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Events

=Pre-1600=

=1601–1900=

  • 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.{{cite book |last=Weeks |first=Alvin |title=Massasoit of the Wampanoags |publisher=Creative Media Partners |location=Scituate |year=2001 |isbn=9781582185934 |page=viii}}
  • 1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.
  • 1631 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.{{cite book |last=Fischer |first=David |title=Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |location=Oxford |year=1991 |isbn=9780199742530 |page=148}}
  • 1638 – Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.{{cite book |author=David D. Hall |title=The Antinomian Controversy, 1636-1638: A Documentary History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=of2S0mD5P5cC&pg=PA10 |year=1990 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=0-8223-1091-0 |page=10}}
  • 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).{{cite book |last1=Cruikshank |first1=Ernest Alexander |author1-link=Ernest Alexander Cruikshank |title=The Life of Sir Henry Morgan With an Account of the English Settlement of the Island of Jamaica (1655-1688) |date=1935 |publisher=Macmillan Company of Canada limited |pages=84–87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSr2L48ibosC}}
  • 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.{{cite book |author=Subhadradis Diskul (M.C.) |title=History of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NwDFO8uY3dIC |year=1982 |publisher=Bureau of the Royal Household |page=19}}
  • 1792 – Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets: Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the Haitian Revolution.{{Cite book |last=Madiou |first=Thomas |author-link=Thomas Madiou |title=Histoire d'Haïti, Tome I |year=1847 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vN4CAAAAYAAJ&q=Histoire+d'Haiti,+Volume+1+Par+Thomas+Madiou&pg=PA363 |language=French |page=102}}
  • 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/slave-trade-act-1794 |title=Slave Trade Act of 1794 |website=DOCSTeach |publisher=National Archives |access-date=30 December 2020}}
  • 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.
  • 1873 – The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.{{Cite web |url=https://dialogo.upr.edu/la-abolicion-de-la-esclavitud-en-puerto-rico-cumple-145-anos/ |title=La abolición de la esclavitud en Puerto Rico cumple 145 años |trans-title=The abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico turns 145 years old |website=dialogo.upr.edu |first=María Andrea |last=Arbeláez |date=22 March 2018 |access-date=18 September 2023 |language=Spanish}}
  • 1894 – The Stanley Cup ice hockey competition is held for the first time, in Montreal, Canada.{{cite book |last=Harari |first=P. J. |title=Ice hockey made simple : a spectator's guide |publisher=First Base Sports |location=Los Angeles, CA |year=2002 |isbn=9781884309113 |page=59}}
  • 1895 – Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.{{cite book |last=Sadoul |first=Georges |translator-last=Morris |translator-first=Peter |title=Dictionary of Film Makers |location=Berkeley, Calif. |publisher=University of California Press |date=1972 |oclc=937598661 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PvsZikRu-hAC |page=160 |isbn=9780520021518}}
  • 1896 – Charilaos Vasilakos wins the first modern Olympic marathon race with a time of three hours and 18 minutes.{{cite book |author=Richard D. Mandell |title=1896: The First Modern Olympics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yX8pMYKkHogC&pg=PT69 |year=1976 |publisher=Blacktoad Publishing |isbn=978-0-9570591-0-8 |page=69}}

