Historical Events In March - 22

1964  On this day in history addison Richards, actor (Col-Pentagon), dies at 76   

1965  On March - 22 d Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)   

1965  On March - 22 uS confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong   

1966  On March - 22 in Northeastern China a 6.75-7.0 earthquake occurred second one in a month the last was March 07.   

1967  Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title in first Madison Square Garden fight on March - 22.   

1967  On March - 22 muhammad Ali KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title   

1968  Jarmila Novotna resigns presidency of Czechoslovakia on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone   

1968  On March - 22 student riot in Nanterre near Paris France   

1969  On March - 22 "Billy" opens & closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 1 performance   

1969  On this day in history ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Czech actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at 78   

1970  "Blood Red Roses" opens & closes at John Golden Theater NYC on March - 22.   

1971  Ottawa starts $2 million program to hire 276 Francophone graduates for public service jobs; jobs where French is 'la Langue du travail' on March - 22.   

1971  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1971  Martin Bodmer, writer, dies on this day in history.   

1972  On March - 22 congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified)   

1972  On March - 22 kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP   

1974  Peter Revson, US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35 on March - 22.   

1975  Canadian classical guitarist Liona Boyd makes her New York debut at the Carnegie Recital Hall on this day in history.   

1975  Ranjit & Damayanthie married in St Anne's Church Wattala , Sri Lanka on March - 22.   

1975  On this day in history walt Disney World Shopping Village opens   

1975  Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65), dies at 75 on March - 22.   

1977  On this day in history dutch Den Uyl government falls   

1977  On this day in history indira Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India   

1978  France performs nuclear test on March - 22.   

1978  Three prisoners emerge from St. Jerome prison with their six hostages after a two-week standoff, ending Canada's longest hostage-taking on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history karl Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in PR at 73   

1979  Israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt on March - 22.   

1979  On this day in history ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at 78   

1981  On March - 22 postal rates up gain to 18¢ from 15¢   

1981  Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6 on this day in history.   

1982  On March - 22 3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched   

1982  On March - 22 iran offensive against Iraq   

1983  On March - 22 chaim Herzog elected Israeli president   

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0841  Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885) was born on March - 22.   

1212  On March - 22 birth of emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)   

1366  On this day in history birth of thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)   

1459  On March - 22 birth of maximilian I of Habsburg, German Emperor/archduke of Austria   

1503  Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583) was born on March - 22.   

1599  On March - 22 birth of anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England)   

1609  John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68) was born on this day in history.   

1663  On this day in history birth of august Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)   

0337  Constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47 on this day in history.   

1322  On this day in history death of thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)   

1418  Death of Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian on March - 22.   

1421  On March - 22 death of thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388)   

1471  George van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies on March - 22.   

1544  On March - 22 death of johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)   

1589  On this day in history lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67   

1602  On March - 22 death of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557)