Historical Events In March - 22

1964  Addison Richards, actor (Col-Pentagon), dies at 76 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1966  In Northeastern China a 6.75-7.0 earthquake occurred second one in a month the last was March 07 on March - 22.   

1967  Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] KOs Zora Folley in 7 for heavyweight boxing title in first Madison Square Garden fight on March - 22.   

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  On this day in history student riot in Nanterre near Paris France   

1969  "Billy" opens & closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 1 performance on this day in history.   

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

1970  On March - 22 "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 March - 22.   

1971  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on March - 22.   

1971  On March - 22 martin Bodmer, writer, dies   

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

1972  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP on this day in history.   

1974  Peter Revson, US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history walt Disney World Shopping Village opens   

1975  Asa Smith Bushnell Jr, Sec of US Olympics (1945-65), dies at 75 on March - 22.   

1977  On this day in history dutch Den Uyl government falls   

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

1978  France performs nuclear test on March - 22.   

1978  Three prisoners emerge from St. Jerome prison with their six hostages after a two-week standoff, ending Canada's longest hostage-taking on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history karl Wallenda, falls to death walking high-wire in PR at 73   

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

1979  On this day in history ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at 78   

1981  On this day in history postal rates up gain to 18¢ from 15¢   

1981  Soyuz 39 carries 2 cosmonauts (1 Mongolian) to Salyut 6 on this day in history.   

1982  On March - 22 3rd Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 3 launched   

1982  Iran offensive against Iraq on March - 22.   

1983  On March - 22 chaim Herzog elected Israeli president   

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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  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  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  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  On March - 22 death of thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)   

1418  On March - 22 death of dietrich of Nieheim, German historian   

1421  Death of Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388) on March - 22.   

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 March - 22.   

1589  Lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67 on March - 22.   

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