=1901–present=

  • 1906 – The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
  • 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.{{cite book |title=Vietnamese Anticolonialism, 1885–1925 |first=David G. |last=Marr |year=1970 |publisher=University of California Press |location=Berkeley, California |isbn=0-520-01813-3 |page=69}}{{cite book |title=Millenarianism and peasant politics in Vietnam |first=Hue-Tam Ho |last=Tai |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |publisher=Harvard University Press |year=1983 |isbn=0-674-57555-5 |page=69}}
  • 1916 – Yuan Shikai abdicates as Emperor of China, restoring the Republic and returning to the Presidency.{{Cite book |last=Meyer |first=Kathryn |author2=James H Wittebols |author3=Terry Parssinen |title=Webs of Smoke |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2002 |pages=54–56 |isbn=0-7425-2003-X |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RNknjDjfH6AC&pg=PA54}}
  • 1920 – Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attack the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
  • 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.{{cite book |last=LaFrance |first=Peter |chapter=Beer |title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America |editor-last=Smith |editor-first=Andrew F. |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2013 |isbn=9780199734962 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DOJMAgAAQBAJ |page=144}}
  • 1933 – Nazi Germany opens its first concentration camp, Dachau.{{cite web |title=Establishment of Dachau Camp |url=https://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/1933-1938/establishment-of-dachau-camp |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=Holocaust Encyclopedia |publisher=United States Holocaust Memorial Museum}}
  • 1934 – The first Masters Tournament is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.{{cite web |title=A look at how The Masters began |url=http://www.augusta.com/masters/story/news/look-how-masters-began |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=The Augusta Chronicle |date=March 18, 2016 |first1=John |last1=Boyette |language=en}}
  • 1939 – 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 village of Khatyn (in present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.{{cite journal |title=Listen Everybody! |journal=Soviet Life |issue=January 1971 |publisher=Embassy of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in the USA |page=37}}
  • 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.{{cite web |url=http://archiv.nationalatlas.de/wp-content/art_pdf/Band5_88-91_archiv.pdf |title=Kriegszerstörung und Wiederaufbau deutscher Städte nach 1945 |last=Bode |first=Volker |language=German |access-date=15 October 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.mygermancity.com/hildesheim |title=Hildesheim's Glory Has Been Recreated |website=mygermancity.com |date=23 December 2008 |access-date=15 October 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/51/a4006351.shtml |title=Jack Duggan: Distinguished Flying Canadian |work=BBC |access-date=15 October 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.revisionist.net/hildesheim-bombs.html |title=Hildescheim: The Destruction of a Medieval Town by RAF Bomber Command in 1945 |website=revisionist.net |access-date=15 October 2021}}
  • 1945 – The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.{{cite journal |author=I. H. Baqai |title=The Pan-Arab League |journal=India Quarterly |date=May 1946 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=144–150 |jstor=45067282 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45067282}}
  • 1946 – The United Kingdom grants full independence to Transjordan.{{cite web |title=Jordan - History - The Making of Transjordan |url=http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/his_transjordan.html |access-date=10 January 2022 |website=www.kinghussein.gov.jo}}
  • 1955 – A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster crashes into Hawaii's Waiʻanae Range, killing 66.{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas R6D-1 (DC-6) 131612 Honolulu, HI |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19550322-0 |access-date=2012-12-28 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}
  • 1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.{{Cite patent |country=US |number=2929922 |status=patent|title=Masers and maser communications system |gdate=1960-03-22}}
  • 1963 – The Beatles release their debut album Please Please Me.{{cite web |date=2013-03-22 |title=Beatles debut album released 50 years ago |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2013-mar-22-la-et-ms-beatles-debut-album-released-50-years-ago-20130322-story.html |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
  • 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 suspended 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.
