History of Today in India – 22 March

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📜 Important Events on 22 March in World History

22 Mar 2024: At least 145 people are killed and 551 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia. Read more
22 Mar 2021: Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado. Read more
22 Mar 2020: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19. Read more
22 Mar 2020: 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. Read more
22 Mar 2019: The Special Counsel investigation on the 2016 United States presidential election concludes when Robert Mueller submits his report to the United States Attorney General. Read more
22 Mar 2019: Two buses crash in Kitampo, a town north of Ghana's capital Accra, killing at least 50 people. Read more
22 Mar 2017: A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured. Read more
22 Mar 2017: 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. Read more
22 Mar 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. Read more
22 Mar 2013: At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand. Read more
22 Mar 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. Read more
22 Mar 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. Read more
22 Mar 1997: Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion. Read more
22 Mar 1997: Comet Hale–Bopp reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU. Read more
22 Mar 1996: NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on its 16th mission, STS-76. Read more
22 Mar 1995: Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space. Read more
22 Mar 1993: The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path. Read more
22 Mar 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. Read more
22 Mar 1992: Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election. Read more
22 Mar 1988: The United States Congress votes to override President Ronald Reagan's veto of the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987. Read more
22 Mar 1982: NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3. Read more
22 Mar 1978: Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Read more
22 Mar 1975: A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama, causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels. Read more
22 Mar 1972: The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification. Read more
22 Mar 1972: In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives. Read more
22 Mar 1963: The Beatles release their debut album Please Please Me. Read more
22 Mar 1960: Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser. Read more
22 Mar 1957: A United States Air Force aircraft disappears with all 67 people on board somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. Read more
22 Mar 1955: A United States Navy Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster crashes into Hawaii's Waiʻanae Range, killing 66. Read more
22 Mar 1946: The United Kingdom grants full independence to Transjordan. Read more
22 Mar 1945: World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany, is heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat. Read more
22 Mar 1945: The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt. Read more
22 Mar 1943: World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118. Read more
22 Mar 1942: World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte. Read more
22 Mar 1939: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania. Read more
22 Mar 1934: The first Masters Tournament is held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia. Read more
22 Mar 1933: Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin D. 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. Read more
22 Mar 1933: Nazi Germany opens its first concentration camp, Dachau. Read more
22 Mar 1920: Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attack the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh). Read more
22 Mar 1916: Yuan Shikai abdicates as Emperor of China, restoring the Republic and returning to the Presidency. Read more
22 Mar 1913: Mystic Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed Emperor of Vietnam, is arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day. Read more
22 Mar 1906: The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris. Read more
22 Mar 1896: Charilaos Vasilakos wins the first modern Olympic marathon race with a time of three hours and 18 minutes. Read more
22 Mar 1895: Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time. Read more
22 Mar 1894: The Stanley Cup ice hockey competition is held for the first time, in Montreal, Canada. Read more
22 Mar 1873: The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico. Read more
22 Mar 1871: In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment. Read more
22 Mar 1849: The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara. Read more
22 Mar 1829: In the London Protocol, the three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece. Read more

🎂 Important Births on 22 March in World History

22 Mar 2001: Artūrs Šilovs, Latvian ice hockey player Artūrs Šilovs is a Latvian professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Šilovs was drafted in the sixth round, 156th overall, by the Vancouver Canucks at the 2019 NHL entry draft, with whom he made his NHL debut in 2023. Playing with the Latvian national team, Šilovs played a central role in the country's first-ever medal at the World Championships in 2023. Read more
22 Mar 2000: Dimitrios Meliopoulos, Greek footballer Dimitrios Meliopoulos is a Greek footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Veria. Read more
22 Mar 1997: Alex Meret, Italian footballer Alex Meret is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Napoli and the Italy national team. Read more
22 Mar 1997: Chimezie Metu, Nigerian-American basketball player Chimezie Chukwudum Metu is a Nigerian-American professional basketball player for Gran Canaria of the Liga ACB. He played college basketball for the USC Trojans. Read more
22 Mar 1994: Edwin Díaz, Puerto Rican baseball player Edwin Orlando Díaz Laboy is a Puerto Rican professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets. Díaz was selected by the Mariners in the third round of the 2012 MLB draft and made his MLB debut with them in 2016. Read more
22 Mar 1994: Taurean Prince, American basketball player Taurean Waller-Prince is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Baylor Bears. He was drafted by the Utah Jazz with the 12th pick in the 2016 NBA draft but was traded to the Atlanta Hawks where he played for three seasons before being traded to the Brooklyn Nets in the 2019 off-season. In January 2021, he was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers and was then traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in August of the same year. He has also played for the Los Angeles Lakers. Read more
22 Mar 1994: Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarusian tennis player Aliaksandra Aliaksandraŭna Sasnovich is a Belarusian professional tennis player. She achieved her best singles ranking of world No. 29 on 19 September 2022, and peaked at No. 39 in the WTA doubles rankings on 23 August 2021. She has won eleven singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has reached a major semifinal in doubles, at the 2019 US Open, together with Viktória Hrunčáková. Read more
22 Mar 1994: Ha Sung-woon, South Korean singer Ha Sung-woon, also known mononymously as Sungwoon, is a South Korean singer and songwriter. He is best known as a member of South Korean boy group Wanna One, as a member of boy group Hotshot, and currently as a solo artist. In 2019, he began his solo music career with his first extended play My Moment. Read more
22 Mar 1992: Roston Chase, Barbadian cricketer Roston Lamar Chase is a Barbadian cricketer who plays for the West Indies and Barbados. An all-rounder, he is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm off spin bowler. In July 2017, he was named Cricketer of the Year and Test Cricketer of the Year by the West Indies Players' Association. Read more
22 Mar 1992: Edy Tavares, Cape Verdean basketball player Walter Samuel "Edy" Tavares da Veiga is a Cape Verdean professional basketball player for Real Madrid of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He was selected with the 43rd overall pick in 2014 NBA draft by the Atlanta Hawks and has played internationally for the Cape Verde national basketball team. Tavares receives praise as a physical phenomenon, standing 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m) tall and possessing a 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) wingspan. Read more
22 Mar 1989: Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer Ruben Popa is a Romanian footballer who plays for FSV Pfaffenhofen. Read more
22 Mar 1989: J. J. Watt, American football player Justin James Watt is an American former professional football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 12 seasons, primarily with the Houston Texans. He played college football for the Central Michigan Chippewas and Wisconsin Badgers and was selected by the Texans in the first round of the 2011 NFL draft. Read more
22 Mar 1988: Chris Ivory, American football player Christopher Lee Ivory is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Washington State Cougars and Tiffin Dragons and was signed by the New Orleans Saints as an undrafted free agent in 2010. In 2013, Ivory was traded to the New York Jets, where he saw an expanded role, eventually becoming the team's primary running back by 2014 and being named to the Pro Bowl in 2015. He then spent the next three seasons as a backup with the Jacksonville Jaguars and Buffalo Bills. Read more
