March 22 in History

Historical Events on March 22

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Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperors.
871

Æthelred of Wessex is defeated by 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: Algonquians 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.
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 gender equality in employment.
1873

The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
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
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).
1933

Cullen-Harrison Act: President Franklin 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.
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 village of Khatyn (in what is the present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
1945

The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
1960

Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser
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.
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, aged 14 years and 9 months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
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.
2013

The band My Chemical Romance breaks up after 12 years.
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.

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