  • 1988 – The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987.{{cite web |last=Andrew Glass |title=Reagan veto overridden, March 22, 1988 |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2010/03/reagan-veto-overridden-march-22-1988-034778 |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=POLITICO |date=22 March 2010 |language=en}}
  • 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.
  • 1996 – NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on its 16th mission, STS-76.{{cite tech report |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19970001425/downloads/19970001425.pdf |title=STS-76 Space Shuttle MIssion Report |publisher=NASA |date=May 1996 |access-date=December 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628085442/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19970001425/downloads/19970001425.pdf |archive-date=June 28, 2023 |url-status=live}}
  • 1997 – Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
  • 1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.{{cite web |last=Rosen |first=Rebecca J. |date=2012-03-22 |title=On This Day: Comet Hale-Bopp Passes Close to Earth |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/on-this-day-comet-hale-bopp-passes-close-to-earth/254898/ |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=The Atlantic |language=en-US}}
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 2013 – At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand.
  • 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.
  • 2017 – A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
  • 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.{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/22/politics/syria-tabqa-dam/ |title=US joins first air assault "behind enemy lines" against ISIS in Syria |author1=Barbara Starr |author2=Zachary Cohen |author3=Ryan Browne |work=CNN |date=22 March 2017 |access-date=22 March 2017}}{{cite web |url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/22032017 |title=Coalition airdrops SDF and US forces into Tabqa for joint operation |work=Rudaw |date=22 March 2017 |access-date=22 March 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.stratfor.com/sample/situation-report/syria-syrian-democratic-forces-cross-euphrates-west-raqqa |title=Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces Cross Euphrates West Of Raqqa |work=STRATFOR |date=22 March 2017 |access-date=22 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323132449/https://www.stratfor.com/sample/situation-report/syria-syrian-democratic-forces-cross-euphrates-west-raqqa |archive-date=23 March 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}{{cite web |url=http://www.defenseone.com/news/2017/03/the-d-brief-march-22-2017/136370/ |title=Escalation in Raqqa; Inside the Trump-Saudi meeting; Lockheed to move F-16 assembly line; What's wrong with the military personnel system?; and just a bit more... |work=Defense One |publisher=Atlantic Media |date=22 March 2017 |access-date=22 March 2017}}
  • 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.
  • 2019 – Two buses crashed in Kitampo, a town north of Ghana's capital Accra, killing at least 50 people.{{cite news |title=Ghana bus crash: Dozens killed after two buses collide in Bono East |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47668146 |date=22 March 2019 |website=BBC News |access-date=2019-03-24}}
  • 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.{{cite news |title=PM calls for Janta Curfew, urges people to stay indoors |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/pm-calls-for-janta-curfew-urges-people-to-stay-indoors-120031901471_1.html |date=19 March 2020 |website=Business Standard |access-date=2020-03-19}}
  • 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202003/23/WS5e7808dba3101282172811aa.html |title=Greek PM announces nationwide lockdown to contain virus spread after 15 deaths |date=March 23, 2020 |website=China Daily |access-date=March 25, 2021}}
  • 2021 – Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.{{cite news |author=Elise Hammond, Joshua Berlinger and Adam Renton |date=2021-03-22 |title=10 people were killed in Boulder shooting, says police chief |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/colorado-king-soopers-shooting/h_afe55905fd18ff3746081c7f47985331 |access-date=2021-03-23 |website=CNN |language=en}}
  • 2024 – At least 145 people are killed and 551 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia.{{Cite web |title=Death toll from concert hall attack in Russia's Moscow region rises to 144 |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/death-toll-from-concert-hall-attack-in-russia-s-moscow-region-rises-to-144/3178519 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}{{Cite news |date=2024-04-08 |title=Why is Russia trying to frame Ukraine for concert massacre? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68759150 |access-date=2024-04-19 |language=en-GB}}