22 Mar 1987: Ike Davis, American baseball player Isaac Benjamin Davis is an American former professional baseball first baseman. From 2010 through 2016, he played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, Pittsburgh Pirates, Oakland Athletics, and New York Yankees. Read more
22 Mar 1987: Liam Doran, British rallycross driver Liam Doran is a British professional rallycross driver competing in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, Global RallyCross Championship, X Games, and European Rallycross Championship. He is the son of British rallycross driver and Lydden Hill Race Circuit owner Pat Doran. In his early life he attended Fulston Manor School in Sittingbourne. Read more
22 Mar 1987: Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (died 2013) Jairo Mora Sandoval was a Costa Rican environmentalist who was murdered while attempting to protect leatherback turtle nests. Just before midnight on May 30, 2013, Mora and four female volunteers were abducted by a group of masked men. The women eventually escaped and informed the police. Mora's bound and beaten body was found on the beach the next morning. An autopsy determined he died by asphyxiation after suffering a blow to the head. Read more
22 Mar 1986: Dexter Fowler, American baseball player William Dexter Fowler is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals, and Los Angeles Angels. He participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics as a member of the United States national baseball team and won the World Series with the Cubs in 2016. He led all MLB players with 72 triples during the 2010s. Read more
22 Mar 1985: Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer Mayola Biboko is a Congolese-Belgian footballer. He was born in N'dalatando, Cuanza Norte. Read more
22 Mar 1985: Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist Jakob Diemer Fuglsang is a Danish former professional road racing cyclist. Before turning professional for Team Saxo Bank, he was a mountain biker racing for Team Cannondale–Vredestein, winning the Under-23 World Cup and Under-23 World Championships. He retired in June 2025 at the end of the Giro d'Italia. Read more
22 Mar 1985: Justin Masterson, American baseball player Justin Daniel Masterson is a Jamaican-American former professional baseball starting pitcher. Drafted by the Red Sox in the second round of the 2006 MLB draft from San Diego State University, he made his MLB debut two years later. Masterson also played in MLB for the Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Cardinals. Known for primarily throwing a sinking fastball, the right-hander stands 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) tall, and weighs 250 lb (110 kg). Read more
22 Mar 1985: Kelli Waite, Australian swimmer Kelli Waite is an Australian swimmer. Read more
22 Mar 1984: Piotr Trochowski, German footballer Piotr Artur Trochowski is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. According to his 2010 FIFA World Cup profile he is a playmaker known for "his speed, agility, tricky dribbling and refined technique." Read more
22 Mar 1983: Thomas Davis Sr., American football player Thomas Antonio Davis Sr. is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for 16 seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Georgia in the early 2000s, where he was recognized as a consensus All-American. Read more
22 Mar 1982: Deng Gai, South Sudanese basketball player Deng Nathaniel Magany Gai is a South Sudanese former professional basketball player. A power forward, he briefly played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and in several other leagues. Gai was the 2005 NCAA blocks leader. Read more
22 Mar 1982: Enrico Gasparotto, Italian cyclist Enrico Gasparotto is an Italian-born Swiss former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2020, for seven different teams. After retiring, he worked as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team EF Education–Nippo Development Team in 2021 before joining Bora–Hansgrohe in a similar role the following year. Read more
22 Mar 1982: Michael Janyk, Canadian skier Michael Janyk is a Canadian retired alpine skier. Janyk appeared for the Canadian team in the slalom event at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where he finished in 17th place. Janyk has yet to win a World Cup race in his professional career, but has finished second on one occasion, December 3, 2006, in a slalom race in Beaver Creek. Read more
22 Mar 1982: Michael Morse, American baseball player Michael John Morse is an American former professional baseball outfielder, first baseman and shortstop. Morse was selected by the Chicago White Sox in the third round of the 2000 Major League Baseball draft. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Washington Nationals, Baltimore Orioles, Miami Marlins, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants between 2005 and 2017. In 2018, he began a second career as a baseball broadcaster. Read more
22 Mar 1982: Piá, Brazilian footballer João Batista Inácio, commonly known as Piá, is a Brazilian former footballer who played as a forward. Read more
22 Mar 1982: Mike Smith, Canadian ice hockey player Mike Smith is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Smith played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Dallas Stars, Tampa Bay Lightning, Phoenix/Arizona Coyotes, Calgary Flames, and the Edmonton Oilers. Smith is the 11th goaltender in NHL history to score a goal, which he did in the 2013–14 season against the Detroit Red Wings. A two-time NHL All-Star, he was named to the Canada national team for the 2014 Winter Olympics where he won a gold medal. Read more
22 Mar 1982: Constance Wu, American actress Constance Wu is an American actress. Wu's breakthrough role came with the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat (2015–2020), which earned her four nominations at the Critics' Choice Television Awards. For leading the romantic comedy-drama film Crazy Rich Asians (2018), she became the fourth Asian woman to be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Read more
22 Mar 1981: Arne Gabius, German runner Arne Gabius is a German long distance runner. From 2015 until 2023, he was the men's German national record holder in the marathon with his time of 2 hours 08 minutes and 33 seconds. Read more
22 Mar 1981: Mims, American rapper Shawn Maurice Mims, known mononymously as Mims, is an American rapper. He is best known for his 2006 debut single "This Is Why I'm Hot", which peaked atop the Billboard Hot 100. Its success led him to sign with Capitol Records, and preceded his debut studio album, Music Is My Savior (2007). His second album, Guilt (2009), was preceded by the single "Move ", his third and final Billboard Hot 100 entry. Read more
22 Mar 1979: Michalis Kouinelis, Greek hip hop singer Michalis Kouinelis, also known as Stavento, Mike or METH is a Greek rapper, songwriter and the lead singer of the hip hop group Stavento. Read more
22 Mar 1979: Aaron North, American guitarist Aaron Wright North is an American musician. He was the co-founder and guitarist of punk band The Icarus Line, a touring lead guitarist of industrial rock group Nine Inch Nails, and vocalist/guitarist for Jubilee. North is noted for his chaotic and unconventional guitar approach, his use and command of feedback, and the flailing of his guitar wildly while on stage. Read more
22 Mar 1979: Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player Juan Cespedes Uribe Tena is a Dominican former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Colorado Rockies, Chicago White Sox, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, New York Mets and Cleveland Indians. He bats and throws right-handed. Read more
22 Mar 1978: Josh Heupel, American football player and coach Joshua Kenneth Heupel is an American college football coach and former player who is the head football coach at the University of Tennessee. Previously he was head coach at the University of Central Florida, where he compiled a 28–8 record. Read more
22 Mar 1977: Joey Porter, American football player and coach Joseph Eugene Porter Sr. is an American professional football coach and former player. He played as a linebacker in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Colorado State Rams and was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers in the third round of the 1999 NFL draft. A four-time Pro Bowl selection, Porter won Super Bowl XL with the Steelers and was also a member of the Miami Dolphins and Arizona Cardinals. The Steelers drafted his son, Joey Porter Jr., with the thirty-second overall selection of the 2023 NFL draft. Read more
22 Mar 1977: Dave Portnoy, American businessman and social media personality David Scott Portnoy is an American businessman and social media personality. He is the founder and owner of sports and popular culture company Barstool Sports. Read more
22 Mar 1977: Tom Poti, American ice hockey player Thomas Emilio Poti is an American former professional ice hockey player. He played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). Read more
22 Mar 1977: Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, Venezuelan film director and screenwriter Anabel Rodríguez Ríos is a Venezuelan film director and screenwriter. Her feature-length debut and documentary film, Once Upon a Time in Venezuela, was Venezuela's submission for the 93rd Academy Awards. Read more
22 Mar 1976: Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player Teun Floris de Nooijer is a field hockey player from the Netherlands, who twice became Olympic champion with the Dutch national squad, in 1996 and in 2000, and was on the team in 2012. He currently plays for Dutch side HC Bloemendaal and in Hockey India League for Uttar Pradesh Wizards. Read more
