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| March 22nd, 2008 (March 22 2008) | Event | The French Swimmer Alain Bernard sets the world record of 47.50 for the 100 m freestyle long course after winning the European LC Championships 2008. | |
| March 22nd, 2008 (March 22 2008) | Death | Cachao Lopez, Cuban mambo musician (born in 1918) | |
| March 22nd, 2007 (March 22 2007) | Death | Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (born in 1918) | Philo Quotes |
| March 22nd, 2006 (March 22 2006) | Event | ETA, armed Basque separatist group, declares permanent ceasefire. | |
| March 22nd, 2006 (March 22 2006) | Event | BC Ferries M/V Queen of the North runs aground on Gil Island British Columbia and sinks; 101 on board, 2 presumed deaths. | |
| March 22nd, 2006 (March 22 2006) | Event | 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. | |
| March 22nd, 2006 (March 22 2006) | Death | Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (born in 1921) | |
| March 22nd, 2006 (March 22 2006) | Death | Kurt von Trojan, Australian science fiction author (born in 1937) | |
| March 22nd, 2005 (March 22 2005) | Death | Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect (born in 1913) | |
| March 22nd, 2004 (March 22 2004) | Event | 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. | |
| March 22nd, 2004 (March 22 2004) | Death | Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (born in ca. 1937) | |
| March 22nd, 2003 (March 22 2003) | Death | Terry Lloyd, English reporter (born in 1952) | |
| March 22nd, 2001 (March 22 2001) | Death | William Hanna, American animator and studio founder (born in 1910) | |
| March 22nd, 1999 (March 22 1999) | Death | David Strickland, American actor (born in 1969) | |
| March 22nd, 1997 (March 22 1997) | Event | Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion of the women s world figure skating competition. | |
| March 22nd, 1997 (March 22 1997) | Event | The Comet Hale-Bopp has its closest approach to earth. | |
| March 22nd, 1996 (March 22 1996) | Death | Don Murray, American musician (The Turtles) (born in 1945) | |
| March 22nd, 1995 (March 22 1995) | Event | Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in space. | |
| March 22nd, 1994 (March 22 1994) | Death | Dan Hartman, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (born in 1950) | |
| March 22nd, 1994 (March 22 1994) | Death | Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (born in 1900) | |
| March 22nd, 1993 (March 22 1993) | Event | The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path. | |
| March 22nd, 1992 (March 22 1992) | Birth | Luke Freeman, English footballer | |
| March 22nd, 1991 (March 22 1991) | Death | Leon Balcer, French Canadian politician (born in 1917) | |
| March 22nd, 1991 (March 22 1991) | Death | Dave Guard, American folk singer (The Kingston Trio) (born in 1934) | |
| March 22nd, 1991 (March 22 1991) | Death | Gloria Holden, American film actress (born in 1908) | |
| March 22nd, 1990 (March 22 1990) | Death | Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer (born in 1928) | |
| March 22nd, 1989 (March 22 1989) | Event | Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat. | |
| March 22nd, 1988 (March 22 1988) | Birth | Tania Raymonde, American actress | |
| March 22nd, 1986 (March 22 1986) | Death | Mark Dinning, American singer (born in 1933) | |
| March 22nd, 1986 (March 22 1986) | Death | Charles Starrett, American actor (born in 1903) | |
| March 22nd, 1985 (March 22 1985) | Birth | Kiera Knightley, English actress. | |
| March 22nd, 1985 (March 22 1985) | Birth | Mike Jenkins, American football player | |
| March 22nd, 1984 (March 22 1984) | Event | 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. | |
| March 22nd, 1981 (March 22 1981) | Birth | Victoria Lanz, Venezuelan porn star | |
| March 22nd, 1981 (March 22 1981) | Birth | MIMS, American rapper | |
| March 22nd, 1981 (March 22 1981) | Death | James "Jumbo" Elliott, American track coach (born in 1915) | |
| March 22nd, 1980 (March 22 1980) | Birth | Shannon Bex, American singer (Danity Kane) | |
| March 22nd, 1980 (March 22 1980) | Birth | Pamela O Connor, Scottish ice dancer | |
| March 22nd, 1979 (March 22 1979) | Event | Margaret Thatcher puts down an early day motion censuring the government, which leads to the defeat of the Labour government of James Callaghan. | Margaret Thatcher Quotes |