Births

=Pre-1600=

=1601–1900=

=1901–present=

  • 1901 – Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter (died 1991)
  • 1902 – Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory (died 1949)
  • 1902 – Madeleine Milhaud, French actress and composer (died 2008)
  • 1903 – Bill Holman, American cartoonist (died 1987)
  • 1907 – James M. Gavin, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (died 1990)
  • 1908 – Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (died 1991)
  • 1908 – Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer (died 1988){{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Famous birthdays for March 22: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Wolf Blitzer |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/03/22/Famous-birthdays-for-March-22-Andrew-Lloyd-Webber-Wolf-Blitzer/8821679438972/ |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=21 March 2024 |date=22 March 2023}}
  • 1909 – Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author and educator (died 1983)
  • 1910 – Nicholas Monsarrat, English sailor and author (died 1979)
  • 1912 – Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer (died 1985)
  • 1912 – Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (died 1959)
  • 1912 – Karl Malden, American actor (died 2009)
  • 1912 – Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator (died 2004)
  • 1913 – Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (died 1983)
  • 1913 – Lew Wasserman, American businessman and talent agent (died 2002)
  • 1913 – James Westerfield, American actor (died 1971)
  • 1914 – John Stanley, American author and illustrator (died 1993)
  • 1914 – Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, English businessman (died 2008)
  • 1917 – Virginia Grey, American actress (died 2004)
  • 1917 – Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (died 2006)
  • 1917 – Paul Rogers, English actor (died 2013)
  • 1918 – Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (died 1997)
  • 1919 – Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (died 1990)
  • 1920 – James Brown, American actor and singer (died 1992)
  • 1920 – Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (died 2000)
  • 1920 – Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (died 1995)
  • 1920 – Ross Martin, American actor (died 1981)
  • 1920 – Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist (died 2007)
  • 1920 – Fanny Waterman, English pianist and educator, founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (died 2020)
  • 1921 – Nino Manfredi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004)
  • 1922 – John J. Gilligan, American politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (died 2013)
  • 1922 – Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (died 2015)
  • 1923 – Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (died 2007)
  • 1924 – Al Neuharth, American journalist and author, founded USA Today (died 2013)
  • 1924 – Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (died 1960){{cite book |author=Asif A. Siddiqi |title=Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_luL78EKKQgC&pg=RA25-PP23 |year=2000 |publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of Policy and Plans |page=25}}
  • 1924 – Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998)
  • 1924 – Bill Wendell, American television announcer (died 1999)
  • 1927 – Marty Blake, American basketball player and manager (died 2013)
  • 1927 – Nicolas Tikhomiroff, Russian photographer (died 2016)
  • 1928 – Carrie Donovan, American journalist (died 2001)
  • 1928 – E. D. Hirsch, American author, critic, and academic
  • 1928 – Ed Macauley, American basketball player, coach, and priest (died 2011)
  • 1929 – Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist
  • 1929 – P. Ramlee, Malaysian actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer (died 1973)
  • 1930 – Derek Bok, American lawyer and academic
  • 1930 – Pat Robertson, American minister and broadcaster, founded the Christian Broadcasting Network (died 2023)
  • 1930 – Stephen Sondheim, American composer and songwriter (died 2021)
  • 1931 – Burton Richter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
  • 1931 – William Shatner, Canadian actor{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for March 22, 2023 includes celebrities William Shatner, Reese Witherspoon |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-22-2023-includes-celebrities-william-shatner-reese-witherspoon.html |website=The Plain Dealer |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=21 March 2024 |date=22 March 2023}}
  • 1931 – Ann Shulgin, psychedelic researcher and author (died 2022){{cite web | title=Ann Shulgin, 91, Who Explored Psychedelics With Her Husband, Dies | website=The New York Times | date=19 Jul 2022 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/19/science/ann-shulgin-dead.html | access-date=24 March 2025}}
  • 1931 – Leslie Thomas, Welsh journalist and author (died 2014)
  • 1932 – Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2014)
  • 1932 – Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (died 2010)
  • 1933 – Abolhassan Banisadr, Iranian economist and politician, 1st President of Iran (died 2021)
  • 1934 – May Britt, Swedish actress
  • 1934 – Sheila Cameron, English lawyer and judge