22 Mar 1976: Asako Toki, Japanese singer-songwriter Asako Toki is a Japanese singer-songwriter and lyricist. Born to jazz saxophonist Hidefumi Toki, she was the lead vocalist for the rock band Cymbals between 1997 and 2003. Following Cymbals' breakup, Toki began her solo career with the release of Standards in 2004 and made her major label debut under Avex's Rhythm Zone with Talkin in 2007. To date, she has released nine original albums and eight cover albums, many of which are performed in both Japanese and English. Read more
22 Mar 1975: Jiří Novák, Czech-Monegasque tennis player Jiří Novák is a Czech tennis coach and a former professional player. He was born in Zlín, Czechoslovakia but resides nowadays in Monte Carlo, Monaco. Read more
22 Mar 1974: Marcus Camby, American basketball player Marcus Dion Camby is an American former professional basketball player who played 17 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named Defensive Player of the Year during the 2006–07 NBA season, leading the league in blocked shots per game. Camby is also a four-time member of the NBA All-Defensive Team and is 12th on the NBA's all-time career blocks list. Read more
22 Mar 1974: Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer Philippe Clement is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the current head coach of EFL Championship club Norwich City. Read more
22 Mar 1974: Grigoria Golia, Greek handball player Grigoria Golia is a Greek handball player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Read more
22 Mar 1974: Tuomas Grönman, Finnish ice hockey player Tuomas Oskar Grönman is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and SM-liiga. Read more
22 Mar 1974: Geo Meneses, Mexican producer and singer Georgina "Geo" Meneses is a Mexican producer and singer of traditional music and world music genre. Read more
22 Mar 1973: Beverley Knight, English singer-songwriter and producer Beverley Knight is an English singer, songwriter, actress and radio personality. She released her first album, The B-Funk, in 1995. Heavily influenced by American soul music icons such as Sam Cooke and Aretha Franklin, Knight has released nine studio albums. Widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest soul singers, she is best known for her hit singles "Greatest Day", "Get Up!", "Shoulda Woulda Coulda", "Come as You Are" and "Keep This Fire Burning". Read more
22 Mar 1972: Shawn Bradley, German-American basketball player, coach, and actor Shawn Paul Bradley is a German-American former professional basketball player. A center, he was drafted with the second pick in the 1993 NBA draft and played for the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Nets, and Dallas Mavericks between 1993 and 2005. He is one of the tallest players in NBA history at 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m). Read more
22 Mar 1972: Cory Lidle, American baseball player (died 2006) Cory Fulton Lidle was an American professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, Lidle played in Major League Baseball with the New York Mets, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Oakland Athletics, Toronto Blue Jays, Cincinnati Reds, Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Yankees from 1997 to 2006. Lidle was killed when the small aircraft he owned was blown by a strong gust of wind and slammed nose first into a residential building in New York City. Read more
22 Mar 1970: Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer-songwriter Jon Erik Andreas Johnson is a Swedish pop/rock singer-songwriter and musician. Read more
22 Mar 1970: Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist Leontien Martha Henrica Petronella Zijlaard-van Moorsel is a Dutch retired racing cyclist. She was a dominant cyclist in the 1990s and early 2000s, winning four gold medals at the Olympic Games and holding the hour record for women from 2003 until 2015. Read more
22 Mar 1970: Hwang Young-cho, South Korean runner Hwang Young-cho is a former South Korean athlete, winner of the marathon race at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1994 Asian Games. Read more
22 Mar 1969: Russell Maryland, American football player Russell James Maryland is an American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle for 10 seasons with the Dallas Cowboys, Oakland Raiders, and Green Bay Packers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Miami Hurricanes. Maryland was selected by the Cowboys with the first overall pick in the 1991 NFL draft. Read more
22 Mar 1967: Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist Mario Cipollini, often abbreviated to Cipo, is a retired Italian professional road cyclist most noted for his sprinting ability, the longevity of his dominance, and his colourful personality. His nicknames include Il Re Leone and Super Mario. He is regarded as having been the best sprinter of his generation. Read more
22 Mar 1967: Bernie Gallacher, Scottish-English footballer (died 2011) Bernard Gallacher was a Scottish professional footballer who made 113 appearances in the English Football League, playing predominantly at left-back. Read more
22 Mar 1966: Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015) Todd Gordon Ewen was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for several teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). A right wing, Ewen was primarily known as an enforcer. He played for the St. Louis Blues, Montreal Canadiens, Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and San Jose Sharks. Ewen retired with 1,914 penalty minutes, putting him 61st for all-time career penalty minutes. He was born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and raised in St. Albert, Alberta. Ewen won the Stanley Cup in 1993 with the Canadiens. Read more
22 Mar 1966: Artis Pabriks, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Minister for Defence of Latvia Artis Pabriks is a Latvian politician. Since January 2019 he has been the Minister for Defence and Deputy Prime Minister of Latvia. From 2014 to 2018, he was a Member of the European Parliament. Read more
22 Mar 1966: António Pinto, Portuguese runner António Coelho Pinto is a retired Portuguese long-distance runner. He was born in Vila Garcia, Amarante. Read more
22 Mar 1966: Brian Shaw, American basketball player and coach Brian Keith Shaw is an American professional basketball coach and former player who is an assistant coach for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played both guard positions, but was used primarily at point guard in his 14 seasons in the NBA. He won three NBA championships playing with the Los Angeles Lakers. Read more
22 Mar 1965: Ice MC, British rapper Ian Colin Campbell, better known as Ice MC, is a British rapper who started his professional music career in Italy, when he got a record deal signing to record producer and singer Savage and released his debut single "Easy" in 1989. He's best known for the Eurodance 1990s hit singles "Take Away the Colour", "Think About the Way" and "It's a Rainy Day". Ice MC singles are most notable for being the first Eurodance songs to blend raggamuffin rapping style with female singing choruses. Zanetti's music team produced Ice MC hits while also producing songs for other major Italian artists of the same decade, like Double You, Alexia, and Corona. Read more
22 Mar 1963: Deborah Bull, English ballerina Deborah Clare Bull, Baroness Bull,, is an English dancer, writer, and broadcaster, and former creative director of the Royal Opera House. She joined King's College London as Director, Cultural Partnerships in 2012. In 2015 she was appointed as the university's Assistant Principal (London), in 2018 was named Vice President & Vice-Principal (London) and in 2021 named Vice Principal until her departure in July 2022. Read more
22 Mar 1963: Pelle Eklund, Swedish ice hockey player Per-Erik "Pelle" Eklund is a Swedish former professional ice hockey winger. He played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Philadelphia Flyers and Dallas Stars from 1985 to 1994 and nine seasons in the Swedish Elitserien (SEL) with AIK and Leksands IF from 1981 to 1985 and 1994 to 1999. Internationally Eklund played for the Swedish national team at several World Championships, winning gold in 1991 and silver in both 1990 and 1995, and the 1984 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal. Read more
22 Mar 1963: Susan Ann Sulley, English pop singer Susan Ann Sulley, formerly known as Susanne Sulley and Susan Ann Gayle, is an English singer. She is one of the two female vocalists in the synth-pop band the Human League, contributing co-lead vocals on the conflicting duet "Don't You Want Me" with the band's founding member and lead singer Philip Oakey. Read more
22 Mar 1963: Hannu Virta, Finnish ice hockey player and coach Hannu Markus Virta is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was named the best defenceman in the Finnish Elite League (SM-liiga) four times, and was a five-time all-star. He also won the Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy as rookie of the year in 1981–82. Read more
22 Mar 1963: Martín Vizcarra, Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru Martín Alberto Vizcarra Cornejo is a Peruvian engineer and politician who served as President of Peru from 2018 to 2020. Vizcarra previously served as Governor of the Department of Moquegua (2011–2014), First Vice President of Peru (2016–2018), Minister of Transport and Communications of Peru (2016–2017), and Ambassador of Peru to Canada (2017–2018), with the latter three during the presidency of Pedro Pablo Kuczynski. Read more
