March, 22nd in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Tuesday 22, 2005:
Pat Summitt, coach of the University of Tennessee Lady Vols (women's college basketball), becomes the all-time leader in victories for both men's and women's college basketball, getting her 880th win as coach of the team.

Saturday 22, 1997:
Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion of the women's world figure skating competition.

Wednesday 22, 1995:
Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in space.

Monday 22, 1993:
The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.

Wednesday 22, 1989:
Fawn Hall, Oliver North's former secretary, begins two days of testimony at North's Iran-Contra trial in Washington.

Thursday 22, 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.

Wednesday 22, 1978:
Karl Wallenda of the Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Saturday 22, 1975:
In Stockholm, Sweden, Teach-In wins the twentieth Eurovision Song Contest for the Netherlands singing "Ding-a-dong."

Monday 22, 1965:
Bob Dylan "goes electric," releasing his first album featuring electric instruments, Bringing It All Back Home.

Friday 22, 1963:
1963 Please Please Me, the first Beatles album, is released in the UK.

Tuesday 22, 1960:
Arthur Leonard Schawlow & Charles Townes receive the first patent for a laser.

Saturday 22, 1958:
Faisal becomes King of Saudi Arabia.

Monday 22, 1954:
Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.

Thursday 22, 1945:
The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.

Sunday 22, 1942:
World War II: In the Mediterranean sea, Regia Marina defeats Royal Navy in the Second Battle of Sirte.

Saturday 22, 1941:
Washington's Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.

Wednesday 22, 1939:
World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.

Wednesday 22, 1933:
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of beer and wine.

Friday 22, 1895:
First display (a private screening) of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière.

Thursday 22, 1894:
The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.

Thursday 22, 1888:
The Football League is formed.

Wednesday 22, 1871:
In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.

Thursday 22, 1849:
The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.

Wednesday 22, 1809:
Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.

Friday 22, 1765:
The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act, the first direct tax levied from England on the American colonies.

Monday 22, 1638:
Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.

Friday 22, 1630:
Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.

Tuesday 22, 1622:
Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony's population.

Monday 22, 1621:
The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.

Thursday 22, 238:
Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperors.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/22-march/on-this-day.html


People born on March 22

1976:
Reese Witherspoon, American actress (b: March 22, 1976) (Biography of Reese Witherspoon)

1974:
Marcus Camby, American basketball player (b: March 22, 1974) (Biography of Marcus Camby)

1972:
Shawn Bradley, American basketball player (b: March 22, 1972) (Biography of Shawn Bradley)
Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater (b: March 22, 1972) (Biography of Elvis Stojko)

1970:
Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist (b: March 22, 1970) (Biography of Leontien van Moorsel)

1967:
Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist (b: March 22, 1967) (Biography of Mario Cipollini)

1966:
Artis Pabriks, Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b: March 22, 1966) (Biography of Artis Pabriks)

1959:
Matthew Modine, American actor (b: March 22, 1959) (Biography of Matthew Modine)

1957:
Stephanie Mills, American actress, singer (b: March 22, 1957) (Biography of Stephanie Mills)

1956:
Lena Olin, Swedish actress (b: March 22, 1956) (Biography of Lena Olin)

1955:
Pete Sessions, American politician (b: March 22, 1955) (Biography of Pete Sessions)

1952:
Bob Costas, American sports commentator and talk show host (b: March 22, 1952) (Biography of Bob Costas)

1949:
Fanny Ardant, French actress (b: March 22, 1949) (Biography of Fanny Ardant)

1948:
Wolf Blitzer, American television journalist (b: March 22, 1948) (Biography of Wolf Blitzer)
Andrew Lloyd Webber, British composer (b: March 22, 1948) (Biography of Andrew Lloyd Webber)

1946:
Rudy Rucker, American author (b: March 22, 1946) (Biography of Rudy Rucker)

1943:
George Benson, American musician (b: March 22, 1943) (Biography of George Benson)
Keith Relf, British musician (The Yardbirds) (b: March 22, 1943 ; d: May 14, 1976) (Biography of Keith Relf)

1941:
Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (b: March 22, 1941) (Biography of Bruno Ganz)
Jeremy Clyde, British actor and singer (b: March 22, 1941) (Biography of Jeremy Clyde)

1940:
Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian actor (b: March 22, 1940 ; d: February 25, 1996) (Biography of Haing S. Ngor)

1937:
Armin Hary, German athlete (b: March 22, 1937) (Biography of Armin Hary)

1936:
Roger Whittaker, British singer (b: March 22, 1936) (Biography of Roger Whittaker)
Ron Carey, labor leader (b: March 22, 1936) (Biography of Ron Carey (labor leader))

1935:
M. Emmet Walsh, American actor (b: March 22, 1935) (Biography of M. Emmet Walsh)

1934:
Orrin Hatch, U.S. Senator from Utah (b: March 22, 1934) (Biography of Orrin Hatch)

1933:
May Britt, Swedish actress (b: March 22, 1933) (Biography of May Britt)
Abolhassan Banisadr, President of Iran (b: March 22, 1933) (Biography of Abolhassan Banisadr)

1931:
Burton Richter, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: March 22, 1931) (Biography of Burton Richter)
William Shatner, Canadian actor (b: March 22, 1931) (Biography of William Shatner)

1930:
Pat Robertson, American televangelist (b: March 22, 1930) (Biography of Pat Robertson)
Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist (b: March 22, 1930) (Biography of Stephen Sondheim)
Derek Bok, American lawyer and educator (b: March 22, 1930) (Biography of Derek Bok)