  • 1934 – Orrin Hatch, American lawyer and politician (died 2022)
  • 1935 – Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova, Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (died 2004){{cite web |date=2015 |title=К 80-летию Галины Гавриловны Корчугановой [To the 80th birthday of Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova] |url=http://www.aviatrisa.ru/news.php?readmore=172 |access-date=2020-12-13 |website=Aviatrisa}}
  • 1935 – Lea Pericoli, Italian tennis player and journalist (died 2024)
  • 1935 – Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (died 2013)
  • 1935 – M. Emmet Walsh, American actor (died 2024)
  • 1936 – Erol Büyükburç, Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor (died 2015)
  • 1936 – Ron Carey, American trade union leader (died 2008)
  • 1936 – Roger Whittaker, Kenyan-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
  • 1937 – Angelo Badalamenti, American pianist and composer (died 2022)
  • 1937 – Armin Hary, German sprinter
  • 1937 – Jon Hassell, American trumpet player and composer (died 2021)
  • 1937 – Foo Foo Lammar, British drag queen (died 2003)General Register Office; United Kingdom. England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line]{{cite web |date=2005-05-28 |title=Fond farewell to Frank "Foo Foo" Lammar |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/fond-farewell-to-frank-foo-foo-1155684 |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=Manchester Evening News |language=en}}
  • 1938 – Rein Etruk, Estonian chess player (died 2012)
  • 1940 – George Edward Alcorn, Jr., American physicist and inventor{{cite web |url=http://blackinventor.com/george-alcorn/ |title=George Alcorn |last=Chamberlain |first=Gaius |date=November 26, 2012 |website=The Black Inventor Online Museum |publisher=Adscape International |access-date=February 11, 2017}}
  • 1940 – Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Dave Keon |url=https://ontariosportshalloffame.com/dave-keon/ |website=Ontario Sports Hall of Fame |date=27 March 2010 |access-date=21 March 2024}}
  • 1940 – Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author (died 1996)
  • 1941 – Billy Collins, American poet
  • 1941 – Jeremy Clyde, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1941 – Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (died 2019)
  • 1941 – Cassam Uteem, Mauritian politician, 2nd President of Mauritius
  • 1942 – Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian singer-songwriter
  • 1942 – Dick Pound, Canadian lawyer and academic
  • 1943 – George Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist{{cite book |author=Maurice J. Summerfield |title=The Jazz Guitar: Its Evolution and Its Players |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1vULAQAAIAAJ |year=1979 |publisher=Ashley Mark |isbn=978-0-9506224-1-5 |page=49}}
  • 1943 – Nazem Ganjapour, Iranian footballer and manager (died 2013)
  • 1943 – Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1976)
  • 1945 – Eric Roth, American screenwriter and producer
  • 1946 – Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1948 – Wolf Blitzer, American journalist{{cite web |title=And that's the way it was: March 22, 1948 |url=https://archives.cjr.org/the_kicker/and_thats_the_way_it_was_march_16.php |publisher=Columbia Journalism Review |access-date=10 March 2023 |date=22 March 2013}}
  • 1948 – Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer and director{{cite book |author=Mike Evans |title=Musicals: Facts, Figures & Fun |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QBcw8ZlKmtMC&pg=PA74 |date=September 2005 |publisher=AAPPL |isbn=978-1-904332-38-1 |page=74}}
  • 1949 – Fanny Ardant, French actress, director, and screenwriter
  • 1949 – Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (died 2010)
  • 1952 – Des Browne, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
  • 1952 – Bob Costas, American sportscaster{{cite web |title=2018 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Bob Costas |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/awards/ford-c-frick/bob-costas |publisher=National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |access-date=10 March 2023}}
  • 1953 – Kenneth Rogoff, American economist and chess grandmaster
  • 1955 – Lena Olin, Swedish actress
  • 1955 – Valdis Zatlers, Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia
  • 1956 – Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
  • 1957 – Jürgen Bucher, German footballer
  • 1957 – Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer
  • 1959 – Matthew Modine, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1960 – Jim Covert, American football player{{cite web |title=Jimbo Covert |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/jimbo-covert/ |publisher=Pro Football Hall of Fame |access-date=10 March 2023}}
  • 1961 – Simon Furman, British comic book writer{{cite web |url=http://www.bwtf.com/interviews/sf399/ |title=Interview with Simon Furman |website=bwtf.com |access-date=22 May 2020 |archive-date=4 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204140423/http://www.bwtf.com/interviews/sf399/ |url-status=dead}}
  • 1962 – Nikos Kourbanas, Greek footballer{{cite web |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/nikos-kourbanas/ |title=Nikos Kourbanas}}
  • 1963 – Deborah Bull, English ballerina
