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, 484,056 hours 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
- 1621 –The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
- 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.
- 1916 –The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored.
- 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.
- 1960 –Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser
- 1993 –The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
- 1997 –Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion women’s World Figure Skating Champion.
- 2006 –Three Christian Peacemaker Team hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the death of their colleague, American Tom Fox.
Who were born on March 22?
- 875 –William I, Duke of Aquitaine (d. 918)
- 1928 –Carrie Donovan, American fashion editor (d. 2001)
- 1930 –Pat Robertson, American televangelist
- 1933 –Abolhassan Banisadr, Iranian politician
- 1942 –Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian musician
- 1946 –Rudy Rucker, American author
- 1966 –Brian Shaw, American basketball player
- 1967 –Bernie Gallacher, British footballer (Aston Villa) (d. 2011)
- 1972 –Shawn Bradley, American basketball player
- 1987 –Ike Davis, American baseball player
Who died on March 22?
- 1544 –Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)
- 1772 –John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)
- 1820 –Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (b. 1779)
- 1832 –Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (b. 1749)
- 1924 –William Macewen, Scottish surgeon (b. 1848)
- 1978 –Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (b. 1905)
- 1986 –Charles Starrett, American actor (b. 1903)
- 1987 –Odysseas Angelis, Greek officer involved in the coup of April 1967 (b. 1912)
- 2003 –Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)
- 2009 –Leon Walker, British rugby player (b. 1988)
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