March 22

March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 284 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 238 – Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperors.
• 871 – Æthelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton.
• 1508 – Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.
• 1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
• 1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
• 1630 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
• 1638 – Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
• 1697 – Charles II of Spain issued a Royal Cedula extending to the indigenous nobles of the Spanish Crown colonies, as well as to their descendants, the preeminence and honors customarily attributed to the Hidalgos of Castile.
• 1713 – The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization.
• 1739 – Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
• 1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
• 1784 – The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
• 1829 – In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
• 1849 – The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.
• 1871 – In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
• 1872 – Illinois becomes the first state to require sexual equality in employment
• 1873 – A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery.
• 1894 – The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
• 1906 – The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris
• 1912– The State of Bihar, India was formed out of the State of Bengal.
• 1916 – The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored.
• 1920 – Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
• 1939 – World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
• 1942 – World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
• 1943 – World War II: the entire population of Khatyn in Belarus is burnt alive by German occupation forces.
• 1945 – The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
• 1954 – Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.
• 1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser
• 1963 – The Beatles' first album, Please Please Me, is released in the United Kingdom.
• 1972 – The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
• 1972 – In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.
• 1975 – A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
• 1978 – Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• 1982 – NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
• 1984 – Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfounded.
• 1989 – Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player's skate accidentally slits his throat.
• 1992 – USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
• 1992 – Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election.
• 1993 – The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
• 1995 – Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
• 1997 – Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
• 1997 – The Comet Hale–Bopp has its closest approach to Earth.
• 2004 – Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles.
• 2006 – Three Christian Peacemaker Team hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague, American Tom Fox.
• 2013 – At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand.
• 2013 – American rock band, My Chemical Romance, announced their break-up on their website.
• 2014 – Forty-three people are killed in a mudflow near Oso, Washington.
• 2014 – At least 251 people die when a boat capsizes in Lake Albert.

