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Today March 22nd 2009 this day in history Read more below to view events, deaths, births, Holidays observances and video clips. Last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
238 – Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperor.
1621 – The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
1622 – Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony s population.
1630 – Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
1638 – Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
1765 – The Parliament of Great Britain passes the Stamp Act, which introduced a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
1784 – The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current place in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
1809 – Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.
1829 – The three protecting powers (Britain, 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 – A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery.
1888 – The Football League is formed.
1894 – The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
1895 – First display (a private screening) of motion pictures by Auguste and Louis Lumière.
1916 – The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored.
1923 – The first radio broadcast of ice hockey is made by Foster Hewitt.
1933 – President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs into law a bill legalizing the sale of beer and wine.
1939 – World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
1941 – Washington s Grand Coulee Dam begins to generate electricity.
1942 – World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, Britain s Royal Navy confronts Italy s Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
1943 – World War II: the entire population of Khatyn in Belarus is burnt alive by German occupation forces.
1945 – The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
1954 – Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.
1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow & Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
1975 – A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes dangerous lowering of cooling water levels.
1978 – Karl Wallenda of the The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1979 – Margaret Thatcher puts down an early day motion censuring the government, which leads to the defeat of the Labour government of James Callaghan.
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.
1989 – Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.
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 Valeriy Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in space.
1997 – Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion of the women s world figure skating competition.
1997 – The Comet Hale-Bopp has its closest approach to earth.
2004 – Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist militant group Hamas, and bodyguards are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles.
2006 – ETA, armed Basque separatist group, declares permanent ceasefire.
2006 – BC Ferries M/V Queen of the North runs aground on Gil Island British Columbia and sinks; 101 on board, 2 presumed deaths.
2006 – Three Christian Peacemaker Teams Hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days captivity and the death of their colleague, American Tom Fox.
2008 – The French Swimmer Alain Bernard sets the world record of 47.50 for the 100 m freestyle long course after winning the European LC Championships 2008.
Births
841 – Bernard Plantapilosa, Count of Auvergne (d. 885)
1212 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)
1366 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)
1459 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)
1503 – Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)
1599 – Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (d. 1641)
1609 – King John II Casimir of Poland (d. 1672)
1663 – August Hermann Francke, German Protestant minister (d. 1727)
1712 – Edward Moore, English writer (d. 1757)
1720 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (d. 1799)
1723 – Charles Carroll, American statesman (d. 1783)
1759 – Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway (d. 1818)
1797 – King Wilhelm I of Germany (d. 1888)
1812 – Stephen Pearl Andrews, American abolitionist (d. 1886)
1817 – Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (d. 1876)
1818 – John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (d. 1846)
1857 – Paul Doumer, French President (d. 1932)
1860 – Alfred Ploetz, German physician (d. 1940)
1866 – Jack Boyle, American baseball player (d. 1913)
1868 – Robert Millikan, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)
1869 – Emilio Aguinaldo, first President of the Philippines (d. 1964)
1878 – Michel Théato, Luxembourgian athlete (d. 1919)
1880 – Ernie Quigley, Canadian-American sports official (d. 1960)
1885 – Aryeh Levin, Orthodox Jewish rabbi
1887 – Chico Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1961)
1896 – He Long, Chinese marshal (d. 1969)
1901 – Greta Kempton, American artist (d. 1991)
1902 – Madeleine Milhaud, French actress (d. 2008)
1907 – James Gavin, American general and ambassador (d. 1990)
1907 – Lúcia Santos, Portuguese nun (d. 2005)
1908 – Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (d. 1991)
1908 – Louis L Amour, American author (d. 1988)
1909 – Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (d. 1983)
1910 – Nicholas Monsarrat, British novelist (d. 1979)
1912 – Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (d. 1985)
1912 – Karl Malden, American actor
1913 – Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)
1913 – Lew Wasserman, American film studio executive (d. 2002)
1915 – Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and writer (d. 2005)
1917 – Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004)
1918 – Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (d. 1997)
1920 – Werner Klemperer, German-born actor (d. 2000)
1920 – Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (d. 1981)
1921 – Nino Manfredi, Italian actor (d. 2004)
1923 – Marcel Marceau, world renown French Mime (d. 2007)
1924 – Allen Neuharth, American businessman
1924 – Bill Wendell, American television announcer (d. 1999)
1928 – Carrie Donovan, American fashion editor (d. 2001)
1928 – E.D. Hirsch. American social commentator
1928 – Ed Macauley, American basketball player
1930 – Derek Bok, American lawyer and educator
1930 – Pat Robertson, American televangelist
1930 – Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist
1931 – Burton Richter, American physicist, Nobel laureate
1931 – William Shatner, Canadian actor
