# What happened on March 22 in history?

**Date:** March 22  
**Events recorded:** 66  
**Years spanned:** 106 – 2026  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/march/22/

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## Featured Event

**2026** — Air Canada Express Flight 8646, a Bombardier CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation, collided with a fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Two fatalities were reported, both being the captain and the co-pilot. This marked the first fatal accident involving a CRJ-900.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Express_Flight_8646)

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## Events on this date

- **106** — Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD_106))
- **235** — Roman emperor Severus Alexander is murdered, marking the start of the Crisis of the Third Century. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severus_Alexander))
- **871** — Æthelred of Wessex is defeated by a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86thelred_I_of_Wessex))
- **1185** — Battle of Yashima: the Japanese forces of the Taira clan are defeated by the Minamoto clan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Yashima))
- **1312** — Vox in excelso: Pope Clement V dissolves the Order of the Knights Templar. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_in_excelso))
- **1508** — Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon))
- **1621** — The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony, led by governor John Carver, sign a peace treaty with Massasoit, sachem of the Wampanoags; Squanto serves as an interpreter between the two sides. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrims_(Plymouth_Colony)))
- **1622** — Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_massacre_of_1622))
- **1631** — The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony))
- **1638** — Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Hutchinson))
- **1668** — Notable Privateer Henry Morgan lands in Cuba to raid and plunder the inland town of Puerto del Príncipe during the latter stages of the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privateer))
- **1739** — Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nader_Shah))
- **1765** — The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_Great_Britain))
- **1784** — The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Buddha))
- **1792** — Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets: Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the Haitian Revolution. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Croix-des-Bouquets))
- **1794** — The Slave Trade Act of 1794 bans the export of slaves from the United States, and prohibits American citizens from outfitting a ship for the purpose of importing slaves. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_Trade_Act_of_1794))
- **1829** — In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Protocol_(1829)))
- **1849** — The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_Empire))
- **1871** — In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina))
- **1873** — The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortes_Generales))
- **1894** — The Stanley Cup ice hockey competition is held for the first time, in Montreal, Canada. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Cup))
- **1895** — Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumi%C3%A8re_brothers))
- **1896** — Charilaos Vasilakos wins the first modern Olympic marathon race with a time of three hours and 18 minutes. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charilaos_Vasilakos))
- **1906** — The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team))
- **1913** — Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, is arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_X%C3%ADch_Long))
- **1916** — Yuan Shikai abdicates as Emperor of China, restoring the Republic and returning to the Presidency. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuan_Shikai))
- **1920** — Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attack the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh). ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic))
- **1933** — Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" (3.2% alcohol by weight, approximately 4% alcohol by volume) and light wines. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cullen%E2%80%93Harrison_Act))
- **1933** — Nazi Germany opens its first concentration camp, Dachau. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_Germany))
- **1934** — The first Masters Tournament is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934_Masters_Tournament))
- **1939** — Germany takes Memel from Lithuania. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_German_ultimatum_to_Lithuania))
- **1942** — World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1943** — World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khatyn_massacre))
- **1945** — World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany, is heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildesheim))
- **1945** — The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_League))
- **1946** — The United Kingdom grants full independence to Transjordan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan))
- **1955** — A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster crashes into Hawaii's Waiʻanae Range, killing 66. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy))
- **1957** — A United States Air Force aircraft disappears with all 67 people on board somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Air_Force))
- **1960** — Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Leonard_Schawlow))
- **1963** — The Beatles release their debut album Please Please Me. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beatles))
- **1972** — The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Rights_Amendment))
- **1972** — In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eisenstadt_v._Baird))
- **1975** — A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama, causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browns_Ferry_Nuclear_Plant))
- **1978** — Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Wallenda))
- **1982** — NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA))
- **1988** — The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAir_Flight_405))
- **1992** — Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_communism_in_Albania))
- **1993** — The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel))
- **1995** — Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronaut))
- **1996** — NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on its 16th mission, STS-76. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Shuttle_Atlantis))
- **1997** — Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara_Lipinski))
- **1997** — Comet Hale–Bopp reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_Hale%E2%80%93Bopp))
- **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 Hellfire missiles. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Yassin))
- **2006** — Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_Peacemaker_Teams))
- **2013** — At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Thailand_refugee_camp_fire))
- **2016** — Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Brussels_bombings))
- **2017** — A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Westminster_attack))
- **2017** — Syrian civil war: Five hundred members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are airlifted south of the Euphrates by United States Air Force helicopters, beginning the Battle of Tabqa. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian_civil_war))
- **2019** — The Special Counsel investigation on the 2016 United States presidential election concludes when Robert Mueller submits his report to the United States Attorney General. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mueller_special_counsel_investigation))
- **2019** — Two buses crash in Kitampo, a town north of Ghana's capital Accra, killing at least 50 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana))
- **2020** — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narendra_Modi))
- **2020** — Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a national lockdown and the country's first ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyriakos_Mitsotakis))
- **2021** — Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Boulder_shooting))
- **2024** — At least 145 people are killed and 551 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus_City_Hall_attack))
- **2026** — Air Canada Express Flight 8646, a Bombardier CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation, collided with a fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Two fatalities were reported, both being the captain and the co-pilot. This marked the first fatal accident involving a CRJ-900. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Express_Flight_8646))

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## Notable births on March 22

- **2001** — **Artūrs Šilovs** — Latvian ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C5%ABrs_%C5%A0ilovs))
- **2000** — **Dimitrios Meliopoulos** — Greek footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitrios_Meliopoulos))
- **1999** — **Mick Schumacher** — German racing driver ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Schumacher))
- **1997** — **Alex Meret** — Italian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Meret))
- **1997** — **Chimezie Metu** — Nigerian-American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimezie_Metu))
- **1997** — **Martin Wong** — Hong Kong model and actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Wong_(actor)))
- **1994** — **Dax** — Canadian rapper and singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dax_(rapper)))
- **1994** — **Edwin Díaz** — Puerto Rican baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin_D%C3%ADaz))
- **1994** — **Taurean Prince** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taurean_Prince))
- **1994** — **Aliaksandra Sasnovich** — Belarusian tennis player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliaksandra_Sasnovich))

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## Notable deaths on March 22

- **2026** — **Lionel Jospin** — French civil servant and politician, 165th Prime Minister of France (born 1937) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Jospin))
- **2025** — **Jessica Aber** — American lawyer (born 1981) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Aber))
- **2025** — **Andy Peebles** — English radio DJ, television presenter and cricket commentator (born 1948) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Peebles))
- **2024** — **Laurent de Brunhoff** — French author and illustrator (born 1925) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurent_de_Brunhoff))
- **2019** — **Scott Walker** — British-American singer-songwriter (born 1943) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Walker_(singer)))
- **2018** — **Johan van Hulst** — Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (born 1911) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan_van_Hulst))
- **2016** — **Rob Ford** — Canadian businessman and politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (born 1969) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Ford))
- **2016** — **Rita Gam** — American actress (born 1927) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rita_Gam))
- **2015** — **Arkady Arkanov** — Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright (born 1933) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady_Arkanov))
- **2015** — **Horst Buhtz** — German footballer and manager (born 1923) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horst_Buhtz))

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