22 Mar 1962: Nikos Kourbanas, Greek footballer Nikos Kourbanas is a Greek football manager and former player. He played as a defender. Read more
22 Mar 1961: Simon Furman, British comic book writer Simon Christopher Francis Furman is a British comic book writer who is best known for his work on Hasbro's Transformers franchise, starting with writing Marvel Comics's initial comic book to promote the toyline worldwide, as well as foundations for both Dreamwave Production's and IDW Publishing's takes on the Generation 1 minifranchise. Read more
22 Mar 1960: Jim Covert, American football player James Paul "Jimbo" Covert is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons with the Chicago Bears. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers, earning consensus All-American honors. He was selected in the first round of the 1983 NFL draft. Read more
22 Mar 1957: Jürgen Bucher, German footballer Jürgen Bucher is a retired German footballer. Read more
22 Mar 1956: Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg Maria Teresa is a member of the grand ducal family of Luxembourg. She was Grand Duchess of Luxembourg as the wife of Grand Duke Henri from 2000 until her husband's abdication in 2025. Read more
22 Mar 1955: Valdis Zatlers, Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia Valdis Zatlers is a Latvian politician and former physician who served as the seventh president of Latvia from 2007 to 2011. He won the Latvian presidential election of 31 May 2007. He became President of Latvia on 8 July 2007 and left office on 7 July 2011 after failing to win reelection for a second term. Read more
22 Mar 1953: Kenneth Rogoff, American economist and chess grandmaster Kenneth Saul Rogoff is an American economist and chess Grandmaster. Read more
22 Mar 1952: Des Browne, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland Desmond Henry Browne, Baron Browne of Ladyton, is a Scottish politician who served in the Cabinet of the United Kingdom under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as Secretary of State for Defence 2006 to 2008 and Secretary of State for Scotland from 2007 to 2008. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Kilmarnock and Loudoun from 1997 to 2010. Read more
22 Mar 1952: Bob Costas, American sportscaster Robert Quinlan Costas is an American sportscaster for MLB Network and NBC Sports. He is well known for his time with NBC Sports, where he worked from 1980 through 2019, and again since 2026. He has received 29 Emmy awards for his work and was the prime-time host of 12 Olympic Games from 1988 until 2016. He is also currently employed by Warner Bros. Discovery, where he is a political commentator for CNN. Read more
22 Mar 1949: Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (died 2010) Brian Hanrahan was a British television journalist who was the Diplomatic News Editor for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Read more
22 Mar 1948: Wolf Blitzer, American journalist Wolf Isaac Blitzer is an American journalist, television news anchor, and author who has been a CNN reporter since 1990, and who currently serves as one of the principal anchors at the network. He has been a host of The Situation Room, now formally known as The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown, since 2005. Since March 2025, Blitzer co-hosts the show with Pamela Brown; previously he served as the network's lead political anchor until 2021 and as the sole host of The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer during the show's early evening run between 2005 and 2025. Read more
22 Mar 1948: Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer and director Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 21 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. Read more
22 Mar 1947: George Ferguson, English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol George Robin Paget Ferguson CBE, PPRIBA, RWA is a British politician, former architect, and entrepreneur who served as the first elected mayor of Bristol from 2012 to 2016. Read more
22 Mar 1947: Maarten van Gent, Dutch basketball player and coach Maarten Herman van Gent was a Dutch basketball coach, manager, scout and businessman. Read more
22 Mar 1946: Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach Donald Ray Chaney is an American former professional basketball player and coach, most notable for winning two championships as a player on the Boston Celtics, and winning NBA Coach of the Year while leading the Houston Rockets. Read more
22 Mar 1946: Rivka Golani, Israeli viola player and composer Rivka Golani is an Israeli-born viola player.
She has performed as soloist with many orchestras throughout the world including the Boston Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Royal Concertgebouw, BBC Symphony, BBC Philharmonic, Hong Kong Symphony, Singapore Symphony, Royal Philharmonic, Rotterdam Philharmonic, Israel Philharmonic, Tokyo Metropolitan, Montreal Symphony and the Toronto Symphony. Read more
22 Mar 1946: Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, and author Rudolf von Bitter Rucker is an American mathematician, computer scientist, science fiction author, and one of the founders of the cyberpunk literary movement. The author of both fiction and non-fiction, he is best known for the novels in the Ware Tetralogy, the first two of which both won Philip K. Dick Awards. He edited the science fiction webzine Flurb until its closure in 2014. Read more
22 Mar 1946: Harry Vanda, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Johannes Hendrikus Jacob van den Berg, better known as Harry Vanda, is a Dutch-Australian musician, songwriter and record producer. He is the last surviving member of the 1960s Australian rock band the Easybeats who with fellow member George Young formed the 1970s and 1980s songwriting and record production duo Vanda & Young. Read more
22 Mar 1945: Eric Roth, American screenwriter and producer Eric R. Roth is an American screenwriter. He has been nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: Forrest Gump (1994), The Insider (1999), Munich (2005), The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008), A Star Is Born (2018), and Dune (2021) — winning for Forrest Gump; he also earned a Best Picture nomination for producing Mank (2020). Roth also worked on the screenplays for the Oscar-nominated films Ali (2001), Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), and Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). Read more
22 Mar 1943: George Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist George Washington Benson is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist. Read more
22 Mar 1943: Nazem Ganjapour, Iranian footballer and manager (died 2013) Nazem Ganjapour was an Iranian football player. In the last match of Shahin against Tehranjavan, he scored a hat trick. After this he joined Persepolis. Later, he was a scout and coached youth clubs. Read more
22 Mar 1943: Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1976) William Keith Relf was an English musician, best known as the lead vocalist and harmonica player for rock band the Yardbirds. He then formed the band Renaissance with his sister Jane Relf, the Yardbirds ex-drummer Jim McCarty and ex–The Nashville Teens keyboardist John Hawken. Read more
22 Mar 1942: Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian singer-songwriter Jorge Duílio Lima Menezes is a Brazilian popular musician, performing under the stage name Jorge Ben Jor since the 1980s, though commonly known by his former stage name Jorge Ben. Performing in a samba style that also explored soul, funk, rock and bossa nova sounds, Ben has recorded such well-known songs as "Chove Chuva", "Mas Que Nada", "Ive Brussel" and "Balança Pema". His music has been covered by artists such as Caetano Veloso, Sérgio Mendes, Miriam Makeba, Soulfly and Marisa Monte. Read more
22 Mar 1942: Dick Pound, Canadian lawyer and academic Richard William Duncan Pound, better known as Dick Pound, is a Canadian swimming champion, lawyer, and spokesman for ethics in sport. He was the first president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and vice-president of the International Olympic Committee. He is currently the longest-serving member of the IOC. Read more
22 Mar 1941: Billy Collins, American poet William James Collins is an American poet who served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He was a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, retiring in 2016. Collins was recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library (1992) and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004 through 2006. In 2016, Collins was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. As of 2020, he is a teacher in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton. Read more
22 Mar 1941: Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor (died 2019) Bruno Ganz was a Swiss actor whose career in German stage, television and film productions spanned nearly 60 years. He was known for his collaborations with the directors Werner Herzog, Éric Rohmer, Francis Ford Coppola, Theo Angelopoulos and Wim Wenders, earning widespread recognition with his roles as Jonathan Zimmerman in The American Friend (1977), Jonathan Harker in Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Damiel the Angel in Wings of Desire (1987). Read more
22 Mar 1941: Cassam Uteem, Mauritian politician, 2nd President of Mauritius Cassam Uteem is a Mauritian political figure who served as the second president of Mauritius from 30 June 1992 to 15 February 2002. He is the longest serving president of Mauritius. Read more