  • 1963 – Pelle Eklund, Swedish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Pelle Eklund |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/pelle-eklund-8446618 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=21 March 2024}}
  • 1963 – Susan Ann Sulley, English pop singer
  • 1963 – Hannu Virta, Finnish ice hockey player and coach{{cite web |title=Hannu Virta |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/hannu-virta-8452233 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=21 March 2024}}
  • 1963 – Martín Vizcarra, Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru{{cite web |url=https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peruvian-politics/peru-s-new-president-martin-vizcarra |title=Peru's new President Martin Vizcarra |last=Summer |first=Eva |website=Peru Telegraph |date=March 27, 2018 |access-date=March 5, 2020}}
  • 1965 – Ice MC, British rapper{{Cite web |url=https://international-artists.com/audio/ice-mc/ |title=Ice MC – Booking Agency – International Artists Holland |work=international-artists.com |access-date=20 November 2019}}
  • 1966 – Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
  • 1966 – Artis Pabriks, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Minister for Defence of Latvia
  • 1966 – António Pinto, Portuguese runner{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14218458 |title=António Pinto |website=worldathletics.org}}
  • 1966 – Brian Shaw, American basketball player and coach
  • 1967 – Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
  • 1967 – Bernie Gallacher, Scottish-English footballer (died 2011)
  • 1969 – Russell Maryland, American football player{{cite web |title=Russell Maryland |url=https://footballfoundation.org/honors/hall-of-fame/russell-maryland/2312 |publisher=National Football Foundation |access-date=10 March 2023}}
  • 1970 – Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer-songwriter
  • 1970 – Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
  • 1970 – Hwang Young-cho, South Korean runner
  • 1971 – Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, comedian, and writer
  • 1971 – Will Yun Lee, American actor and martial artist
  • 1972 – Shawn Bradley, German-American basketball player, coach, and actor
  • 1972 – Cory Lidle, American baseball player (died 2006)
  • 1972 – Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater and sportscaster
  • 1973 – Beverley Knight, English singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1974 – Marcus Camby, American basketball player
  • 1974 – Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer
  • 1974 – Grigoria Golia, Greek handball player{{cite web |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/grigoria-golia-1.html |title=Grigoria Golia Bio, Stats, and Results |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218042239/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/grigoria-golia-1.html |access-date=2022-08-05 |archive-date=2012-12-18}}
  • 1974 – Tuomas Grönman, Finnish ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Tuomas Gronman |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tuomas-gronman-8458965 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=21 March 2024}}
  • 1974 – Geo Meneses, Mexican producer and singer
  • 1975 – Guillermo Díaz, American actor
  • 1975 – Anne Dudek, American actress
  • 1975 – Cole Hauser, American actor and producer
  • 1975 – Jiří Novák, Czech-Monegasque tennis player
  • 1976 – Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
  • 1976 – Asako Toki, Japanese singer-songwriter
  • 1976 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer
  • 1977 – John Otto, American musician and songwriter
  • 1977 – Joey Porter, American football player and coach{{cite web |title=Joey Porter |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1826/joey-porter |publisher=ESPN |access-date=10 March 2023}}
  • 1977 – Tom Poti, American ice hockey player{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tom-poti-8465012 |title=Tom Poti |website=NHL |access-date=January 10, 2022}}
  • 1977 – Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, Venezuelan film director and screenwriter{{Cite web |title=Anabel Rodríguez Ríos |url=https://www.sensacine.com.mx/actores/actor-897187/biografia/ |access-date=28 March 2021 |agency=SensaCine México}}
  • 1978 – Josh Heupel, American football player and coach{{cite web |last=Harralson |first=Dan |title=Josh Heupel celebrates birthday |website=Vols Wire |publisher=USA Today |date=2021-03-22 |url=https://volswire.usatoday.com/2021/03/22/josh-heupel-celebrates-birthday-tennessee-vols-football/ |access-date=2024-11-14}}
  • 1979 – Michalis Kouinelis, Greek hip hop singer{{cite web |url=https://www.ishow.gr/person.asp?guid=D0DA628C-86FD-4274-B842-BE60913C8804 |title=Μιχάλης Κουϊνέλης βιογραφία, βιογραφικό - iShow.gr}}
  • 1979 – Aaron North, American guitarist
  • 1979 – Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player
  • 1981 – Tiffany Dupont, American actress
  • 1981 – Arne Gabius, German runner
  • 1981 – Mims, American rapper{{cite web |last1=Madden |first1=Sidney |title=Happy Birthday, Mims! |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/happy-birthday-mims/ |publisher=XXL |access-date=10 March 2023 |date=22 March 2016}}
  • 1982 – Deng Gai, South Sudanese basketball player{{cite web |title=Deng Gai |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101184/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=21 March 2024}}
