35 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 106 to 2026.
Standout on March 22
Air Canada Express Flight 8646, a Bombardier CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation, collided with a fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Two fatalities were reported, both being the captain and the co-pilot. This marked the first fatal accident involving a CRJ-900.
March 22 is the 81st day of the year. These facts are computed from the calendar, not copied from anywhere.
A dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Air Canada Express Flight 8646, a Bombardier CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation, collided with a fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Two fatalities were reported, both being the captain and the co-pilot. This marked the first fatal accident involving a CRJ-900.
At least 145 people were killed and 551 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia.
Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado.
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a national lockdown and the country's first ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.
Two buses crash in Kitampo, a town north of Ghana's capital Accra, killing at least 50 people.
The Special Counsel investigation on the 2016 United States presidential election concludes when Robert Mueller submits his report to the United States Attorney General.
Syrian civil war: Five hundred members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are airlifted south of the Euphrates by United States Air Force helicopters, beginning the Battle of Tabqa.
A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station.
A massive landslide in Oso, Washington, killed 43 people after engulfing a rural neighborhood, the largest death toll for a standalone landslide in U.S. history.
At least 37 people were killed after a fire in Thailand destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees.
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.
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.
Comet Hale–Bopp (pictured) reached its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.
Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on its 16th mission, STS-76.
Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returned from the space station Mir aboard Soyuz TM-20 after 437 days in space, setting a record for the longest spaceflight.
The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
USAir Flight 405 crashed in Flushing Bay shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, killing 27 people, and leading to studies into the effects of ice on aircraft.
Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election.
Teachers at a preschool in Manhattan Beach, California, were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren, leading to the longest and costliest criminal trial in United States history.
Please Please Me, the first album recorded by the Beatles, was released.
British propaganda radio station Deutscher Kurzwellensender Atlantik began broadcasting to German submariners.
World War II: Almost the entire population of the village of Khatyn, in present-day Belarus, were massacred by Ukrainian and Belarusian Nazi collaborators.
Second World War: British and Italian naval forces fought the Second Battle of Sirte in the Gulf of Sidra north of Libya.
In golf, the first Masters Tournament was held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, United States.
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.
Charilaos Vasilakos (pictured) won the first modern marathon in preparation for the inaugural Summer Olympics.
William Woods Holden, Governor of North Carolina, became the first U.S. state governor to be removed from office through impeachment.
The Slave Trade Act, which banned the export of slaves from the United States, was signed by George Washington
The Emerald Buddha, considered to be the sacred palladium of Thailand, was installed in its current location at Wat Phra Kaew on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act, requiring that many printed materials in the Thirteen Colonies in British America carry a tax stamp.
Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for her participation in the Antinomian Controversy.
The Bostran era, the official era of the Roman province of Arabia Petraea, began.
A notable person born on this day. Each links to a person page with their dates and story.
Noah Lalonde, American actor. Known for his role as Cole Walter in My Life with the Walter Boys.
Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (died 2013)
A notable person who died on this day.
Lionel Jospin, French civil servant and politician, 165th Prime Minister of France (born 1937)
Andy Peebles, English radio DJ, television presenter and cricket commentator (born 1948)
Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (born 1911)
Rob Ford, Canadian businessman and politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (born 1969)
Tasos Mitsopoulos, Cypriot politician, Cypriot Minister of Defence (born 1965)
A holiday, feast day, awareness day or national day observed every year on this date.
Christian feast day: Basil of Ancyra
Christian feast day: Darerca of Ireland
Christian feast day: Lea of Rome
Christian feast day: Jonathan Edwards (Lutheranism)
Christian feast day: Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen
Christian feast day: Nicholas Owen
Christian feast day: Epaphroditus
Bihar Day (Bihar, India)
Earliest: AD 106 (106). Most recent: Air Canada Express Flight 8646 (2026).
March 22 is the 81st day of the year, with 284 days left after it.
March 22 falls under Aries (March 21 – April 19), a fire sign ruled by Mars. The birthstone for the month is Aquamarine or Bloodstone.
We record 83 entries for March 22: 35 events · 20 births · 20 deaths · 8 observances. From 106 to 2026.
Artūrs Šilovs (2001) is among the notable births on March 22. The births section lists the rest.
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