22 Mar 1940: George Edward Alcorn, Jr., American physicist and inventor George Edward Alcorn Jr. was an American physicist, engineer, inventor, and professor. He taught at Howard University and the University of the District of Columbia, and worked primarily for IBM and NASA. Alcorn is credited with over 30 inventions and 8 patents resulting in his induction into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2015. Read more
22 Mar 1940: Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player David Michael Keon is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played professionally from 1960 to 1982, including his first 15 seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs where he won the Calder Memorial Trophy and four Stanley Cup Championships, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986. Keon was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2010. On October 16, 2016, as part of the Toronto Maple Leafs centennial celebrations, Keon was named the greatest player in the team's history. In 2017, Keon was named one of the 100 Greatest NHL Players in NHL history. In 2018, Keon was awarded the Order of Sport, marking his induction into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Read more
22 Mar 1940: Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author (died 1996) Haing Somnang Ngor was a Cambodian and American actor, physician, and activist. He made his acting debut in the biographical drama film The Killing Fields (1984) as journalist Dith Pran, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, becoming the first actor of Asian descent to win the award and one of the only two amateur actors to win an Academy Award, following Harold Russell. Read more
22 Mar 1938: Rein Etruk, Estonian chess player (died 2012) Rein-Toomas Etruk was an Estonian chess player who three times won the Estonian Chess Championship. Read more
22 Mar 1937: Angelo Badalamenti, American pianist and composer (died 2022) Angelo Daniel Badalamenti was an American composer and arranger best known for his film music, notably the scores for his collaborations with director David Lynch, Blue Velvet (1986), Twin Peaks, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), The Straight Story (1999), and Mulholland Drive (2001). Read more
22 Mar 1937: Armin Hary, German sprinter Armin Hary (German pronunciation: [ˈaʁmiːn ˈhaːʁi] ; is a retired German sprinter who won the 1960 Olympic 100 meters dash. He was the first non-American to win the event since Percy Williams of Canada took the gold medal in 1928, the only German to ever win the event in the history of the Olympics, the first man to run 100 meters in 10.0 seconds and the last White man to establish a world record in 100 meters dash. Read more
22 Mar 1937: Jon Hassell, American trumpet player and composer (died 2021) Jon Hassell was an American trumpet player and composer. He was best known for developing the concept of "Fourth World" music, which describes a "unified primitive/futurist sound" combining elements of various world ethnic traditions with modern electronic techniques. The concept was first articulated on Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics, his 1980 collaboration with Brian Eno. Read more
22 Mar 1937: Foo Foo Lammar, British drag queen (died 2003) Francis Joseph Pearson was a British drag queen and nightclub owner known professionally as Foo Foo Lammar. The Times called him "One of the North of England's most popular female impersonators", whilst the BBC described his drag act as "legendary". Lammar, who was based in his native Manchester, worked in entertainment for over 30 years, and amassed a fortune of over £5m. He became an established name in Manchester from the 1970s onwards, and was well known in the city until his death in 2003. Read more
22 Mar 1936: Erol Büyükburç, Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor (died 2015) Erol Büyükburç was a Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor. Read more
22 Mar 1936: Ron Carey, American trade union leader (died 2008) Ronald Robert Carey was an American labor leader who served as president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters from 1991 to 1997. He was the first Teamster General President elected by a direct vote of the membership. He ran for re-election in 1996 and won, but in 1997 federal investigators discovered that the Carey campaign had engaged in an illegal donation kickback scheme to raise more than $700,000 for the 1996 re-election effort. His re-election was overturned, Carey was disqualified from running for Teamsters president again, and he was subsequently expelled from the union for life. Although a federal jury ultimately cleared him of all wrongdoing in the scandal, the lifetime ban remained in place until his death. Read more
22 Mar 1936: Roger Whittaker, Kenyan-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023) Roger Henry Brough Whittaker was a Kenyan/British singer-songwriter and musician. His music is an eclectic mixture of folk music and popular songs, the latter variously in a crooning or in a schlager style. He was best known for his baritone singing voice and trademark whistling ability as well as his guitar skills. Read more
22 Mar 1935: Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova, Russian-born Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion (died 2004) Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova was a Soviet test pilot and aerobatics champion. After graduating from studies in aviation technology in 1959, Korchuganova made a name for herself as a pilot in aerobatics competitions, becoming the first women's world aerobatics champion in 1966. She subsequently trained as a test pilot, going on to set 42 world flight records and flying more than 20 types of aircraft. By the end of her flight career in 1984, she had accumulated more than 4,000 hours of flight time, including 1,500 hours as a test pilot. Read more
22 Mar 1935: Lea Pericoli, Italian tennis player and journalist (died 2024) Lea Pericoli was an Italian tennis player and later television presenter and journalist from Milan. She reached the last sixteen of the French Open twice and the Wimbledon Championships three times, and is also famous for her choice of clothing. Read more
22 Mar 1935: Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (died 2013) Frank Victor Pulli was an American professional baseball umpire, working in the National League from 1972 until 1999. He umpired many postseason games, including four World Series. Pulli wore uniform number 14 during his career. Read more
22 Mar 1934: May Britt, Swedish actress (died 2025) Maj-Britt Wilkens, known as May Britt, was a Swedish–American actress who had a brief career in the 1950s in Italy and later in the United States. She was married to American entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. from 1960 to 1968. Read more
22 Mar 1934: Sheila Cameron, English lawyer and judge (died 2025) Sheila Morag Clark Cameron was a British lawyer. She was Dean of the Arches and Official Principal of the Arches Court of Canterbury from 2000 to 2009, and was therefore the senior ecclesiastical judge of the Church of England in that period. From 1983 until 2005 she was Vicar-General of Canterbury. Read more
22 Mar 1933: Abolhassan Banisadr, Iranian economist and politician, 1st President of Iran (died 2021) Abolhassan Banisadr was an Iranian politician, writer, and political dissident. He was the first president of Iran after the 1979 Iranian Revolution abolished the monarchy, serving from February 1980 until his impeachment by parliament in June 1981. Before his presidency, he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Interim Government of Iran. Read more
22 Mar 1932: Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2014) Else "Els" Borst-Eilers was a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and physician. She was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 21 December 2012. Read more
22 Mar 1932: Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (died 2010) Larry Melvyn Evans was an American chess player, author, and journalist who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1957. He won or shared the U.S. Chess Championship five times and the U.S. Open Chess Championship four times. He wrote a long-running syndicated chess column and wrote or co-wrote more than twenty books on chess. Read more
22 Mar 1931: Burton Richter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018) Burton Richter was an American physicist. He led the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) team which co-discovered the J/ψ meson in 1974, alongside the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) team led by Samuel Ting for which they won Nobel Prize for Physics in 1976. This discovery was part of the November Revolution of particle physics. He was the SLAC director from 1984 to 1999. Read more
22 Mar 1931: William Shatner, Canadian actor William Shatner is a Canadian actor. In a career spanning seven decades, he is best known for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his 1966 debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television series to his final appearance as Captain Kirk in the seventh Star Trek feature film, Star Trek Generations (1994). Read more
22 Mar 1931: Ann Shulgin, psychedelic researcher and author (died 2022) Laura Ann Shulgin was an American author and the wife of chemist Alexander Shulgin, with whom she wrote the books PiHKAL and TiHKAL. Read more
22 Mar 1931: Leslie Thomas, Welsh journalist and author (died 2014) Leslie Thomas, OBE was a Welsh author best known for his comic novel The Virgin Soldiers. Read more
22 Mar 1930: Derek Bok, American lawyer and academic Derek Curtis Bok is an American lawyer and educator who served as the 25th president of Harvard University from 1971 to 1991 and acted temporarily in the position from 2006 to 2007. He previously served as the 7th Dean of Harvard Law School from 1968 to 1971. Read more