  • 1982 – Enrico Gasparotto, Italian cyclist
  • 1982 – Michael Janyk, Canadian skier
  • 1982 – Michael Morse, American baseball player{{cite web |title=Michael Morse |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/michael-morse-434604 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=21 March 2024}}
  • 1982 – Piá, Brazilian footballer
  • 1982 – Mike Smith, Canadian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Mike Smith |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/mike-smith-8469608 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=21 March 2024}}
  • 1982 – Constance Wu, American actress{{cite web |last1=Cruz |first1=Clarissa |title=See the cover of Crazy Rich Asians star Constance Wu's upcoming memoir Making a Scene |url=https://ew.com/books/first-look-constance-wu-memoir/ |publisher=Entertainment Weekly |access-date=10 March 2023 |date=22 March 2022}}
  • 1983 – Thomas Davis Sr., American football player{{cite web |title=Thomas Davis Sr. |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/8429/thomas-davis-sr |publisher=ESPN |access-date=10 March 2023}}
  • 1984 – Piotr Trochowski, German footballer
  • 1985 – Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer
  • 1985 – Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/jakob-fuglsang_prs158341/person.shtml |title=Jakob Fuglsang |website=Eurosport |access-date=January 10, 2022}}
  • 1985 – Justin Masterson, American baseball player{{Baseballstats |mlb=475416}}
  • 1985 – Kelli Waite, Australian swimmer{{cite web |title=Profile of Kelli Waite |url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=2571 |publisher=Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games |access-date=10 January 2022}}
  • 1986 – Dexter Fowler, American baseball player{{baseballstats|mlb=451594}}
  • 1987 – Ike Davis, American baseball player
  • 1987 – Liam Doran, British rallycross driver{{cite web |title=Liam Doran |url=http://www.global-rallycross.com/drivers/liam-doran/ |access-date=19 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618085653/http://www.global-rallycross.com/drivers/liam-doran/ |archive-date=18 June 2013 |url-status=usurped}}
  • 1987 – Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (died 2013)
  • 1988 – Chris Ivory, American football player{{cite web |title=Chris Ivory |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13587/chris-ivory |publisher=ESPN |access-date=21 March 2024}}
  • 1989 – Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer
  • 1989 – J. J. Watt, American football player{{Football stats |nflnew=J-J-Watt}}
  • 1991 – Dominique Fishback, American actress
  • 1992 – Roston Chase, Barbadian cricketer{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/391832.html |website=ESPNcricinfo |title=Roston Chase}}
  • 1992 – Edy Tavares, Cape Verdean basketball player{{cite web |title=Edy Tavares |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/204002/career |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=21 March 2024}}
  • 1994 – Edwin Díaz, Puerto Rican baseball player{{cite web |title=Edwin O Díaz |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/edwin-o-diaz-621242 |publisher=Major League Baseball |access-date=10 March 2023}}
  • 1994 – Taurean Prince, American basketball player{{cite web |title=Taurean Prince |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1627752/taurean-prince |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=21 March 2024}}
  • 1994 – Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarusian tennis player{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317790/aliaksandra-sasnovich |title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Aliaksandra Sasnovich |publisher=Women's Tennis Association |access-date=16 October 2022}}
  • 1994 – Ha Sung-woon, South Korean singer{{cite web |title='4월 제대' 하성운, '3월의 가수' 선정…군 복무 중에도 여전한 인기[TEN차트] |url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/article/2024031405554 |work=TenAsia |date=22 March 2024 |access-date=26 February 2025 |language=ko}}
  • 1995 – Nick Robinson, American actor
  • 1997 – Alex Meret, Italian footballer{{cite web |url=https://www.theitaliantimes.it/2021/06/11/alex-meret-eta-altezza-biografia-stipendio |title=Alex Meret: età e altezza, biografia, carriera e stipendio, fidanzata - The Italian Times |date=11 June 2021 |access-date=16 June 2023 |language=it}}
  • 1997 – Chimezie Metu, Nigerian-American basketball player{{cite web |title=Chimezie Metu |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629002/chimezie-metu |publisher=National Basketball Association |access-date=21 March 2024}}
  • 2000 – Dimitrios Meliopoulos, Greek footballer{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/dimitrios-meliopoulos/465817/ |title=Greece - D. Meliopoulos - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway}}
  • 2001 – Artūrs Šilovs, Latvian ice hockey player{{cite web |title=Arturs Silovs |url=https://www.nhl.com/canucks/player/arturs-silovs-8481668 |publisher=National Hockey League |access-date=21 March 2024}}

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Holidays and observances

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  • [https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/22 Historical Events on March 22]

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