March 22 in History – What happened on 22 March in Past

✅ Published on March 22nd, 2021 in March in History

22 March - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History

According to Gregory calendar, on March 22, the day number in a year is 81 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 82. March 22 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

March 22 in History - Top Historical Events ⚡

Year	Event / Incidence / Incident
238	Because of his father's advanced age, Gordian II was proclaimedjoint Roman emperor with Gordian I.
1508	Ferdinand II of Aragon appointed Amerigo Vespucci to the postof Chief Navigator of Spain.
1739	The invader Nadir Shah allowed his army to massacre in Delhi. The slaughter lasted 58 days.
1761	The first life insurance policy in North America was issued in Philadelphia.
1765	The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act, requiring that money printed materials in the Thirteen Colonies in British America Carry a tax stamp.
1765	Stamp Act passed: The first direct British tax was imposed on American colonists by Prime Minister George Grenville.
1784	The hydroelectric Buddha was installed in the Vat Phra Cave at the base of Bangkok's Grand Palace.
1832	The British Parliament, led by Charles Gray, passed the Reform Act, bringing about a sweeping change in the electoral system of England and Wales, which increased from about 500,000 voters to 813,000 voters.
1862	San Marino concluded a treaty of friendship and cooperation with Italy.
1871	William Woods Holden became the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office due to impeachment.
1873	In Puerto Rico, slavery was abolished.
1882	The deadly infectious disease TB was identified. The scientist who discovered it was later awarded the Nobel Prize.
1890	Ramachandra Chatterjee became the first person to get off the parachute.
1907	The first taxi cab debuted in London with the parameters.
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.
1920	A pogrom in Shusha, Nagorno-Karabakh, by Azeris destroyed the Armenian-populated portions of the town.
1923	Radio broadcast of Ice Hockey match for the first time.
1923	The first radio broadcast of ice hockey was by Foster Hewitt.
1933	The Holocaust-The construction of the first Nazi concentration camp at Dachau was completed.
1942	The Cripps Mission came to India under the leadership of Sir Stafford Cripps.
1943	World War II-The entire population of the village of Khatyn Belarus was burnt alive by Nazi German forces, with participation from their Ukrainian and Belarusian collaborators.
1945	Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Transjordan, andYemen founded the Arab League, a regional organization that facilitates political, economic, cultural, scientific and social programs designedto promote the interests of the Arab world.
1947	Lord Lewis Mountbatten came to India as the last Viceroy.
1954	The first shopping mall in Southfield, Michigan opened in the US.
1963	Please Please Me, the first album recorded by The Beatles, was released.
1964	The first vintage car rally was held in Calcutta (now Kolkata).
1977	Mrs. Indira Gandhi resigned as Prime Minister.
1982	NASA took its spacecraft Columbia on a third mission.
1984	In what would be the longest and costliest criminal trial inUnited States history, teachers at the McMartin preschool in ManhattanBeach, California, were falsely charged with satanic ritual abuse of schoo lchildren.
1993	Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60MHz-100+MIPS.
1995	The Deputy Governor of Bank of England, Rupert Pennat-Rea, resigns following revelations of his affair with a freelance journalist.
1995	Russian cosmonaut Valery Polyakov of the Soyuz programme returned from the Mir space station after 437 days in space, setting record for the longest spaceflight.
1997	The comet Hale-Bopp closely approaching to Earth.
1997	Tara Lipinski of United States won the Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Laussane.
1999	Best makeup award for Indian Shekhar Kapur's film Elizabeth \.
2002	In Britain, a woman with a paralyzed lower neck was given the right to die.
2006	The ETA terrorist group declares ceasefire in Spain.
2006	The remaining three Christian Peacemaker Teams hostages were rescued from their Iraq captured by a multinational force.
2007	Pakistan test-fired the Hatf-7 missile.
2010	The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 is passed by U.S House of Representatives.
2011	The Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant reports radiation levels 1600 times normal levels are present 20km from the plant.
2011	Lawrence Taylor was convicted of sexual misconduct and banned for six years of play.
2012	Over 200,000 people march to protest against post-secondary education tuition hikes in Montreal, Canada.
2013	The British Food Standards Agency reports a discovery in Lancashire of 100 kg of horse meat imported from Hungary labelled as beef.
2014	The Brazilian Government is auctioning part of the nation’s television bandwidth spectrum to mobile phone companies by providing much-needed capacity to meet wireless demand.

Famous Birthdays of March 22 😀:

Year	Name / Profession / Country
1503	Antonio Francesco Grazzini / Author / Italy
1712	Edward Moore / Poet / United Kingdom
1972	Shawn Bradley / Basketball Player / United States of America
1972	Elvis Stojko / Figure Skater / Canada
1873	Ernest Lawson / Painter / United States of America
1927	Marty Blake / Basketball Player / United States of America
1974	Marcus Camby / Basketball Player / United States of America
1960	Lauri Vahtre / Politician / Estonia
1986	David Choi / Writer / United States of America
1490	Francesco Maria I della Rovere / Ruler / Italy
1945	Eric Roth / Writer / United States of America
1901	Greta Kempton / Painter / United States of America
1892	Johannes Semper / Poet / Estonia
1934	Orrin Hatch / Politician / United States of America
1818	John Ainsworth Horrocks / Explorer / United Kingdom
1920	James Brown / Actor / United States of America
1976	Kathryn Jean Lopez / Journalist / United States of America
1723	Charles Carroll / Politician / United States of America
1920	Lloyd MacPhail / Politician / Canada
1852	Hector Sévin / Cardinal / France
1941	Jeremy Clyde / Writer / United Kingdom
1663	August Hermann Francke / Philanthropist / Germany
1899	Ruth Page / Choreographer / United States of America
1982	Michael Janyk / Skier / Canada
1970	Hwang Young-cho / Runner / South Korea
1822	Ahmed Cevdet Pasha / Sociologist / Turkey
1394	Ulugh Beg / Astronomer / Prussia
1908	Louis L'Amour / Writer / United States of America
1937	Armin Hary / Sprinter / Germany
1924	Osman F. Seden / Producer / Turkey

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