22 Mar 1929: P. Ramlee, Malaysian actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer (died 1973) Teuku Zakaria bin Teuku Nyak Puteh, better known by his stage name P. Ramlee, was a Malaysian actor, filmmaker, musician, and composer. Born in Penang, Malaya, he is regarded as a prominent icon in Southeast Asia. Read more
22 Mar 1928: Carrie Donovan, American journalist (died 2001) Carrie Donovan was an American fashion editor for Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and The New York Times Magazine. In the 1990s she became known for her work in Old Navy commercials where she wore her trademark large eyeglasses and black clothing, often declaring the merchandise "Fabulous!". In almost all of the commercials, she appeared alongside Magic the dog and various other stars from TV and fashion. She was often mistaken for Natalie Schafer in the commercials because of the presence of multiple sitcom characters from the 1970s. Read more
22 Mar 1928: E. D. Hirsch, American author, critic, and academic Eric Donald Hirsch Jr. is an American educator, literary critic, and theorist. He is professor emeritus of humanities at the University of Virginia. Read more
22 Mar 1928: Ed Macauley, American basketball player, coach, and priest (died 2011) Charles Edward Macauley was a professional basketball player and coach. His playing nickname was "Easy Ed". Macauley played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1949 to 1959 for the St. Louis Bombers, Boston Celtics, and St. Louis Hawks. During his career, Macauley earned seven All-Star selections and won a championship with the Hawks in 1958. He played college basketball for Saint Louis. Read more
22 Mar 1927: Marty Blake, American basketball player and manager (died 2013)

Marty Blake was a general manager of the Atlanta Hawks franchise, and the NBA's longtime Director of Scouting. He was a recipient of the Basketball Hall of Fame's John Bunn Award. Read more
22 Mar 1927: Nicolas Tikhomiroff, Russian photographer (died 2016) Nicolas Tikhomiroff was a French photographer, of Russian origin. He started working for Magnum in 1959. Famous for his work on World Cinema, he also had a large portfolio of war photography. Tikohomiroff retired and lived in France. Read more
22 Mar 1924: Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (died 1960) Yevgeny Ilyich Ostashev was a combat engineer, test pilot of rocket and space technology, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite, head of the 1st control polygon NIIP-5 (Baikonur), Lenin Prize winner, candidate of Technical Sciences, and engineer-podpolkovnik. Read more
22 Mar 1924: Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998) Osman Fahir Seden, usually credited as Osman F. Seden, was a Turkish film director, screenwriter and film producer. Read more
22 Mar 1924: Bill Wendell, American television announcer (died 1999) William Joseph Wenzel Jr., known as Bill Wendell, was an NBC television staff announcer for almost his entire professional career. Read more
22 Mar 1922: John J. Gilligan, American politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (died 2013) John Joyce “Jack” Gilligan was an American World War II veteran, educator and Democratic politician from the state of Ohio who served as a U.S. representative and as the 62nd governor of Ohio from 1971 to 1975. He was the father of Kathleen Sebelius, who later served as governor of Kansas and United States Secretary of Health and Human Services. Read more
22 Mar 1922: Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (died 2015) Stewart Henry Stern was an American screenwriter. He is best known for writing the screenplay for the film Rebel Without a Cause (1955), starring James Dean. Read more
22 Mar 1921: Nino Manfredi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004) Saturnino "Nino" Manfredi was an Italian actor, voice actor, director, screenwriter, playwright, comedian, singer, author, radio personality and television presenter. Read more
22 Mar 1920: James Brown, American actor and singer (died 1992) James Edward Brown was an American film and television actor. He was perhaps best known for playing Lt. Ripley Masters in the American western television series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin. Read more
22 Mar 1920: Werner Klemperer, German-American actor (died 2000) Werner Klemperer was an American actor. He was best known for playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the CBS television sitcom Hogan's Heroes, for which he twice won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards in 1968 and 1969. Read more
22 Mar 1920: Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (died 1995) Robert Lloyd George MacPhail, was a Canadian politician and the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island. Read more
22 Mar 1920: Ross Martin, American actor (died 1981) Ross Martin was an American radio, voice, stage, film, and television actor. Martin was best known for portraying Artemus Gordon on the CBS Western series The Wild Wild West, which aired from 1965 to 1969. He was the voice of Doctor Paul Williams in 1972's Sealab 2020, additional characters in 1973's Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and additional character voices in 1978's Jana of the Jungle. Read more
22 Mar 1920: Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist (died 2007) Katsuko Saruhashi (猿橋勝子, Saruhashi Katsuko; March 22, 1920 – September 29, 2007) was a Japanese geochemist who created tools that let her take some of the first measurements of carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in seawater. She later showed evidence of the dangers of radioactive fallout and how far it can travel. Along with this focus on safety, she also researched peaceful uses of nuclear power. Read more
22 Mar 1920: Fanny Waterman, English pianist and educator, founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition (died 2020) Dame Fanny Waterman was a British pianist and academic piano teacher, who is particularly known as the founder, chair and artistic director of the Leeds International Piano Competition. She was also president of the Harrogate International Music Festival. Read more
22 Mar 1919: Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (died 1990) Bernard Krigstein was an American illustrator and gallery artist who received acclaim for his innovative and influential approach to comic book art, notably in EC Comics. His artwork usually displayed the signature B. Krigstein. His best-known work in comic books is the eight-page story "Master Race", originally published in the debut issue of EC Comics' Impact. Read more
22 Mar 1918: Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (died 1997) Cheddi Berret Jagan was a Guyanese politician and dentist who was first elected Chief Minister in 1953 and later Premier of British Guiana from 1961 to 1964. He later served as President of Guyana from 1992 to his death in 1997. In 1953, he became the first Hindu and person of Indian descent to be a head of government outside of the Indian subcontinent. Read more
22 Mar 1917: Virginia Grey, American actress (died 2004) Virginia Grey was an American actress who appeared in over 100 films and several radio and television shows from the 1930s to the early 1980s. She was romantically involved with Clark Gable for several years, after his wife, Carole Lombard's, untimely death. Read more
22 Mar 1917: Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (died 2006) Irving Kaplansky was a mathematician, college professor, author, and amateur musician. Read more
22 Mar 1917: Paul Rogers, English actor (died 2013) Paul Rogers was an English actor of film, stage and television. He was the first winner of the BAFTA TV Award Best Actor in 1955 and won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play for The Homecoming in 1967. Read more
22 Mar 1914: John Stanley, American author and illustrator (died 1993) John Stanley was an American cartoonist and comic book writer, best known for writing Little Lulu comic book stories from 1945 to 1959. While mostly known for scripting, Stanley also drew many of his stories, including the earliest issues of Little Lulu and its Tubby spinoff series. His specialty was humorous stories, both with licensed characters and those of his own creation. His writing style has been described as employing "colorful, S. J. Perelman-ish language and a decidedly bizarre, macabre wit ", with storylines that "were cohesive and tightly constructed, with nary a loose thread in the plot". He has been compared to Carl Barks, and cartoonist Fred Hembeck has dubbed him "the most consistently funny cartoonist to work in the comic book medium". Captain Marvel co-creator C. C. Beck remarked, "The only comic books I ever read and enjoyed were Little Lulu and Donald Duck". Read more
22 Mar 1914: Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, English businessman (died 2008) Donald Gresham Stokes, Baron Stokes was an English industrialist. He was the head of British Leyland Motor Corporation Ltd (BLMC) from 1968 to 1975. Read more
22 Mar 1913: Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (died 1983) Thomas Lawson McCall was an American, politician and journalist in the state of Oregon, serving as the state's thirtieth governor from 1967 to 1975. A progressive Republican, he was known as a staunch environmentalist and an advocate of sustainable development. Read more
