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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history "Billy" opens & closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 1 performance   

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

1970  "Blood Red Roses" opens & closes at John Golden Theater NYC on this day in history.   

1971  On March - 22 ottawa starts $2 million program to hire 276 Francophone graduates for public service jobs; jobs where French is 'la Langue du travail'   

1971  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1971  Martin Bodmer, writer, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1974  On March - 22 peter Revson, US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35   

1975  Canadian classical guitarist Liona Boyd makes her New York debut at the Carnegie Recital Hall on March - 22.   

1975  On March - 22 ranjit & Damayanthie married in St Anne's Church Wattala , Sri Lanka   

1975  Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens on March - 22.   

1975  On March - 22 asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65), dies at 75   

1977  On March - 22 dutch Den Uyl government falls   

1977  Indira Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India on this day in history.   

1978  France performs nuclear test on March - 22.   

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 March - 22.   

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

1979  Ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1981  Postal rates up gain to 18¢ from 15¢ on March - 22.   

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

1982  3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched on March - 22.   

1982  Iran offensive against Iraq on March - 22.   

1983  Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president on March - 22.   

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

1212  Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)   

1599  Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England) was born on this day in history.   

1609  On March - 22 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  On this day in history constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47   

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

1418  Death of Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian on this day in history.   

1421  On March - 22 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 March - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

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