Page 7: Historical Events In March - 22

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

1965  D Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka) on March - 22.   

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

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

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 March - 22 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  "Billy" opens & closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 1 performance on March - 22.   

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

1970  On March - 22 "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  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1971  On this day in history martin Bodmer, writer, dies   

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

1972  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP on March - 22.   

1974  On this day in history peter Revson, US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35   

1975  On March - 22 canadian classical guitarist Liona Boyd makes her New York debut at the Carnegie Recital Hall   

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

1975  On March - 22 walt Disney World Shopping Village opens   

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

1977  Dutch Den Uyl government falls on March - 22.   

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

1978  France performs nuclear test on this day in history.   

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

1978  Karl Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in PR at 73 on this day in history.   

1979  On March - 22 israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt   

1979  Ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at 78 on March - 22.   

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

1981  Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6 on March - 22.   

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

1982  Iran offensive against Iraq on this day in history.   

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  On March - 22 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 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  Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England) was born on March - 22.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1471  On March - 22 george van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies   

1544  On March - 22 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)