Historical Events In March - 22

1964  On March - 22 addison Richards, actor (Col-Pentagon), dies at 76   

1965  On this day in history d Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka)   

1965  US confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong on March - 22.   

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  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 this day in history lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone   

1968  Student riot in Nanterre near Paris France on this day in history.   

1969  "Billy" opens & closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 1 performance on March - 22.   

1969  On March - 22 ernst Deutsch, [Dorian], Czech actor (3rd Man, Golem), dies at 78   

1970  On this day in history "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  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1971  Martin Bodmer, writer, dies on March - 22.   

1972  Congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified) on March - 22.   

1972  On this day in history kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP   

1974  Peter Revson, US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35 on March - 22.   

1975  On this day in history 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  Walt Disney World Shopping Village opens on this day in history.   

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

1977  On March - 22 dutch Den Uyl government falls   

1977  Indira Gandhi resigns as Prime Minister of India on March - 22.   

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 this day in history israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt   

1979  On March - 22 ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at 78   

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

1981  On this day in history soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6   

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

1982  Iran offensive against Iraq on this day in history.   

1983  Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president on this day in history.   

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

1599  On this day in history birth of anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England)   

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 this day in history.   

0337  On March - 22 constantine, Emperor of Rome, dies at 47   

1322  On this day in history death of thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1602  On March - 22 death of agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557)