| March 22nd, 1979 (March 22 1979) | Birth | Aaron North, American musician | Aaron North Quotes |
| March 22nd, 1979 (March 22 1979) | Birth | Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player | |
| March 22nd, 1978 (March 22 1978) | Event | Karl Wallenda of the The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. | |
| March 22nd, 1978 (March 22 1978) | Birth | Tom Poti, professional hockey player | |
| March 22nd, 1978 (March 22 1978) | Death | Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (born in 1905) | |
| March 22nd, 1977 (March 22 1977) | Birth | Joey Porter, American football player | |
| March 22nd, 1977 (March 22 1977) | Death | A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (born in 1904) | |
| March 22nd, 1976 (March 22 1976) | Birth | Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player | |
| March 22nd, 1976 (March 22 1976) | Birth | Reese Witherspoon, American actress | Reese Witherspoon Quotes |
| March 22nd, 1975 (March 22 1975) | Event | A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes dangerous lowering of cooling water levels. | |
| March 22nd, 1975 (March 22 1975) | Birth | Cole Hauser, American actor | |
| March 22nd, 1975 (March 22 1975) | Birth | Jiri Novak, Czech tennis player | |
| March 22nd, 1974 (March 22 1974) | Birth | Marcus Camby, American basketball player | |
| March 22nd, 1974 (March 22 1974) | Birth | Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer | |
| March 22nd, 1974 (March 22 1974) | Birth | Kidada Jones, American actress | |
| March 22nd, 1974 (March 22 1974) | Death | Peter Revson, American racecar driver (b.1939) | |
| March 22nd, 1973 (March 22 1973) | Birth | Beverley Knight, English singer | |
| March 22nd, 1973 (March 22 1973) | Birth | Joe Nedney, American football player | |
| March 22nd, 1972 (March 22 1972) | Birth | Shawn Bradley, American basketball player | |
| March 22nd, 1972 (March 22 1972) | Birth | Cory Lidle, American baseball player (died in 2006) | Eric Idle Quotes |
| March 22nd, 1972 (March 22 1972) | Birth | Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater | |
| March 22nd, 1971 (March 22 1971) | Birth | Will Yun Lee, American actor | |
| March 22nd, 1970 (March 22 1970) | Birth | Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer | |
| March 22nd, 1970 (March 22 1970) | Birth | Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist | |
| March 22nd, 1968 (March 22 1968) | Birth | Euronymous, Norwegian black metal musician (died in 1993) | |
| March 22nd, 1967 (March 22 1967) | Birth | Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist | |
| March 22nd, 1966 (March 22 1966) | Birth | Artis Pabriks, Latvian politician | |
| March 22nd, 1965 (March 22 1965) | Birth | John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 1992) | |
| March 22nd, 1965 (March 22 1965) | Birth | Emma Wray, English actress | |
| March 22nd, 1960 (March 22 1960) | Event | Arthur Leonard Schawlow & Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser. | |
| March 22nd, 1960 (March 22 1960) | Death | Jose Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (born in 1904) | |
| March 22nd, 1959 (March 22 1959) | Birth | Carlton Cuse, Mexican-born American TV writer and executive | |
| March 22nd, 1959 (March 22 1959) | Birth | Matthew Modine, American actor | |
| March 22nd, 1958 (March 22 1958) | Birth | Laurie David, American political activist | |
| March 22nd, 1958 (March 22 1958) | Birth | Pete Wylie, British singer/songwriter | |
| March 22nd, 1958 (March 22 1958) | Death | Mike Todd, American film producer (born in 1909) | |
| March 22nd, 1957 (March 22 1957) | Birth | Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer | |
| March 22nd, 1956 (March 22 1956) | Birth | Generosa Ammon, widow of Ted Ammon (died in 2003) | |
| March 22nd, 1955 (March 22 1955) | Birth | Pete Sessions, American politician | |
| March 22nd, 1955 (March 22 1955) | Birth | Lena Olin, Swedish actress | |
| March 22nd, 1955 (March 22 1955) | Birth | Valdis Zatlers, 7th President of Latvia | |
| March 22nd, 1955 (March 22 1955) | Death | Ivan Subasic, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister and last ban of Croatia (born in 1892) | |
| March 22nd, 1954 (March 22 1954) | Event | Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens. | |
