Historical Events In March - 22

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

1965  D Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1967  Muhammad Ali KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

1968  On March - 22 jarmila Novotna resigns presidency of Czechoslovakia   

1968  Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone on March - 22.   

1968  On this day in history 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  On March - 22 "Blood Red Roses" opens & closes at John Golden Theater NYC   

1971  On this day in history ottawa starts $2 million program to hire 276 Francophone graduates for public service jobs; jobs where French is 'la Langue du travail'   

1971  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1971  On March - 22 martin Bodmer, writer, dies   

1972  Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified) on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history 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 March - 22.   

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

1975  Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65), dies at 75   

1977  On this day in history dutch Den Uyl government falls   

1977  Indira Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India on this day in history.   

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  Karl Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in PR at 73 on March - 22.   

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

1979  Ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1981  Postal rates up gain to 18¢ from 15¢ on March - 22.   

1981  On March - 22 soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6   

1982  3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched on March - 22.   

1982  On March - 22 iran offensive against Iraq   

1983  Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president on March - 22.   

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0841  On this day in history birth of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885)   

1212  Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235) was born on this day in history.   

1366  Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399) was born on this day in history.   

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

1503  On March - 22 birth of antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)   

1599  On this day in history birth of anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England)   

1609  On this day in history birth of john II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68)   

1663  August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727) was born on March - 22.   

0337  Constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47 on March - 22.   

1322  On March - 22 death of thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)   

1418  On this day in history death of dietrich of Nieheim, German historian   

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  On March - 22 george van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies   

1544  Death of Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488) on this day in history.   

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

1602  Death of Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557) on March - 22.