1933 – Abolhassan Banisadr, former President of Iran
1933 – May Britt, Swedish actress
1934 – Orrin Hatch, American politician
1934 – Larry Martyn, English comedy actor (d. 1994)
1935 – M. Emmet Walsh, American actor
1936 – Ron Carey, American labor leader
1936 – Roger Whittaker, British singer
1937 – Angelo Badalamenti, American composer
1937 – Armin Hary, German athlete
1940 – Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player
1940 – Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian/American actor (d. 1996)
1940 – Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian musician
1941 – Jeremy Clyde, British actor and musician (Chad and Jeremy)
1941 – Billy Collins, American poet
1941 – Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor
1942 – Bernd Herzsprung, German actor
1942 – Dick Pound, Canadian chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency
1943 – George Benson, American musician
1943 – Keith Relf, English musician (The Yardbirds) (d. 1976)
1946 – Rudy Rucker, American author
1946 – Don Chaney, American basketball player and head coach
1947 – James Patterson, American author
1948 – Wolf Blitzer, American television journalist
1948 – Andrew Lloyd Webber, English theatre composer
1949 – Fanny Ardant, French actress
1950 – Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player
1952 – Bob Costas, American sports commentator
1952 – Jay Dee Daugherty, American drummer
1955 – Pete Sessions, American politician
1955 – Lena Olin, Swedish actress
1955 – Valdis Zatlers, 7th President of Latvia
1956 – Generosa Ammon, widow of Ted Ammon (d. 2003)
1957 – Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer
1958 – Laurie David, American political activist
1958 – Pete Wylie, British singer/songwriter
1959 – Carlton Cuse, Mexican-born American TV writer and executive
1959 – Matthew Modine, American actor
1959 – Avraham Fried, Orthodox Jewish Musician
1965 – John Kordic, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
1965 – Emma Wray, English actress
1966 – Artis Pabriks, Latvian politician
1966 – Brian Shaw, American basketball player
1967 – Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist
1968 – Euronymous, Norwegian black metal musician (d. 1993)
1970 – Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer
1970 – Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist
1971 – Will Yun Lee, American actor
1972 – Shawn Bradley, American basketball player
1972 – Cory Lidle, American baseball player (d. 2006)
1972 – Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater
1973 – Beverley Knight, English singer
1973 – Joe Nedney, American football player
1974 – Marcus Camby, American basketball player
1974 – Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer
1974 – Kidada Jones, American actress
1975 – Cole Hauser, American actor
1975 – Jirí Novák, Czech tennis player
1976 – Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player
1976 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress
1977 – Joey Porter, American football player
1978 – Tom Poti, professional hockey player
1979 – Aaron North, American musician
1979 – Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player
1980 – Shannon Bex, American singer (Danity Kane)
1980 – Pamela O Connor, Scottish ice dancer
1981 – Victoria Lanz, Venezuelan porn star
1981 – MIMS, American rapper
1983 – Dagoberto, Brazilian footballer
1985 – Mike Jenkins, American football player
1988 – Tania Raymonde, American actress
1992 – Luke Freeman, English footballer
1993 – Mick Hazen, American actor
Deaths
1322 – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician (b. 1278)
1418 – Dietrich of Nieheim, German historian
1421 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, second son of Henry IV of England (killed in battle) (b. 1388)
1544 – Johannes Magnus, last Catholic Archbishop of Sweden (b. 1488)
1602 – Agostino Carracci, Italian artist (b. 1557)
1685 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)
1687 – Jean Baptiste Lully, Italian-born French composer (b. 1632)
1758 – Jonathan Edwards, American minister (b. 1703)
1758 – Richard Leveridge, English bass and composer (b. 1670)
1772 – John Canton, English physicist (b. 1718)
1820 – Stephen Decatur, American naval officer (b. 1779)
1832 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer (b. 1749)
1840 – Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician (b. 1798)
1896 – Thomas Hughes, English novelist (b. 1822)
1913 – Sung Chiao-jen, Chinese Nationalist (b. 1882)
1924 – William Macewen, Scottish surgeon (b. 1848)
1934 – Theophilos Hatzimihail, Greek painter (b. 1870)
1945 – John Hessin Clarke, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1857)
1951 – Willem Mengelberg, Dutch conductor (b. 1871)
1952 – Uncle Dave Macon, American musician (b. 1870)
1955 – Ivan Šubašic, Kingdom of Yugoslavia prime minister and last ban of Croatia (b. 1892)
1958 – Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)
1960 – José Antonio Aguirre, Basque politician (b. 1904)
1974 – Peter Revson, American racecar driver (b. 1939)
1977 – A.K. Gopalan, Indian communist leader (b. 1904)
1978 – Karl Wallenda, German acrobat (b. 1905)
1981 – James Jumbo Elliott, American track coach (b. 1915)
1986 – Mark Dinning, American singer (b. 1933)
1986 – Charles Starrett, American actor (b. 1903)
1990 – Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer (b. 1928)
1991 – Léon Balcer, French Canadian politician (b. 1917)
1991 – Dave Guard, American folk singer (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1934)
1991 – Gloria Holden, American film actress (b. 1908)
1994 – Dan Hartman, American musician, songwriter, and record producer (b. 1950)
1994 – Walter Lantz, American cartoonist (b. 1900)
1996 – Don Murray, American musician (The Turtles) (b. 1945)
1999 – David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969)
2001 – William Hanna, American animator and studio founder (b. 1910)
2003 – Terry Lloyd, English reporter (b. 1952)
2004 – Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas (b. c. 1937)
2005 – Kenzo Tange, Japanese architect (b. 1913)
2006 – Pierre Clostermann, French World War II pilot (b. 1921)
2006 – Kurt von Trojan, Australian science fiction author (b. 1937)
2006 – Lawrence Stephen, Nauruan politician (b. 1939)
2007 – Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti, Indian philosopher (b. 1918)
2008 – Cachao López, Cuban mambo musician (b. 1918)
Holidays and observances
The fourth day of Quinquatria in ancient Rome, held in honor of Minerva.
World Water Day.
In the Gregorian Calendar 22 March is the earliest date on which Easter Sunday can fall (25 April is the latest).
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