Historical Events In March - 22
Tuesday, 21 May 2024
1999 RaiLink Ltd.takes over operation of the CN Coronado, Bonnyville, and Lac La Biche subdivisions, northeast of Edmonton. The line extends from St. Paul Junction, immediately north of Edmonton, to Boyle and northeast to Grande Centre and Elk Point. It also connects with RaiLink's existing Lakeland and Waterways line at Boyle on this day in history.
2006 ETA declares a permanent ceasefire in their campaign for Basque independence from Spain on March - 22.
2007 On this day in history nATO troops launch two assaults in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, killing 38 Taliban terrorists. NATO suffers no casualties.
2009 Mount Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska began erupting after a prolonged period of unre on March - 22.
2012 Largest protest in Quebec's history occurs in Montreal with over 200,000 people marching against government tuition hikes and for free access to post-secondary education on this day in history.
2012 The President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré, is ousted in a coup d'état after mutinous soldiers attack government offices on this day in history.
2013 37 people are killed and 200 are injured in a refugee camp fire in Ban Mae, Thailand on March - 22.
2014 251 people are killed after a boat capsizes in Lake Albert, Uganda on March - 22.
2017 On March - 22 arctic records its lowest ever winter ice cover according to US National Snow and Ice Data Center, 5.5 million square miles
2017 On this day in history tomb of Jesus reopens after restoration in Jerusalem
2017 Terrorist attack on London's Westminster Bridge and Houses of Parliament kills 4 including a police officer and injures 40 on March - 22.
2018 On March - 22 uS President Donald Trump imposes $60 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese imports
2018 The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" between Hawaii and California has 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic and increasing rapidly according to new research on this day in history.
2020 On this day in history iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei refuses American coronavirus COVID-19 help, refers to conspiracy theory that it was manufactured by the US
2023 Former UK PM Boris Johnson is grilled by Government Privileges Committee over whether he intentionally misled parliament over COVID-19 rule breaches by his administration [1] on March - 22.
2023 Microsoft founder Bill Gates says development of artificial intelligence (AI) is the most important technological advance since the graphical user interface (GUI) in 1980 [1] on March - 22.
2023 On March - 22 new DNA analysis of composer Ludwig van Beethoven 's hair reveals he probably died of cirrhosis of the liver and hepatitis B, but doesn't explain his deafness [1]
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