Page 7: 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 March - 22.   

1965  On March - 22 uS confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong   

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

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  On this day in history jarmila Novotna resigns presidency of Czechoslovakia   

1968  Lynda Johnson ordered off San Francisco cable car for eating an ice cream cone on this day in history.   

1968  Student riot in Nanterre near Paris France on March - 22.   

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

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

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

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 March - 22.   

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

1972  On this day in history congress approves Equal Rights Amendment (never ratified)   

1972  On March - 22 kareem Abdul-Jabbar named NBA MVP   

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

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  On March - 22 walt Disney World Shopping Village opens   

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

1977  Dutch Den Uyl government falls on March - 22.   

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

1978  On this day in history france performs nuclear test   

1978  On this day in history 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 this day in history israeli parliament approves peace treaty with Egypt   

1979  Ben Lyon, actor (I Cover the Waterfront, Indiscreet), dies at 78 on March - 22.   

1981  Postal rates up gain to 18¢ from 15¢ on this day in history.   

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

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

1982  On this day in history iran offensive against Iraq   

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

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0841  Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885) was born on March - 22.   

1212  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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  John II Casimir Vasa, cardinal/king of Poland (1648-68) was born on March - 22.   

1663  On March - 22 birth of august Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)   

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

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

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

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  On March - 22 george van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies   

1544  On March - 22 death of johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)   

1589  On this day in history lodovico Guicciardini, Ital historian, dies at 67   

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