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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 284 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 9, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,742,601,600 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 332 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 4,474 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 22 Historical Events
- 1784 –The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
- 1829 –The three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
- 1888 –In England, The Football League, the world’s oldest professional Association Football league, is founded.
- 1894 –The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
- 1923 –The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt.
- 1939 –World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
- 1943 –World War II: the entire population of Khatyn in Belarus is burnt alive by German occupation forces.
- 1992 –USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after liftoff from New York City’s LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
- 1995 –Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
- 1997 –Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion women’s World Figure Skating Champion.
Who were born on March 22?
- 1609 –King John II Casimir of Poland (d. 1672)
- 1712 –Edward Moore, English writer (d. 1757)
- 1901 –Greta Kempton, American artist (d. 1991)
- 1913 –Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)
- 1918 –Cheddi Jagan, Guyanan politician (d. 1997)
- 1937 –Angelo Badalamenti, American composer
- 1942 –Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian musician
- 1943 –Keith Relf, English musician (The Yardbirds) (d. 1976)
- 1945 –Eric Roth, American screenwriter
- 1995 –Nick Robinson, American actor
Who died on March 22?
- 1322 –Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)
- 1820 –Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (b. 1779)
- 1934 –Theophilos Hatzimihail, Greek painter (b. 1870)
- 1978 –Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (b. 1905)
- 1986 –Charles Starrett, American actor (b. 1903)
- 1986 –Mark Dinning, American singer (b. 1933)
- 1994 –Dan Hartman, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1950)
- 2007 –Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1918)
- 2008 –Cachao López, Cuban mambo musician (b. 1918)
- 2009 –Jade Goody, British reality TV ‘celebrity’(b. 1981)
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