1928:
Ed Macauley, American basketball player (b: March 22, 1928) (Biography of Ed Macauley)
Carrie Donovan, American fashion editor (b: March 22, 1928) (Biography of Carrie Donovan)

1924:
Allen Neuharth, American businessman and writer (b: March 22, 1924) (Biography of Allen Neuharth)

1923:
Marcel Marceau, French mime (b: March 22, 1923) (Biography of Marcel Marceau)

1920:
Werner Klemperer, German actor (b: March 22, 1920) (Biography of Werner Klemperer)
Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (b: March 22, 1920) (Biography of Ross Martin)

1918:
Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician (b: March 22, 1918 ; d: March 6, 1997) (Biography of Cheddi Jagan)

1913:
Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (b: March 22, 1913 ; d: January 8, 1983) (Biography of Tom McCall)

1912:
Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (b: March 22, 1912 ; d: January 18, 1985) (Biography of Wilfrid Brambell)
Karl Malden, American actor (b: March 22, 1912) (Biography of Karl Malden)

1909:
Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (b: March 22, 1909 ; d: July 13, 1983) (Biography of Gabrielle Roy)

1908:
Louis L'Amour, American author (b: March 22, 1908 ; d: June 10, 1988) (Biography of Louis L'Amour)

1907:
Lucia dos Santos, Portuguese nun (b: March 22, 1907 ; d: February 13, 2005) (Biography of Lucia dos Santos)

1887:
Chico Marx, American comedian and actor (b: March 22, 1887 ; d: October 11, 1961) (Biography of Chico Marx)

1878:
Michel Théato, Luxembourg athlete (b: March 22, 1878) (Biography of Michel Théato)

1868:
Robert Millikan, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: March 22, 1868 ; d: December 19, 1953) (Biography of Robert Millikan)

1860:
Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b: March 22, 1860 ; d: March 20, 1940) (Biography of Alfred Ploetz)

1817:
Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (b: March 22, 1817 ; d: September 27, 1876) (Biography of Braxton Bragg)

1812:
Stephen Pearl Andrews, abolitionist (b: March 22, 1812) (Biography of Stephen Pearl Andrews)

1797:
King Wilhelm I of Germany (b: March 22, 1797) (Biography of Wilhelm I of Germany)

1663:
August Hermann Francke, German protestant minister (b: March 22, 1663 ; d: June 8, 1727) (Biography of August Hermann Francke)

1609:
King John II Casimir of Poland (b: March 22, 1609 ; d: December 6, 1672) (Biography of John II Casimir of Poland)

1599:
Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (b: March 22, 1599 ; d: December 9, 1641) (Biography of Anthony van Dyck)

1503:
Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (b: March 22, 1503 ; d: February 18, 1583) (Biography of Antonio Francesco Grazzini)

1459:
Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (b: March 22, 1459 ; d: January 12, 1519) (Biography of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/22-march/births.html

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People who died on March 22

2005:
Kenzo Tange (d: March 22, 2005) (Biography of Kenzo Tange)

2004:
Ahmed Yassin (d: March 22, 2004) (Biography of Ahmed Yassin)

2003:
Terry Lloyd (d: March 22, 2003) (Biography of Terry Lloyd)

2001:
William Hanna, American animator (b: July 14, 1910 ; d: March 22, 2001) (Biography of William Hanna)

1999:
David Strickland, American actor (b: October 14, 1969 ; d: March 22, 1999) (Biography of David Strickland)

1994:
Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (b: April 27, 1899 ; d: March 22, 1994) (Biography of Walter Lantz)
Dan Hartman (d: March 22, 1994) (Biography of Dan Hartman)

1990:
Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer (b: March 8, 1928 ; d: March 22, 1990) (Biography of Gerald Bull)

1986:
Charles Starrett, American actor (b: March 28, 1903 ; d: March 22, 1986) (Biography of Charles Starrett)

1981:
James "Jumbo" Elliott, American track coach (b: August 8, 1915 ; d: March 22, 1981) (Biography of Jumbo Elliott)

1978:
Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (b: January 21, 1905 ; d: March 22, 1978) (Biography of Karl Wallenda)

1958:
Michael Todd (d: March 22, 1958) (Biography of Michael Todd)

1952:
Uncle Dave Macon (d: March 22, 1952) (Biography of Uncle Dave Macon)

1945:
John Hessin Clarke, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b: September 18, 1857 ; d: March 22, 1945) (Biography of John Hessin Clarke)

1913:
Sung Chiao-jen (d: March 22, 1913) (Biography of Sung Chiao-jen)

1896:
Thomas Hughes, English novelist (b: October 20, 1822 ; d: March 22, 1896) (Biography of Thomas Hughes)

1832:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer and scientist (b: August 28, 1749 ; d: March 22, 1832) (Biography of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)

1820:
Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (b: January 5, 1779 ; d: March 22, 1820) (Biography of Stephen Decatur)

1758:
Jonathan Edwards (theologian) (d: March 22, 1758) (Biography of Jonathan Edwards (theologian))
Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (b: July 19, 1670 ; d: March 22, 1758) (Biography of Richard Leveridge)

1687:
Jean Baptiste Lully (d: March 22, 1687) (Biography of Jean Baptiste Lully)

1685:
Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b: January 1, 1638 ; d: March 22, 1685) (Biography of Emperor Go-Sai of Japan)

1602:
Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b: August 16, 1557 ; d: March 22, 1602) (Biography of Agostino Carracci)

1544:
Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b: March 19, 1488 ; d: March 22, 1544) (Biography of Johannes Magnus)

1421:
Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (b: September 29, 1388 ; d: March 22, 1421) (Biography of Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/22-march/deaths.html