singing " Ding-a-dong ."
- 1978 - Karl Wallenda of the Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico .
- 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 - Fawn Hall , Oliver North 's former secretary, begins two days of testimony at North's Iran-Contra trial in Washington .
- 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 Valeri Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in Space .
- 1996 - Göran Persson succeeds Ingvar Carlsson as Swedish Prime Minister .
- 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 .
- 2005 - Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory went gold
- 2006 - ETA , armed Basque separatist group, declares permanent ceasefire.
- 2006 - '' Queen Of The North '' runs aground on Gil Island 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
Births
- 1212 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1234 )
- 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 lawyer and delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1783 )
- 1797 - King Wilhelm I Of Germany (d. 1888 )
- 1812 - Stephen Pearl Andrews , 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 )
- 1860 - Alfred Ploetz , German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (d. 1940 )
- 1868 - Robert Millikan , American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953 )
- 1878 - Michel Théato , Luxembourg 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 - Lucia Dos Santos , Portuguese nun (d. 2005 )
- 1908 - Louis L'Amour , American author (d. 1988 )
- 1909 - Gabrielle Roy , Canadian author (d. 1983 )
- 1912 - Wilfrid Brambell , Irish actor (d. 1985 )
- 1912 - Karl Malden , American actor
- 1913 - Tom McCall , Governor of Oregon (d. 1983 )
- 1915 - Georgiy Zhzhonov , Russian actor and writer
- 1918 - Cheddi Jagan , President Of Guyana (d. 1997 )
- 1920 - Werner Klemperer , German actor (d. 2000 )
- 1920 - Ross Martin , Polish-American actor (d. 1981 )
- 1924 - Allen Neuharth , American businessman and writer
- 1923 - Marcel Marceau , French mime
- 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 Prize laureate
- 1931 - William Shatner , Canadian actor
- 1933 - May Britt , Swedish actress
- 1933 - Abolhassan Banisadr , President Of Iran
- 1934 - Orrin Hatch , U.S. Senator from Utah
- 1935 - M. Emmet Walsh , American actor
- 1936 - Ron Carey , labor leader
- 1936 - Roger Whittaker , British singer
- 1937 - Armin Hary , German athlete
- 1940 - Haing S. Ngor , Cambodian actor (d. 1996 )
- 1940 - Dave Keon , Canadian Ice Hockey player
- 1941 - Jeremy Clyde , British actor and singer
- 1941 - Bruno Ganz , Swiss actor
- 1941 - Billy Collins , American Poet
- 1943 - George Benson , American musician
- 1943 - Keith Relf , British musician ( The Yardbirds ) (d. 1976 )
- 1946 - Rudy Rucker , American author
- 1948 - Wolf Blitzer , American television journalist
- 1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber , British composer
- 1949 - Fanny Ardant , French actress
- 1952 - Bob Costas , American sports commentator and talk show host
- 1955 - Pete Sessions , American politician
- 1955 - Lena Olin , Swedish actress
- 1956 - Generosa Ammon , widow of Ted Ammon (d. 2003 )
- 1957 - Stephanie Mills , American actress, singer
- 1959 - Matthew Modine , American actor
- 1959 - Mike Brey , College Basketball coach
- 1966 - Artis Pabriks , Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs
- 1967 - Mario Cipollini , Italian cyclist
- 1970 - Leontien Van Moorsel , Dutch cyclist
- 1970 - Andreas Johnson , Swedish singer
- 1972 - Shawn Bradley , Former American basketball player
- 1972 - Elvis Stojko , Canadian figure skater
- 1973 - Juninho , Brazilian football player
- 1974 - Marcus Camby , American basketball player
- 1976 - Teun De Nooijer , Dutch field hockey player
- 1976 - Reese Witherspoon , American actress
- 1979 - Aaron North , American guitarist
- 1988 - David Radford , '' American Idol '' contestant
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 )
- 1896 - Thomas Hughes , English novelist (b. 1822 )
- 1913 - Sung Chiao-jen , Chinese Nationalist (b. 1882 )
- 1924 - William Macewen , Scottish surgeon (b. 1848 )
- 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 )
- 1977 - A.K. Gopalan , Indian communist leader (d. 1904 )
- 1978 - Karl Wallenda , German acrobat (b. 1905 )
- 1981 - James "Jumbo" Elliott , American track coach (b. 1915 )
- 1986 - Charles Starrett , American actor
- 1990 - Gerald Bull , Canadian engineer (b. 1928 )
- 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
- 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 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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