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 82nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 284 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 9, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,517,760 minutes 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 ‘octacontadigon’ day.
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 313 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 4,109 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 22 Historical 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 Wampanoags.
- 1630 –The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
- 1849 –The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.
- 1923 –The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt.
- 1939 –World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
- 1972 –The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
- 1982 –NASA’s Space Shuttle Columbia, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
- 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.
- 2009 –Mount Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska begins erupting after a prolonged period of unrest.
Who were born on March 22?
- 875 –William I, Duke of Aquitaine (d. 918)
- 1852 –Otakar Ševčík, Czech violinist and violin teacher (d. 1934)
- 1907 –Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun and mystic (d. 2005)
- 1913 –Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)
- 1937 –Frank Pulli, American Major League Umpire
- 1940 –Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian/American actor (d. 1996)
- 1948 –Andrew Lloyd Webber, English theatre composer
- 1958 –Pete Wylie, British singer/songwriter
- 1967 –Bernie Gallacher, British footballer (Aston Villa) (d. 2011)
- 1974 –Marcus Camby, American basketball player
Who died on March 22?
- 1421 –Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (b. 1388)
- 1772 –John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)
- 1820 –Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (b. 1779)
- 1955 –Ivan Šubašić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister and last ban of Croatia (b. 1892)
- 1978 –Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (b. 1905)
- 1981 –James “Jumbo” Elliott, American track coach (b. 1915)
- 1991 –Gloria Holden, American film actress (b. 1908)
- 1993 –Steve Olin, American baseball player (b. 1965)
- 2001 –William Hanna, American animator and studio founder (b. 1910)
- 2005 –Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect (b. 1913)
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