| March 22nd, 1952 (March 22 1952) | Birth | Bob Costas, American sports commentator | |
| March 22nd, 1952 (March 22 1952) | Birth | Jay Dee Daugherty, American drummer | |
| March 22nd, 1952 (March 22 1952) | Death | Uncle Dave Macon, American musician (born in 1870) | |
| March 22nd, 1951 (March 22 1951) | Death | Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (born in 1871) | |
| March 22nd, 1950 (March 22 1950) | Birth | Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player | |
| March 22nd, 1949 (March 22 1949) | Birth | Fanny Ardant, French actress | |
| March 22nd, 1948 (March 22 1948) | Birth | Wolf Blitzer, American television journalist | |
| March 22nd, 1948 (March 22 1948) | Birth | Andrew Lloyd Webber, English theatre composer | |
| March 22nd, 1946 (March 22 1946) | Birth | Rudy Rucker, American author | |
| March 22nd, 1945 (March 22 1945) | Event | The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt. | |
| March 22nd, 1945 (March 22 1945) | Death | John Hessin Clarke, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (born in 1857) | |
| March 22nd, 1943 (March 22 1943) | Event | World War II: the entire population of Khatyn in Belarus is burnt alive by German occupation forces. | |
| March 22nd, 1943 (March 22 1943) | Birth | George Benson, American musician | |
| March 22nd, 1943 (March 22 1943) | Birth | Keith Relf, English musician (The Yardbirds) (died in 1976) | |
| March 22nd, 1942 (March 22 1942) | Event | World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, Britain s Royal Navy confronts Italy s Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte. | |
| March 22nd, 1942 (March 22 1942) | Birth | Bernd Herzsprung, German actor | |
| March 22nd, 1942 (March 22 1942) | Birth | Dick Pound, Canadian chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency | |
| March 22nd, 1941 (March 22 1941) | Event | Washington s Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity. | |
| March 22nd, 1941 (March 22 1941) | Birth | Jeremy Clyde, British actor and musician (Chad and Jeremy) | |
| March 22nd, 1941 (March 22 1941) | Birth | Billy Collins, American poet | |
| March 22nd, 1941 (March 22 1941) | Birth | Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor | |
| March 22nd, 1940 (March 22 1940) | Birth | Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| March 22nd, 1940 (March 22 1940) | Birth | Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian/American actor (died in 1996) | |
| March 22nd, 1939 (March 22 1939) | Event | World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania. | |
| March 22nd, 1937 (March 22 1937) | Birth | Angelo Badalamenti, American composer | |
| March 22nd, 1937 (March 22 1937) | Birth | Armin Hary, German athlete | |
| March 22nd, 1936 (March 22 1936) | Birth | Ron Carey, American labor leader | |
| March 22nd, 1936 (March 22 1936) | Birth | Roger Whittaker, British singer | |
| March 22nd, 1935 (March 22 1935) | Birth | M. Emmet Walsh, American actor | |
| March 22nd, 1934 (March 22 1934) | Birth | Orrin Hatch, American politician | |
| March 22nd, 1934 (March 22 1934) | Birth | Larry Martyn, English comedy actor (died in 1994) | |
| March 22nd, 1934 (March 22 1934) | Death | Theophilos Hatzimihail, Greek painter (born in 1870) | Philo Quotes |
| March 22nd, 1933 (March 22 1933) | Event | President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of beer and wine. | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Quotes |
| March 22nd, 1933 (March 22 1933) | Birth | Abolhassan Banisadr, former President of Iran | |
| March 22nd, 1933 (March 22 1933) | Birth | May Britt, Swedish actress | |
| March 22nd, 1931 (March 22 1931) | Birth | Burton Richter, American physicist, Nobel laureate | |
| March 22nd, 1931 (March 22 1931) | Birth | William Shatner, Canadian actor | |
| March 22nd, 1930 (March 22 1930) | Birth | Derek Bok, American lawyer and educator | |
| March 22nd, 1930 (March 22 1930) | Birth | Pat Robertson, American televangelist | |
| March 22nd, 1930 (March 22 1930) | Birth | Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist | Stephen Sondheim Quotes |
| March 22nd, 1928 (March 22 1928) | Birth | Carrie Donovan, American fashion editor (died in 2001) | |
| March 22nd, 1928 (March 22 1928) | Birth | E.D. Hirsch. American social commentator | |