Births

• 841 – Bernard Plantapilosa, French son of Bernard of Septimania (d. 885)
• 875 – William I, Duke of Aquitaine (d. 918)
• 1212 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)
• 1366 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (d. 1399)
• 1394 – Ulugh Beg, Persian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1449)
• 1459 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)
• 1503 – Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian author and educator (d. 1583)
• 1599 – Anthony van Dyck, Flemish-English painter and etcher (d. 1641)
• 1609 – John II Casimir Vasa, Polish king (d. 1672)
• 1663 – August Hermann Francke, German clergyman, philanthropist, and scholar (d. 1727)
• 1684 – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War (d. 1764)
• 1712 – Edward Moore, English poet and playwright (d. 1757)
• 1720 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect, designed the Yellow Palace and Bernstorff Palace (d. 1799)
• 1723 – Charles Carroll, American lawyer and politician (d. 1783)
• 1728 – Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter and theorist (d. 1779)
• 1759 – Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1818)
• 1797 – William I, German Emperor (d. 1888)
• 1808 – David Swinson Maynard, American physician and lawyer (d. 1873)
• 1812 – Stephen Pearl Andrews, American author and activist (d. 1886)
• 1814 – Thomas Crawford, American sculptor, designed the Statue of Freedom (d. 1857)
• 1817 – Braxton Bragg, American general (d. 1876)
• 1818 – John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer, founded Penwortham (d. 1846)
• 1837 – Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione (d. 1899)
• 1842 – Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1912)
• 1846 – Randolph Caldecott, English illustrator and painter (d. 1886)
• 1846 – James Timberlake, American lieutenant, police officer, and farmer (d. 1891)
• 1852 – Otakar Ševčík, Czech violinist and educator (d. 1934)
• 1852 – Hector Sévin, French cardinal (d. 1916)
• 1857 – Paul Doumer, French mathematician, journalist, and politician, 14th President of France (d. 1932)
• 1866 – Jack Boyle, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1913)
• 1868 – Robert Andrews Millikan, American colonel and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
• 1869 – Tom McInnes, Scottish-English footballer (d. 1939)
• 1873 – Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (d. 1939)
• 1878 – Michel Théato, Luxembourgian-French runner (d. 1919)
• 1880 – Ernest C. Quigley, Canadian-American football player and coach (d. 1960)
• 1884 – Arthur H. Vandenberg, American journalist and politician (d. 1951)
• 1885 – Aryeh Levin, Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and educator (d. 1969)
• 1886 – August Rei, Estonian lawyer and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d. 1963)
• 1887 – Chico Marx, American actor and singer (d. 1961)
• 1890 – George Clark, American racing driver (d. 1978)
• 1892 – Johannes Semper, Estonian poet and scholar (d. 1970)
• 1896 – He Long, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1969)
• 1896 – Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian-American actor (d. 1964)
• 1899 – Ruth Page, American ballerina and choreographer (d. 1991)
• 1901 – Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter (d. 1991)
• 1902 – Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory (d. 1949)
• 1902 – Madeleine Milhaud, French actress and composer (d. 2008)
• 1903 – Bill Holman, American cartoonist (d. 1987)
• 1907 – James M. Gavin, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (d. 1990)
• 1908 – Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (d. 1991)
• 1908 – Louis L'Amour, American author and poet (d. 1988)
• 1909 – Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author and educator (d. 1983)
• 1910 – Nicholas Monsarrat, English sailor and author (d. 1979)
• 1912 – Wilfrid Brambell, Irish-English actor (d. 1985)
• 1912 – Karl Malden, American actor, singer, and director (d. 2009)
• 1912 – Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (d. 1959)
• 1913 – Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (d. 2001)
• 1913 – Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)
• 1913 – Lew Wasserman, American businessman and talent agent (d. 2002)
• 1914 – John Stanley, American author and illustrator (d. 1993)
• 1914 – Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, English businessman (d. 2008)
• 1915 – Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor (d. 2005)
• 1917 – Virginia Grey, American actress and singer (d. 2004)
• 1917 – Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2006)
• 1917 – Paul Rogers, English actor (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (d. 1997)
• 1919 – Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (d. 1990)
• 1920 – James Brown, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
• 1920 – Werner Klemperer, German-American actor and singer (d. 2000)
• 1920 – Ross Martin, Polish-American actor and director (d. 1981)
• 1920 – Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (d. 1995)
• 1920 – Fanny Waterman, English pianist and educator, founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition
• 1921 – Nino Manfredi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
• 1922 – John J. Gilligan, American lieutenant and politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Carmen Filpi, American actor (d. 2003)
• 1923 – Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (d. 2007)
• 1924 – Al Neuharth, American journalist and author, founded USA Today (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian colonel, pilot, and engineer (d. 1960)
• 1924 – Bill Roost, English footballer (d. 2013)
• 1924 – Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
• 1924 – Bill Wendell, American television announcer (d. 1999)
• 1925 – Gilles Pelletier, Canadian actor
• 1927 – Marty Blake, American basketball player and manager (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Carrie Donovan, American journalist (d. 2001)
• 1928 – E. D. Hirsch, American author, critic, and academic
• 1928 – Ed Macauley, American basketball player, coach, and priest (d. 2011)
• 1929 – Mort Drucker, American illustrator
• 1929 – Yayoi Kusama, Japanese painter and sculptor
• 1930 – Derek Bok, American lawyer and academic
• 1930 – Pat Robertson, American minister and broadcaster, founded the Christian Broadcasting Network
• 1930 – Stephen Sondheim, American composer and songwriter
• 1931 – Burton Richter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1931 – William Shatner, Canadian-American actor, singer, director, and producer
• 1931 – Leslie Thomas, Welsh journalist and author (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2014)
• 1932 – Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (d. 2010)
• 1933 – Abolhassan Banisadr, Iranian economist and politician, 1st President of Iran
• 1933 – May Britt, Swedish-American actress and singer
• 1933 – Linden Chiles, American actor (d. 2013)
• 1934 – Sheila Cameron, English lawyer and judge
• 1934 – Orrin Hatch, American lawyer and politician
• 1934 – Larry Martyn, English actor (d. 1994)
• 1935 – Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2013)
• 1935 – M. Emmet Walsh, American actor
• 1936 – Ron Carey, American union leader (d. 2008)
• 1936 – Roger Whittaker, Kenyan-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1937 – Angelo Badalamenti, American pianist and composer
• 1937 – Armin Hary, German sprinter
• 1937 – Jon Hassell, American trumpet player and composer
• 1938 – Rein Etruk, Estonian chess player (d. 2012)
• 1940 – Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 – Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician, actor, and author (d. 1996)
• 1941 – Billy Collins, American poet, author, and academic
• 1941 – Jeremy Clyde, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Chad & Jeremy)
• 1941 – Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor
• 1941 – Cassam Uteem, Mauritian politician, 2nd President of Mauritius
• 1942 – Bernd Herzsprung, German actor
• 1942 – Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 1942 – Dick Pound, Canadian lawyer and academic
• 1943 – George Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fuse One)
• 1943 – Nazem Ganjapour, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 2013)
• 1943 – Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Yardbirds, Renaissance, and Armaggedon) (d. 1976)
• 1945 – Alan Opie, English actor and singer
• 1945 – Eric Roth, American screenwriter and producer
• 1945 – Peter Williams, English physicist and academic
• 1946 – Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach
• 1946 – Richard Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Worcester, English journalist and politician
• 1946 – Rivka Golani, Israeli viola player and composer
• 1946 – Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, and author
• 1946 – Harry Vanda, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Easybeats and Vanda & Young)
• 1947 – George Ferguson, English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol
• 1947 – James Patterson, American author and producer
• 1947 – Maarten van Gent, Dutch basketball player and coach
• 1947 – Tony Pope, American voice actor (d. 2004)
• 1948 – Wolf Blitzer, German-American journalist
• 1948 – Randy Jo Hobbs, American bass player (The McCoys and Montrose) (d. 1993)
• 1948 – Andrew Lloyd Webber, English director and composer
• 1949 – Fanny Ardant, French actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1949 – Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (d. 2010)
• 1950 – Goran Bregović, Bosnian guitarist and songwriter (Bijelo Dugme and Jutro)
• 1950 – Mary Tamm, English actress (d. 2012)
• 1950 – Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player (d. 2012)
• 1952 – Des Browne, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1952 – Bob Costas, American talk show host and sportscaster
• 1952 – Jay Dee Daugherty, American drummer and songwriter (The Church)
• 1954 – Tommy Hollis, American actor (d. 2001)
• 1955 – James House, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1955 – Lena Olin, Swedish-American actress
• 1955 – Pete Sessions, American politician
• 1955 – Valdis Zatlers, Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia
• 1956 – Generosa Ammon, American wife of Daniel Pelosi (d. 2003)
• 1957 – Jürgen Bucher, German footballer
• 1957 – Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer
• 1958 – Wayne Bloom, American wrestler
• 1958 – Laurie David, American blogger, activist, and producer
• 1958 – Pete Wylie, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crucial Three and The Spitfire Boys)
• 1959 – Carlton Cuse, Mexican-American screenwriter and producer
• 1959 – Avraham Fried, American singer-songwriter
• 1959 – Matthew Modine, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 – Tarmo Laht, Estonian architect
• 1960 – Lauri Vahtre, Estonian historian and politician
• 1962 – Villano V, Mexican wrestler
• 1963 – Deborah Bull, English ballerina
• 1963 – Francesco Quinn, Italian-American actor (d. 2011)
• 1964 – El Felino, Mexican wrestler
• 1965 – John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
• 1965 – Emma Wray, English actress
• 1966 – Pia Cayetano, Filipino lawyer and politician
• 1966 – Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)
• 1966 – Paul Midgley, English scientist and academic
• 1966 – Artis Pabriks, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Minister for Defence of Latvia
• 1966 – António Pinto, Portuguese runner
• 1966 – Brian Shaw, American basketball player and coach
• 1967 – Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
• 1967 – Bernie Gallacher, Scottish-English footballer (d. 2011)
• 1968 – Euronymous, Norwegian guitarist and producer (Mayhem) (d. 1993)
• 1968 – Arve Henriksen, Norwegian trumpet player and composer
• 1970 – Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1970 – Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
• 1970 – Hwang Young-cho, South Korean runner
• 1970 – Live Maria Roggen, Norwegian singer (Come Shine)
• 1971 – Iben Hjejle, Danish actress
• 1971 – Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – Will Yun Lee, American actor
• 1972 – Shawn Bradley, German-American basketball player, coach, and actor
• 1972 – Cory Lidle, American baseball player (d. 2006)
• 1972 – Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater and sportscaster
• 1973 – Beverley Knight, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1973 – Joe Nedney, American football player and coach
• 1973 – Christopher Wheeldon, English dancer and choreographer
• 1974 – Marcus Camby, American basketball player
• 1974 – Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer
• 1974 – Kidada Jones, American actress and fashion designer
• 1974 – Gert Peens, South African-Italian rugby player
• 1975 – Anne Dudek, American actress
• 1975 – Steinar Raknes, Norwegian bassist
• 1975 – Jason Fletcher, American sports agent
• 1975 – Cole Hauser, American actor and producer
• 1975 – Jiří Novák, Czech-Monacan tennis player
• 1976 – Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
• 1976 – Kathryn Jean Lopez, American journalist
• 1976 – Kellie Shanygne Williams, American actress
• 1976 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer
• 1977 – John Otto, Canadian-American drummer (Limp Bizkit)
• 1977 – Joey Porter, American football player and coach
• 1977 – Tom Poti, American ice hockey player
• 1979 – Aaron North, American guitarist (Jubilee and The Icarus Line)
• 1979 – Staņislavs Olijars, Latvian hurdler
• 1979 – Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player
• 1980 – Shannon Bex, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Danity Kane)
• 1980 – Pamela O'Connor, Scottish ice dancer
• 1981 – Karylle, Filipino singer-songwriter and actress
• 1981 – Mims, American rapper
• 1981 – Arne Gabius, German runner
• 1982 – Piá, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 – Enrico Gasparotto, Italian cyclist
• 1982 – Michael Janyk, Canadian skier
• 1982 – Kyle Kingsbury, American mixed martial artist
• 1984 – Piotr Trochowski, German footballer
• 1985 – Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer
• 1985 – Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist
• 1985 – Mike Jenkins, American football player
• 1985 – Justin Masterson, American baseball player
• 1985 – Kelli Waite, Australian swimmer
• 1985 – Chris Wallace, American singer-songwriter and producer (The White Tie Affair)
• 1986 – Jeon Boram, South Korean singer and actress (T-ara)
• 1986 – David Choi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1987 – Björn Barrefors, Swedish decathlete
• 1987 – Ike Davis, American baseball player
• 1987 – Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (d. 2013)
• 1987 – Liam Doran, British rallycross driver
• 1987 – Constance Wu, American actress
• 1988 – Noriko Kijima, Japanese model and actress
• 1988 – Tania Raymonde, American actress
• 1988 – Rottyful Sky, South Korean singer and actress (d. 2013)
• 1989 – Ben King, American cyclist
• 1989 – Eva Pereira, Cape Verdean runner
• 1989 – Tyler Oakley, American video blogger
• 1989 – Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer
• 1989 – J. J. Watt, American football player
• 1990 – Lisa Mitchell, English-Australian singer-songwriter
• 1992 – Jessie Andrews, American porn actress and DJ
• 1993 – Natalia Starr, Polish pornographic actress
• 1994 – Kolohe Andino, American surfer
• 1994 – Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarusian tennis player
• 1994 – Atsushi Shiramata, Japanese actor
• 1995 – Nick Robinson, American actor
• 1996 – Gig Morton, Canadian actor
• 1997 – María Fernanda Herazo, Colombian tennis player

