Tukuk-OS📅 March 22
20 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on March 22? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2024 — At least 145 people were killed and 551 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia.
Crocus City Hall attackCrocus City HallKrasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast
- 2014 — A massive landslide in Oso, Washington, killed 43 people after engulfing a rural neighborhood, the largest death toll for a standalone landslide in U.S. history.
- 2013 — At least 37 people were killed after a fire in Thailand destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees.
- 1997 — Comet Hale–Bopp (pictured) reached its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.
- 1995 — Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returned from the space station Mir aboard Soyuz TM-20 after 437 days in space, setting a record for the longest spaceflight.
- 1992 — USAir Flight 405 crashed in Flushing Bay shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, killing 27 people, and leading to studies into the effects of ice on aircraft.
- 1984 — Teachers at a preschool in Manhattan Beach, California, were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren, leading to the longest and costliest criminal trial in United States history.
- 1963 — Please Please Me, the first album recorded by the Beatles, was released.
- 1943 — British propaganda radio station Deutscher Kurzwellensender Atlantik began broadcasting to German submariners.
- 1943 — World War II: Almost the entire population of the village of Khatyn, in present-day Belarus, were massacred by Ukrainian and Belarusian Nazi collaborators.
World War IIKhatyn massacreCollaboration with Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy
- 1942 — Second World War: British and Italian naval forces fought the Second Battle of Sirte in the Gulf of Sidra north of Libya.
- 1934 — In golf, the first Masters Tournament was held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, United States.
- 1913 — Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
- 1896 — Charilaos Vasilakos (pictured) won the first modern marathon in preparation for the inaugural Summer Olympics.
- 1871 — William Woods Holden, Governor of North Carolina, became the first U.S. state governor to be removed from office through impeachment.
- 1794 — The Slave Trade Act, which banned the export of slaves from the United States, was signed by George Washington
- 1784 — The Emerald Buddha, considered to be the sacred palladium of Thailand, was installed in its current location at Wat Phra Kaew on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
- 1765 — The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act, requiring that many printed materials in the Thirteen Colonies in British America carry a tax stamp.
- 1638 — Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for her participation in the Antinomian Controversy.
Anne HutchinsonMassachusetts Bay ColonyAntinomian Controversy
- 106 — The Bostran era, the official era of the Roman province of Arabia Petraea, began.
Births
- 2001 — Artūrs Šilovs, Latvian ice hockey player
- 2000 — Dimitrios Meliopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1999 — Mick Schumacher, German racing driver
- 1998 — Noah Lalonde, American actor. Known for his role as Cole Walter in My Life with the Walter Boys.
- 1997 — Alex Meret, Italian footballer
- 1997 — Chimezie Metu, Nigerian-American basketball player
- 1997 — Martin Wong, Hong Kong model and actor
- 1994 — Dax, Canadian rapper and singer
- 1994 — Edwin Díaz, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1994 — Taurean Prince, American basketball player
- 1994 — Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarusian tennis player
- 1994 — Ha Sung-woon, South Korean singer
Deaths
- 2026 — Lionel Jospin, French civil servant and politician, 165th Prime Minister of France (born 1937)
- 2025 — Jessica Aber, American lawyer (born 1981)
- 2025 — Andy Peebles, English radio DJ, television presenter and cricket commentator (born 1948)
- 2024 — Laurent de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator (born 1925)
- 2019 — Scott Walker, British-American singer-songwriter (born 1943)
- 2018 — Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (born 1911)
- 2016 — Rob Ford, Canadian businessman and politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (born 1969)
- 2016 — Rita Gam, American actress (born 1927)
- 2015 — Arkady Arkanov, Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright (born 1933)
- 2015 — Horst Buhtz, German footballer and manager (born 1923)
- 2015 — Norman Scribner, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1936)
- 2014 — Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, Indian author (born 1928)
Observances & holidays
- Bihar Day (Bihar, India)
- Christian feast day: Basil of Ancyra
- Christian feast day: Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen
- Christian feast day: Darerca of Ireland
- Christian feast day: Epaphroditus
- Christian feast day: Jonathan Edwards (Lutheranism)
- Christian feast day: Lea of Rome
- Christian feast day: Nicholas Owen
- Christian feast day: Paul of Narbonne
- Christian feast day: March 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- 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)
- World Water Day (International)
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