| March 22nd, 1928 (March 22 1928) | Birth | Ed Macauley, American basketball player | |
| March 22nd, 1924 (March 22 1924) | Birth | Allen Neuharth, American businessman | |
| March 22nd, 1924 (March 22 1924) | Birth | Bill Wendell, American television announcer (died in 1999) | |
| March 22nd, 1924 (March 22 1924) | Death | William Macewen, Scottish surgeon (born in 1848) | |
| March 22nd, 1923 (March 22 1923) | Event | The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt. | |
| March 22nd, 1923 (March 22 1923) | Birth | Marcel Marceau, world renown French Mime (died in 2007) | |
| March 22nd, 1921 (March 22 1921) | Birth | Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (died in 2004) | |
| March 22nd, 1920 (March 22 1920) | Birth | Werner Klemperer, German-born actor (died in 2000) | |
| March 22nd, 1920 (March 22 1920) | Birth | Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (died in 1981) | |
| March 22nd, 1918 (March 22 1918) | Birth | Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (died in 1997) | |
| March 22nd, 1917 (March 22 1917) | Birth | Virginia Grey, American actress (died in 2004) | |
| March 22nd, 1915 (March 22 1915) | Birth | Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and writer (died in 2005) | |
| March 22nd, 1913 (March 22 1913) | Birth | Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (died in 1983) | |
| March 22nd, 1913 (March 22 1913) | Birth | Lew Wasserman, American film studio executive (died in 2002) | |
| March 22nd, 1913 (March 22 1913) | Death | Sung Chiao-jen, Chinese Nationalist (born in 1882) | |
| March 22nd, 1912 (March 22 1912) | Birth | Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (died in 1985) | |
| March 22nd, 1912 (March 22 1912) | Birth | Karl Malden, American actor | |
| March 22nd, 1910 (March 22 1910) | Birth | Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (died in 1979) | |
| March 22nd, 1909 (March 22 1909) | Birth | Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (died in 1983) | |
| March 22nd, 1908 (March 22 1908) | Birth | Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (died in 1991) | |
| March 22nd, 1908 (March 22 1908) | Birth | Louis L Amour, American author (died in 1988) | |
| March 22nd, 1907 (March 22 1907) | Birth | James Gavin, American general and ambassador (died in 1990) | |
| March 22nd, 1907 (March 22 1907) | Birth | Lucia Santos, Portuguese nun (died in 2005) | |
| March 22nd, 1901 (March 22 1901) | Birth | Greta Kempton, American artist (died in 1991) | |
| March 22nd, 1896 (March 22 1896) | Birth | He Long, Chinese marshal (died in 1969) | |
| March 22nd, 1896 (March 22 1896) | Death | Thomas Hughes, English novelist (born in 1822) | |
| March 22nd, 1895 (March 22 1895) | Event | First display (a private screening) of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumiere. | |
| March 22nd, 1894 (March 22 1894) | Event | The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts. | |
| March 22nd, 1888 (March 22 1888) | Event | The Football League is formed. | |
| March 22nd, 1887 (March 22 1887) | Birth | Chico Marx, American comedian and actor (died in 1961) | |
| March 22nd, 1880 (March 22 1880) | Birth | Ernie Quigley, Canadian-American sports official (died in 1960) | |
| March 22nd, 1878 (March 22 1878) | Birth | Michel Theato, Luxembourgian athlete (died in 1919) | |
| March 22nd, 1873 (March 22 1873) | Event | A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery. | |
| March 22nd, 1871 (March 22 1871) | Event | In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment. | |
| March 22nd, 1869 (March 22 1869) | Birth | Emilio Aguinaldo, 1st President of the Philippines Republic (died in 1964) | |
| March 22nd, 1868 (March 22 1868) | Birth | Robert Millikan, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1953) | |
| March 22nd, 1866 (March 22 1866) | Birth | Jack Boyle, American baseball player (died in 1913) | |
| March 22nd, 1860 (March 22 1860) | Birth | Alfred Ploetz, German physician (died in 1940) | |
| March 22nd, 1857 (March 22 1857) | Birth | Paul Doumer, French President (died in 1932) | |
| March 22nd, 1849 (March 22 1849) | Event | The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara. | |
| March 22nd, 1840 (March 22 1840) | Death | Etienne Bobillier, French mathematician (born in 1798) | |
