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

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 this day in history 251 people are killed after a boat capsizes in Lake Albert, Uganda   

2017  On this day in history arctic records its lowest ever winter ice cover according to US National Snow and Ice Data Center, 5.5 million square miles   

2017  On March - 22 tomb of Jesus reopens after restoration in Jerusalem   

2017  On March - 22 terrorist attack on London's Westminster Bridge and Houses of Parliament kills 4 including a police officer and injures 40   

2018  US President Donald Trump imposes $60 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese imports on March - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

2020  On this day in history iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei refuses American coronavirus COVID-19 help, refers to conspiracy theory that it was manufactured by the US   

2023  On March - 22 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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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]   

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0841  On March - 22 birth of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885)   

1212  Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235) was born on March - 22.   

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

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 March - 22.   

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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1602  Death of Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557) on this day in history.