Deaths

• 1322 – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward of England (b. 1278)
• 1418 – Dietrich of Nieheim, German bishop and historian (b. 1345)
• 1421 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward of England (b. 1388)
• 1471 – George of Poděbrady (b. 1420)
• 1544 – Johannes Magnus, Swedish archbishop and theologian (b. 1488)
• 1602 – Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and educator (b. 1557)
• 1685 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
• 1687 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and conductor (b. 1632)
• 1699 – William Chaloner, English serial counterfeit coiner and confidence trickster (b. c. 1650s)
• 1758 – Jonathan Edwards, American minister, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1703)
• 1758 – Richard Leveridge, English singer-songwriter (b. 1670)
• 1772 – John Canton, English physicist and academic (b. 1718)
• 1820 – Stephen Decatur, American commander (b. 1779)
• 1832 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German author, poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1749)
• 1863 – Opothleyahola, American tribal chief (b. 1796)
• 1840 – Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1798)
• 1881 – Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (b. 1793)
• 1896 – Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician (b. 1822)
• 1913 – Song Jiaoren, Chinese educator and politician (b. 1882)
• 1913 – Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (b.1864)
• 1924 – William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)
• 1942 – Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1942 – William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)
• 1945 – John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)
• 1952 – Uncle Dave Macon, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1870)
• 1955 – Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)
• 1958 – Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
• 1960 – José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)
• 1966 – John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)
• 1971 – Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)
• 1974 – Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)
• 1977 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (b. 1904)
• 1978 – Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (b. 1905)
• 1981 – James Elliott, American runner and coach (b. 1915)
• 1981 – Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, 13th President of the Senate of the Philippines (b. 1907)
• 1986 – Olive Deering, American actress (b. 1918)
• 1986 – Mark Dinning, American singer (b. 1933)
• 1986 – Charles Starrett, American actor and singer (b. 1903)
• 1987 – Odysseas Angelis, Greek general and politician (b. 1912)
• 1990 – Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer and academic (b. 1928)
• 1991 – Léon Balcer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1917)
• 1991 – Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1908)
• 1991 – Dave Guard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1934)
• 1991 – Gloria Holden, English-American actress (b. 1908)
• 1993 – Samiha Ayverdi, Turkish mystic and author (b. 1905)
• 1993 – Steve Olin, American baseball player (b. 1965)
• 1994 – Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter, and producer (b. 1950)
• 1994 – Walter Lantz, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1900)
• 1996 – Don Murray, American drummer (The Turtles) (b. 1945)
• 1996 – Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1936)
• 1996 – Billy Williamson, American guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925)
• 1999 – Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (b. 1913)
• 1999 – David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969)
• 2000 – Carlo Parola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1921)
• 2001 – Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1925)
• 2001 – Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (b. 1913)
• 2001 – William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1910)
• 2001 – Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (b. 1910)
• 2002 – Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1917)
• 2003 – Terry Lloyd, English journalist (b. 1952)
• 2004 – Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1943)
• 2004 – Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian spiritual leader, co-founded Hamas (b. 1937)
• 2005 – Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (Foghat) (b. 1947)
• 2005 – Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (b. 1913)
• 2006 – Pierre Clostermann, French soldier, pilot, and politician (b. 1921)
• 2006 – Pío Leyva, Cuban singer and author (b. 1917)
• 2006 – Kurt von Trojan, Austrian-Australian journalist and author (b. 1937)
• 2007 – U. G. Krishnamurti, Indian-Italian philosopher and educator (b. 1918)
• 2008 – Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (b. 1918)
• 2009 – Steve Doll, American wrestler (b. 1960)
• 2009 – Jade Goody, English television personality and author, contestant on Big Brother (b. 1981)
• 2009 – Abismo Negro, Mexican wrestler and trainer (b. 1971)
• 2010 – James Black, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)
• 2010 – Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman (b. 1943)
• 2011 – Artur Agostinho, Portuguese journalist (b. 1920)
• 2011 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1926)
• 2011 – Viljar Loor, Estonian volleyball player (b. 1953)
• 2012 – Joe Blanchard, American football player and wrestler (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Johnny McCauley, Irish-English singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
• 2012 – John Payton, American lawyer and activist (b. 1946)
• 2012 – Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (b. 1925)
• 2012 – Mickey Sullivan, American baseball player and coach (b. 1932)
• 2012 – David Waltz, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Neil L. Whitehead, English anthropologist and author (b. 1956)
• 2013 – Vladimír Čech, Czech actor and politician (b. 1951)
• 2013 – Fred Jones, Welsh footballer (b. 1938)
• 2013 – James Nabrit, American lawyer and academic (b. 1932)
• 2013 – Christa Speck, Polish-American model and actress (b. 1942)
• 2013 – Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist and composer (b. 1918)
• 2013 – Derek Watkins, English trumpet player and composer (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Ray Williams, American basketball player and coach (b. 1954)
• 2014 – Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, Indian author (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Mickey Duff, Polish-English boxer and manager (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Thor Listau, Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1938)
• 2014 – Tasos Mitsopoulos, Cypriot politician, Cypriot Minister of Defence (b. 1965)
• 2014 – Patrice Wymore, American-Jamaican actress and singer (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Arkady Arkanov, Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright (b. 1933)
• 2015 – Horst Buhtz, German footballer and manager (b. 1923)
• 2015 – George Neel, Jr., American businessman (b. 1930)
• 2015 – Norman Scribner, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1936)

Holidays and observances

• Christian feast day:
  • Basil of Ancyra
  • Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen
  • Darerca of Ireland
  • Epaphroditus
  • Jonathan Edwards (Lutheranism)
  • Lea of Rome
  • Nicholas Owen
  • Paul of Narbonne
  • March 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Day of the People's Party (Laos)
• Earliest day on which Earth Hour can fall, while March 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Saturday in March. (International)
• Earliest day on which Easter Sunday can fall (last in 1818, will not happen again until 2285), while April 25 is the latest. (Christianity)
• Emancipation Day or Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud (Puerto Rico)
• Nevruz Day (Albania)
• World Water Day (International)

External links

• On this day in Canada
• The New York Times: On This Day
• BBC: On This Day