| March 22nd, 1832 (March 22 1832) | Death | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (born in 1749) | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes |
| March 22nd, 1829 (March 22 1829) | Event | The three protecting powers (Britain, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece. | |
| March 22nd, 1820 (March 22 1820) | Death | Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (born in 1779) | |
| March 22nd, 1818 (March 22 1818) | Birth | John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (died in 1846) | |
| March 22nd, 1817 (March 22 1817) | Birth | Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (died in 1876) | |
| March 22nd, 1812 (March 22 1812) | Birth | Stephen Pearl Andrews, American abolitionist (died in 1886) | |
| March 22nd, 1809 (March 22 1809) | Event | Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne. | |
| March 22nd, 1797 (March 22 1797) | Birth | King Wilhelm I of Germany (died in 1888) | |
| March 22nd, 1784 (March 22 1784) | Event | The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand. | |
| March 22nd, 1772 (March 22 1772) | Death | John Canton, English physicist (born in 1718) | |
| March 22nd, 1765 (March 22 1765) | Event | The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Stamp Act, which introduced a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies. | |
| March 22nd, 1759 (March 22 1759) | Birth | Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway (died in 1818) | |
| March 22nd, 1758 (March 22 1758) | Death | Jonathan Edwards, American minister (born in 1703) | Jonathan Edwards Quotes |
| March 22nd, 1758 (March 22 1758) | Death | Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (born in 1670) | |
| March 22nd, 1723 (March 22 1723) | Birth | Charles Carroll, American statesman (died in 1783) | |
| March 22nd, 1720 (March 22 1720) | Birth | Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (died in 1799) | |
| March 22nd, 1712 (March 22 1712) | Birth | Edward Moore, English writer (died in 1757) | Edward Moore Quotes |
| March 22nd, 1687 (March 22 1687) | Death | Jean Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (born in 1632) | |
| March 22nd, 1685 (March 22 1685) | Death | Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (born in 1638) | |
| March 22nd, 1663 (March 22 1663) | Birth | August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (died in 1727) | |
| March 22nd, 1638 (March 22 1638) | Event | Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent. | |
| March 22nd, 1630 (March 22 1630) | Event | Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables. | |
| March 22nd, 1622 (March 22 1622) | Event | Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony s population. | |
| March 22nd, 1621 (March 22 1621) | Event | The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags. | |
| March 22nd, 1609 (March 22 1609) | Birth | King John II Casimir of Poland (died in 1672) | |
| March 22nd, 1602 (March 22 1602) | Death | Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (born in 1557) | |
| March 22nd, 1599 (March 22 1599) | Birth | Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (died in 1641) | |
| March 22nd, 1544 (March 22 1544) | Death | Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (born in 1488) | |
| March 22nd, 1503 (March 22 1503) | Birth | Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (died in 1583) | |
| March 22nd, 1459 (March 22 1459) | Birth | Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (died in 1519) | |
| March 22nd, 1421 (March 22 1421) | Death | Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (born in 1388) | |
| March 22nd, 1418 (March 22 1418) | Death | Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian | |
| March 22nd, 1366 (March 22 1366) | Birth | Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (died in 1399) | |
| March 22nd, 1322 (March 22 1322) | Death | Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (born in 1278) | |
| March 22nd, 1212 (March 22 1212) | Birth | Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (died in 1235) | |
| March 22nd, 0841 (March 22 0841) | Birth | Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (died in 885) | |
| March 22nd, 0238 (March 22 0238) | Event | Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor. | |
