What are the important events that happened on March 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 22: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 22 is the 82nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 284 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 9, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,711,065,600 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontadigon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 313 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,109 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 22 Historical Events
- 1621 –The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
- 1630 –The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
- 1739 –Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
- 1873 –A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery.
- 1939 –World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
- 1942 –World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy’s Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
- 1954 –Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.
- 1960 –Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser
- 2006 –ETA, the armed Basque separatist group, declares a permanent ceasefire.
- 2006 –Three Christian Peacemaker Team hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the death of their colleague, American Tom Fox.
Who were born on March 22?
- 1920 –Werner Klemperer, German-born actor (d. 2000)
- 1930 –Pat Robertson, American televangelist
- 1935 –M. Emmet Walsh, American actor
- 1941 –Jeremy Clyde, British actor and musician (Chad and Jeremy)
- 1942 –Bernd Herzsprung, German actor
- 1956 –Generosa Ammon, American murder suspect (d. 2003)
- 1970 –Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer
- 1971 –Will Yun Lee, American actor
- 1973 –Beverley Knight, English singer
- 1974 –Gert Peens, South African-born Italian rugby player
Who died on March 22?
- 1687 –Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (b. 1632)
- 1896 –Thomas Hughes, English novelist (b. 1822)
- 1924 –William Macewen, Scottish surgeon (b. 1848)
- 1986 –Mark Dinning, American singer (b. 1933)
- 1987 –Odysseas Angelis, Greek officer involved in the coup of April 1967 (b. 1912)
- 1990 –Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer (b. 1928)
- 1991 –Dave Guard, American folk singer (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1934)
- 2006 –Kurt von Trojan, Australian science fiction author (b. 1937)
- 2006 –Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)
- 2009 –Leon Walker, British rugby player (b. 1988)
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