Page 7: Historical Events In March - 22

1964  Addison Richards, actor (Col-Pentagon), dies at 76 on March - 22.   

1965  On this day in history d Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)   

1965  US confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong on this day in history.   

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  On March - 22 muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title in first Madison Square Garden fight   

1967  Muhammad Ali KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title on March - 22.   

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  Student riot in Nanterre near Paris France on March - 22.   

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 this day in history "Blood Red Roses" opens & closes at John Golden Theater NYC   

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

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

1971  On March - 22 martin Bodmer, writer, dies   

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

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

1974  Peter Revson, US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35 on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history walt Disney World Shopping Village opens   

1975  On March - 22 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  On March - 22 indira Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India   

1978  On March - 22 france performs nuclear test   

1978  Three prisoners emerge from St. Jerome prison with their six hostages after a two-week standoff, ending Canada's longest hostage-taking on March - 22.   

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

1981  On this day in history postal rates up gain to 18¢ from 15¢   

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

1982  On this day in history 3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched   

1982  On March - 22 iran offensive against Iraq   

1983  Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president on this day in history.   

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0841  Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885) was born on this day in history.   

1212  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)   

1366  Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399) was born on March - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

1599  On March - 22 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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 this day in history george van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies   

1544  On this day in history death of johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)   

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

1602  On this day in history death of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557)