Wikipedia defines history as the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. It came from the Greek word ‘historia’ – which means ‘inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation’.
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What are the important events that happened on March 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 22: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 22 is the 81st day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 284 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 9, 2023 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,679,443,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontahenagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 325 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 3,743 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 22 Historical Events
- 1622 –Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony’s population.
- 1739 –Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
- 1829 –The three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
- 1906 –First Anglo-French rugby union match at Parc des Princes in Paris
- 1982 –NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
Who were born on March 22?
- 1941 –Billy Collins, American poet
- 1945 –Eric Roth, American screenwriter
- 1946 –Rivka Golani, Israeli violist
- 1973 –Beverley Knight, English singer
- 1987 –Ike Davis, American baseball player
Who died on March 22?
- 1544 –Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)
- 1685 –Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
- 1758 –Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (b. 1670)
- 1991 –Dave Guard, American folk singer (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1934)
- 2005 –Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect (b. 1913)
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