Page 9: Historical Events In March - 22

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  On this day in history eTA declares a permanent ceasefire in their campaign for Basque independence from Spain.   

2007  NATO troops launch two assaults in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, killing 38 Taliban terrorists. NATO suffers no casualties on March - 22.   

2009  On March - 22 mount Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska began erupting after a prolonged period of unre.   

2012  On this day in history 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   

2012  On this day in history the President of Mali, Amadou Toumani Touré, is ousted in a coup d'état after mutinous soldiers attack government offices.   

2013  On March - 22 37 people are killed and 200 are injured in a refugee camp fire in Ban Mae, Thailand   

2014  On March - 22 251 people are killed after a boat capsizes in Lake Albert, Uganda   

2017  Arctic records its lowest ever winter ice cover according to US National Snow and Ice Data Center, 5.5 million square miles on this day in history.   

2017  On March - 22 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 this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history uS President Donald Trump imposes $60 billion worth of tariffs on Chinese imports   

2018  On this day in history the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" between Hawaii and California has 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic and increasing rapidly according to new research   

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  On March - 22 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]   

2023  On March - 22 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]   

2023  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] on this day in history.   

2024  On this day in history islamic State-affiliated gunmen attack concertgoers at Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia, killing at least 145 people and injuring 551.   

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0841  On March - 22 birth of bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885)   

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

1366  On March - 22 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  Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583) was born on March - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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 March - 22.   

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

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

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