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 March - 22.   

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  On this day in history 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  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  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 this day in history tomb of Jesus reopens after restoration in Jerusalem   

2017  On March - 22 terrorist attack on London's Westminster Bridge and Houses of Parliament kills 4 including a police officer and injures 40   

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  Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei refuses American coronavirus COVID-19 help, refers to conspiracy theory that it was manufactured by the US on March - 22.   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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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0841  Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885) was born on March - 22.   

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 March - 22 birth of antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)   

1599  Anthony Van Dyck, Flemish painter (Charles I of England) was born on this day in history.   

1609  On March - 22 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  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 this day in history.   

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  George van Podiebrad, king of Bohemia (1458-71), dies on this day in history.   

1544  On this day in history death of johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)   

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

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