Page 9: Historical Events In March - 22

1999  On this day in history 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.   

2006  On March - 22 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 March - 22 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 this day in history.   

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

2014  On March - 22 251 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 this day in history tomb of Jesus reopens after restoration in Jerusalem   

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

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 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 this day in history.   

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 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 March - 22 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]   

2024  Islamic State-affiliated gunmen attack concertgoers at Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia, killing at least 145 people and injuring 551 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  On March - 22 birth of thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)   

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 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 March - 22.   

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

1322  Death of Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278) on March - 22.   

1418  Death of Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian on March - 22.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1589  On March - 22 lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67   

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