22 Mar 1913: Lew Wasserman, American businessman and talent agent (died 2002) Lewis Robert Wasserman was an American businessman and talent agent, described as "the last of the legendary movie moguls" and "arguably the most powerful and influential Hollywood titan in the four decades after World War II". His career spanned nearly eight decades from the 1920s to the 2000s; he started working as a cinema usher before dropping out of high school, rose to become the president of MCA Inc. and led its takeover of Universal Pictures, during which time Wasserman "brought about changes in virtually every aspect of show business". In 1995, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bill Clinton. Several years later, he spoke of his ongoing work at Universal to Variety, saying, "I am under contract here for the rest of my life, and I don't think they would throw me out of my office—my name is on the building." Read more
22 Mar 1913: James Westerfield, American actor (died 1971) James A. Westerfield was an American character actor of stage, film, and television. Read more
22 Mar 1912: Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer (died 1985) Henry Wilfrid Brambell was an Irish actor. He was best known for playing the grubby rag-and-bone man Albert Steptoe alongside Harry H. Corbett in the long-running BBC television sitcom Steptoe and Son. He achieved international recognition in 1964 for his appearance alongside the Beatles in A Hard Day's Night, playing the fictional grandfather of Paul McCartney. Read more
22 Mar 1912: Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (died 1959) Leslie George Johnson was a British racing driver who competed in rallies, hill climbs, sports car races and Grand Prix races. Read more
22 Mar 1912: Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator (died 2004) Agnes Bernice Martin was a Canadian-American abstract painter known for her minimalist style and abstract expressionism. Born in Saskatchewan, she moved to the United States in 1931, where she pursued higher education and became a U.S. citizen in 1950. Martin's artistic journey began in New York City, where she immersed herself in modern art and developed a deep interest in abstraction. Despite often being labeled a minimalist, she identified more with abstract expressionism. Her work has been defined as an "essay in discretion, inwardness and silence." Read more
22 Mar 1910: Nicholas Monsarrat, English sailor and author (died 1979) Lieutenant Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat FRSL RNVR was a British novelist known for his sea stories, particularly The Cruel Sea (1951) and Three Corvettes (1942–1945), but perhaps known best internationally for his novels, The Tribe That Lost Its Head and its sequel, Richer Than All His Tribe. Read more
22 Mar 1909: Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author and educator (died 1983) Gabrielle Roy was a Canadian author from St. Boniface, Manitoba. She became one of the major voices in French-language literature in Canada, known for her portrayals of working-class life in Manitoba and Quebec and for her clear, straightforward prose. Her first novel, Bonheur d’occasion, brought her national and international recognition, including major literary awards in both Canada and France. She went on to publish fiction, memoir, and children’s literature, and her work remains central to the development of modern Canadian writing in French. She was designated a National Historic Person by the Government of Canada in 2009. Read more
22 Mar 1908: Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (died 1991) John Herbert Crawford, was an Australian tennis player during the 1930s. He was the World No. 1 amateur for 1933, during which year he won the Australian Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon, and was runner-up at the U.S. Open in five sets, thus missing the Grand Slam by one set that year. He also won the Australian Open in 1931, 1932, and 1935. He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1979. Read more
22 Mar 1907: James M. Gavin, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (died 1990) James Maurice Gavin, sometimes called "Jumpin' Jim" and "the jumping general", was a senior United States Army officer, with the rank of lieutenant general, who was the third Commanding General (CG) of the 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. During the war, he was often referred to as "The Jumping General" because of his practice of taking part in combat jumps with the paratroopers under his command; he was the only American general officer to make four combat jumps in the war. Read more
22 Mar 1903: Bill Holman, American cartoonist (died 1987) Bill Holman was an American cartoonist who drew the classic comic strip Smokey Stover from 1935 until he retired in 1973. Distributed through the Chicago Tribune syndicate, it had the longest run of any strip in the screwball genre. Holman signed some strips with the pseudonym Scat H. He once described himself as "always inclined to humor and acting silly." Read more
22 Mar 1902: Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory (died 1949) Johannes Andreas Brinkman, also known as Jan Brinkman, was a Dutch architect and exponent of Nieuwe Bouwen, modern architecture in the Netherlands. Read more
22 Mar 1902: Madeleine Milhaud, French actress and composer (died 2008) Madeleine Milhaud Milhaud was a French actress and librettist. She was both cousin to and wife of composer Darius Milhaud. Read more
22 Mar 1901: Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter (died 1991) Martha Greta Kempton was an Austrian-American painter who was the White House artist during the Truman administration. Read more
22 Mar 1899: Ruth Page, American ballerina and choreographer (died 1991) Ruth Page was an American ballerina and choreographer, who created innovative works on American themes. Read more
22 Mar 1896: He Long, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1969) He Long was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and a Marshal of the People's Republic of China. He was from a poor rural family in Hunan, and his family was not able to provide him with any formal education. He began his revolutionary career after avenging the death of his uncle, when he fled to become an outlaw and attracted a small personal army around him. Later his forces joined the Kuomintang, and he participated in the Northern Expedition. Read more
22 Mar 1896: Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian-American actor (died 1964) Joseph Schildkraut was an Austrian-American actor. He won an Oscar for his performance as Captain Alfred Dreyfus in the film The Life of Emile Zola (1937). He was nominated for a Golden Globe for his performance as Otto Frank in the film The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) and a Primetime Emmy for his performance as Rabbi Gottlieb in a 1962 episode of the television series Sam Benedict. Read more
22 Mar 1892: Charlie Poole, American country banjo player (died 1931) Charles Cleveland Poole was an American old-time musician and string band leader. His group, the North Carolina Ramblers, recorded many highly popular renditions of traditional songs from 1925 through 1930. Read more
22 Mar 1892: Johannes Semper, Estonian poet and scholar (died 1970) Johannes Semper was an Estonian poet, writer, translator and politician. Read more
22 Mar 1890: George Clark, American race car driver (died 1978) George H. Clark was an American racing driver. Read more
22 Mar 1887: Chico Marx, American actor (died 1961) Leonard "Chico" Marx was an American comedian, actor, and pianist. He was the oldest brother in the Marx Brothers comedy troupe, alongside his brothers Arthur ("Harpo"), Julius ("Groucho"), Milton ("Gummo"), and Herbert ("Zeppo"). His persona in the act was that of a charming, uneducated but crafty con artist, seemingly of rural Italian origin, who wore shabby clothes and sported a curly-haired wig and Tyrolean hat. On screen, Chico is often in alliance with Harpo, usually as partners in crime, and is also frequently seen trying to con or outfox Groucho. Leonard was the oldest of the Marx Brothers to live past early childhood, the first-born being Manfred Marx who died in infancy. In addition to his work as a performer, he played an important role in the management and development of the act in its early years. Read more
22 Mar 1886: August Rei, Estonian lawyer and politician, Head of State of Estonia (died 1963) August Rei was an Estonian politician. He served as State Elder of Estonia from 1928 to 1929, and as Prime Minister in duties of the President of the Estonian government-in-exile from 1945 to 1963. Read more
22 Mar 1885: Aryeh Levin, Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and educator (died 1969) Aryeh Levin was an Orthodox rabbi dubbed the "Father of Prisoners" for his visits to members of the Jewish underground imprisoned in the Central Prison of Jerusalem in the Russian Compound during the British Mandate. He was also known as the "Tzadik ("saint") of Jerusalem" for his work on behalf of the poor and the sick. Read more
22 Mar 1884: Arthur H. Vandenberg, American journalist and politician (died 1951) Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg Sr. was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Michigan from 1928 to 1951. A member of the Republican Party, he participated in the creation of the United Nations. He is best known for leading the Republican Party from a foreign policy of isolationism to one of internationalism, and supporting the Cold War, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and NATO. He served as president pro tempore of the United States Senate from 1947 to 1949. Read more
22 Mar 1884: Lyda Borelli, Italian actress (died 1959) Lyda Cini, Countess of Monselice was an Italian actress of cinema and theatre. Her career in theatre started when she was a child, acting on stage with Paola Pezzaglia in the French drama I due derelitti. Read more
