March 22: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

March 22nd marks the 81st day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 82nd in case of leap years). There are 284 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Aries. Famous birthdays on this day include Reese Witherspoon (1976), Fanny Ardant (1949) and Penny Thornton (1946).
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Holidays

Blessed Genta of Maaseik
The fourth day of Quinquatria in ancient Rome, held in honor of Minerva.
World Water Day.
Easter Sunday - 1818, 2285. In the Gregorian Calendar 22 March is the earliest date on which Easter Sunday can fall (25th April is the latest).
Saint Octavian
Saint Lea of Rome
Saint Reinhilde of Ghent
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Events

2019 Boko Haram insurgency. 23 National Army soldiers were killed by Boko Haram militants in an attack in the Chad town of Dangdala.
2018 Somali Civil War (2009-present). A car bomb explosion in Mogadishu near the Weheliye Hotel in the Somali capital kills at most 14 and injures ten others. Al-Shabab claims responsibility.
2017 2017 Westminster attack: A vehicle-ramming attack was carried out by an attacker outside the Houses of Parliament in London. He then stabbed a police officer before being shot and killed by security forces. At least four people are killed, including the attacker. (BBC), (Sky News),
2016 2016 Brussels bombings: According to Belgian media, at least 34 people were killed and at least 170 others were injured in three explosions at Brussels Airport and Maalbeek Metro station. Frederic Van Leeuw, the Belgian federal prosecutor, warns that it is too early to know how many victims were killed in the bombings. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claim responsibility.
2015 Yemeni crisis: As the United States pulls out all its personnel, the United Nations Security Council meets in Geneva to discuss the rapidly deteriorating security situation. (Fox News). The strategically important city Ta'izz is captured by Shia Houthis rebels.
2014 Post-civil War Violence in Libya: The Libyan National Army fights rebels occupying oil port near Benghazi.
2013 Officials from Pakistan say that 4 insurgents were killed in drone strikes in Pakistan.
2012 After mutinous soldiers attacked government offices, Amadou Toumani Toure is elected President of Mali.
2011 2011 Libyan Civil War:
2010 After refusing to convert to Islam, a Christian from Pakistan dies.
2009 After a long period of unrest, Mount Redoubt in Alaska starts erupting.
2008 Magdi Allam is the most prominent Italian Muslim and converts to Catholicism. He is baptized in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI.
2007 A bomb explodes at an arms depot in Maputo (Mozambique), killing at least 93 and injuring hundreds. CNN
2006 After 118 days in captivity and the death their American colleague Tom Fox, three Christian Peacemaker Team hostages were released by British forces from Baghdad.
2005 The World Hockey Association has announced that six teams will participate in the "Bobby Hull Invitational" in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in May 2005.
2004 Ahmed Yassin is the founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist Group Hamas. Two bodyguards and nine civilians are killed when Israeli Air Force AH 64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles hit the Gaza Strip.
2003 The United States and Britain begin "shock-and-awe" campaigns with an air strike that targets military targets in Baghdad.
2001 William Hannanbsp- director, animator, producer and co-founder Hanna-Barbera Productions
1999 U.S. pro-euthanasia doctor Jack Kevorkian goes on trial for murder in Pontiac, Michigan.
1998 18th Golden Raspberry Awards
1997 Sunset Boulevard, closes at Minskoff NYC after 977 performances
1996 STS 76 (Atlantis 16), launches into orbit.
1995 Deputy Governor of Bank of England, Rupert Pennant-Rea, resigns following revelations of his affair with a freelance journalist.
1994 South African Government/African National Congress take power in Ciskei homeland.
1993 Intel introduces Pentium-processor (80586) 64 bits-60 MHz-100+ MIPS
1992 Private Lives closes at Broadhurst Theater NYC after 37 performances
1991 New York Daily News begins using motto "Forward with New York".
1990 Grapes of Wrath opens at Cort Theater NYC for 188 performances
1989 US Supreme Court upholds one person one vote rule of New York City, New York Board of Estimate.
1988 US Congress overrides Reagan's veto of sweeping civil rights bill.
1987 Betsy King wins LPGA Circle K Tucson Golf Open.
1986 Ice Pairs Championship at Geneva won by Gordeeva and Grinkov
1985 NASA launches Intelsat VA.
1984 Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfounded.
1983 Chaim Herzog elected Israeli president.
1982 Iran offensive against Iraq.
1981 1st class postage raised to 18 cents from 15 cents
1980 The Georgia Guidestones are erected in Elbert County, Georgia.
1979 NHL votes to accept four WHA teams (Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques, and Hartford Whalers).
1978 Robert Frost Plaza, at California, Drumm and Market, SF, dedicated
1977 Uyl government falls
1975 Dinge-competed wins Eurovisie Song festival
1972 Selling of the President opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 5 performances
1970 Blood Red Roses opens and closes at John Golden Theater, New York City
1969 Billy opens and closes at Billy Rose Theater NYC after 1 performance
1968 Lynda Johnson ordered off SF cable car for eating an ice cream cone
1967 Muhammad Ali [Cassius Clay] knocks out Zora Folley in 7 innings for heavyweight boxing title in first Madison Square Garden fight.
1966 In Washington, D.C., General Motors President James M. Roche appears before a Senate subcommittee, and apologizes to consumer advocate Ralph Nader for the company's intimidation and harassment campaign against him.
1965 D Senanayake wins general elections in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).
1964 Barbra Streisand appears on the cover of New York Times Magazine section
1963 British Minister of War John Profumo denies having sex with Christine Keeler
1962 I Can Get It For You Wholesale opens at Shubert NYC for 300 performances
1960 AL Schawlow and C H Townes obtain patent for the laser
1959 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Nehi Golf Tournament.
1958 Faisal succeeds Saudi as king of Saudi-Arabia.
1957 Earthquake gives San Francisco, California the shakes.
1956 Mr Wonderful opens at Broadway Theater NYC for 383 performances
1954 First shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan, USA.
1953 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Betsy Rawls Golf Open.
1952 Dutch DC-6 crashes near Frankfurt, Germany, killing 44.
1950 Egypt demands that Britain remove all its troops in the Suez Canal.
1947 President Truman signs executive order calling for loyalty
1946 Britain signs treaty granting independence to Jordan.
1945 US third Army crosses Rhine at Nierstein.
1944 600+ US 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin, Germany.
1943 Obligatory work for woman ends in Belgium
1942 World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
1941 Grand Coulee Dam in Washington State goes into operation.
1939 Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany
1935 Blood tests are authorized as evidence in court cases (New York).
1934 Fire destroys Hakodate, Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000).
1933 FDR makes wine and beer with up to 3.2% alcohol legal
1929 KIT-AM in Yakima WA begins radio transmissions
1923 The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt.
1922 British court sentences Mahatma Gandhi to six years in prison.
1920 Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
1916 The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored.
1907 The first taxicabs with taxi meters begin operating in London.
1906 First Anglo-French rugby union match at Parc des Princes in Paris
1903 Niagera Falls runs out of water because of a drought.
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