Historical Events In March - 22

1999  RaiLink Ltd.takes over operation of the CN Coronado, Bonnyville, and Lac La Biche subdivisions, northeast of Edmonton. The line extends from St. Paul Junction, immediately north of Edmonton, to Boyle and northeast to Grande Centre and Elk Point. It also connects with RaiLink's existing Lakeland and Waterways line at Boyle on March - 22.  

2006  On this day in history eTA declares a permanent ceasefire in their campaign for Basque independence from Spain.  

2007  On this day in history nATO troops launch two assaults in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, killing 38 Taliban terrorists. NATO suffers no casualties.  

2009  On March - 22 mount Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska began erupting after a prolonged period of unre.  

2012  On this day in history largest protest in Quebec's history occurs in Montreal with over 200,000 people marching against government tuition hikes and for free access to post-secondary education  

2012  The President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré, is ousted in a coup d'état after mutinous soldiers attack government offices on March - 22.  

2013  On March - 22 37 people are killed and 200 are injured in a refugee camp fire in Ban Mae, Thailand  

2014  On March - 22 251 people are killed after a boat capsizes in Lake Albert, Uganda  

2017  On March - 22 arctic records its lowest ever winter ice cover according to US National Snow and Ice Data Center, 5.5 million square miles  

2017  Tomb of Jesus reopens after restoration in Jerusalem on this day in history.  

2017  Terrorist attack on London's Westminster Bridge and Houses of Parliament kills 4 including a police officer and injures 40 on this day in history.  

2018  US President Donald Trump imposes $60 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese imports on this day in history.  

2018  The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" between Hawaii and California has 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic and increasing rapidly according to new research on March - 22.  

2020  Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei refuses American coronavirus COVID-19 help, refers to conspiracy theory that it was manufactured by the US on March - 22.  

2023  On this day in history former UK PM Boris Johnson is grilled by Government Privileges Committee over whether he intentionally misled parliament over COVID-19 rule breaches by his administration [1]  

2023  On March - 22 microsoft founder Bill Gates says development of artificial intelligence (AI) is the most important technological advance since the graphical user interface (GUI) in 1980 [1]  

2023  New DNA analysis of composer Ludwig van Beethoven 's hair reveals he probably died of cirrhosis of the liver and hepatitis B, but doesn't explain his deafness [1] on March - 22.  

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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 March - 22 birth of thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)  

1459  On this day in history 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  Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England) was born on this day in history.  

1609  John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68) was born on March - 22.  

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

0337  On this day in history constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47  

1322  Death of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278) on this day in history.  

1418  Death of Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian on this day in history.  

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

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

1544  Death of Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488) on March - 22.  

1589  Lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67 on March - 22.  

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