22 Mar 1880: Ernest C. Quigley, Canadian-American football player and coach (died 1960) Ernest Cosmos Quigley was a Canadian-born American sports official who became notable both as a basketball referee and as an umpire in Major League Baseball. He also worked as an American football coach and official. Read more
22 Mar 1873: Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (died 1939) Ernest Lawson was a Canadian-American painter and exhibited his work at the Canadian Art Club and as a member of the American group The Eight, artists who formed a loose association in 1908 to protest the narrowness of taste and restrictive exhibition policies of the conservative, powerful National Academy of Design. Though Lawson was primarily a landscape painter, he also painted a small number of realistic urban scenes. His painting style is heavily influenced by the art of John Henry Twachtman, J. Alden Weir, and Alfred Sisley. Though considered a Canadian-American Impressionist, Lawson falls stylistically between Impressionism and realism. Read more
22 Mar 1869: Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (died 1964) Emilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino revolutionary, statesman, and military leader who was the first president of the Philippines from 1899 to 1901, and the first president of an Asian constitutional republic. He led the Philippine forces first against Spain in the Philippine Revolution (1896–1898), then in the Spanish–American War (1898), and finally against the United States during the Philippine–American War (1899–1901). He is regarded in the Philippines as having been the country's first president during the period of the First Philippine Republic, though he was not recognized as such outside of the revolutionary Philippines. Read more
22 Mar 1869: Tom McInnes, Scottish-English footballer (died 1939) Thomas McInnes was a Scottish professional footballer. McInnes was capped once for Scotland, against Ireland in 1889. Read more
22 Mar 1868: Robert Andrews Millikan, American colonel and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1953) Robert Andrews Millikan was an American experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 "for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect." Read more
22 Mar 1866: Jack Boyle, American baseball player and umpire (died 1913) John Anthony Boyle, nicknamed "Honest Jack", was an American catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball. His younger brother, Eddie Boyle, played in 1896. Read more
22 Mar 1857: Paul Doumer, French mathematician, journalist, and politician, 14th President of France (died 1932) Joseph Athanase Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer, was a French politician who served as the President of France from June 1931 until his assassination in May 1932. He is described as "the Father of French Indochina", and was seen as one of the most active and effective governors general of Indochina. Read more
22 Mar 1855: Dorothy Tennant, British painter (died 1926) Dorothy Tennant, Lady Stanley was an English painter of the Victorian era neoclassicism. She was married to explorer Sir Henry Morton Stanley. Read more
22 Mar 1852: Otakar Ševčík, Czech violinist and educator (died 1934) Otakar Ševčík was a Czech violinist and influential teacher. He was known as a soloist and an ensemble player, including his occasional performances with Eugène Ysaÿe. Read more
22 Mar 1852: Hector Sévin, French cardinal (died 1916) Hector Sévin was a French Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Lyon from 1912 to 1916. He was made a cardinal in 1914. Read more
22 Mar 1846: Randolph Caldecott, English illustrator and painter (died 1886) Randolph Caldecott was a British artist and illustrator, born in Chester. The Caldecott Medal was named in his honour. He exercised his art chiefly in book illustrations. His abilities as an artist were promptly and generously recognised by the Royal Academy. Caldecott greatly influenced illustration of children's books during the nineteenth century. Two books illustrated by him, priced at a shilling each, were published every Christmas for eight years. Read more
22 Mar 1846: James Timberlake, American lieutenant, police officer, and farmer (died 1891) James H. Timberlake was an American law enforcement officer, Civil War soldier, farmer and rancher who served as a deputy U.S. marshal for the Western District of Missouri. Timberlake is best known for being the chief enforcer and investigator against the James-Younger Gang, beginning in the 1870s, which culminated in the death of the outlaw Jesse James on April 3, 1882, at the hands of Robert Ford. Read more
22 Mar 1842: Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1912) Mykola Vitaliiovych Lysenko was a Ukrainian composer, pianist, conductor, and ethnomusicologist of the late Romantic period. In his time, he was the central figure of Ukrainian music, with an oeuvre that includes operas, art songs, choral works, orchestral and chamber pieces, and a wide variety of solo piano music. He is often credited with founding a national music tradition during the Ukrainian national revival, in the vein of contemporaries such as Grieg in Norway, The Five in Russia, and Smetana and Dvořák in what is now the Czech Republic. Read more
22 Mar 1841: Anastassios Christomanos, Greek scientist (died 1906) Anastasios Christomanos was a Greek chemist. He was one of the most important Greek scientists of the later part of the 19th century. His academic collaborators were some of the most important scientists in the world, including Robert Bunsen, Georg Ludwig Carius, Emil Erlenmeyer and Gustav Kirchhoff. He is the father of modern Greek chemical education. He wrote 73 books and dissertations. His fields of study included: Inorganic Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Analytical Chemistry. He helped restructure Greek education. Greek education was in the grasp of Korydalism for over 300 years. With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, Christomanos and his contemporaries were pioneers of modern education all over the world. Read more
22 Mar 1822: Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, scholar, statesman and jurist (died 1895) Ahmed Cevdet Pasha was an Ottoman scholar, intellectual, bureaucrat, administrator, and historian who was a prominent figure in the Tanzimat reforms of the Ottoman Empire. He was the head of the Mecelle commission that codified Islamic law for the first time in response to the Westernization of law. He is often regarded as a pioneer in the codification of a civil law based on the European legal system. The Mecelle remained intact in several modern Arab states in the early and mid-20th-century. In addition to Turkish, he was proficient in Arabic, Persian, French and Bulgarian. He wrote numerous books on history, law, grammar, linguistics, logic and astronomy. Read more
22 Mar 1818: John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer, founded Penwortham (died 1846) John Ainsworth Horrocks was an English pastoralist and explorer who was one of the first European settlers in the Clare Valley of South Australia where, in 1840, he established the village of Penwortham. Read more
22 Mar 1817: Braxton Bragg, American general (died 1876) Braxton Bragg was an American military officer during the Second Seminole War and Mexican–American War. He later served as a Confederate general in the American Civil War, seeing action in the Western Theater. His most important role was the commander of the Army of Mississippi, later renamed the Army of Tennessee, from June 1862 until December 1863. Read more
22 Mar 1814: Thomas Crawford, American sculptor, designed the Statue of Freedom (died 1857) Thomas Gibson Crawford was an American sculptor who is best known for his numerous artistic contributions to the United States Capitol, including the Statue of Freedom atop its dome. Read more
22 Mar 1812: Stephen Pearl Andrews, American author and activist (died 1886) Stephen Pearl Andrews was an American libertarian socialist, individualist anarchist, linguist, political philosopher, and outspoken abolitionist. Read more
22 Mar 1808: Caroline Norton, English feminist, social reformer, and author (died 1877) Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton, Lady Stirling-Maxwell was an active English social reformer and author. She left her husband, who was accused by many of coercive behaviour, in 1836. Her husband then sued her close friend Lord Melbourne, then the Whig Prime Minister, for criminal conversation (adultery). Read more
22 Mar 1808: David Swinson Maynard, American physician and lawyer (died 1873) David Swinson "Doc" Maynard was an American doctor and businessman. He was one of Seattle's primary founders. Maynard was Seattle's first doctor, merchant prince, second lawyer, Sub-Indian Agent, Justice of the Peace, and architect of the Point Elliott Treaty of 1855. Read more

🕊️ Important Deaths on 22 March in World History

22 Mar 2025: Jessica Aber, American lawyer (born 1981) Jessica Diane Aber was an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) from 2021 to 2025. She was known for prosecuting high-profile cases involving organized crime and national security. Read more
22 Mar 2025: Andy Peebles, English radio DJ, television presenter and cricket commentator (born 1948) Robert Andrew Peebles was an English radio DJ, television presenter and cricket commentator. Read more
22 Mar 2024: Laurent de Brunhoff, French author and illustrator (born 1925) Laurent de Brunhoff was a French author and illustrator, known primarily for continuing the Babar the Elephant series of children's books that was created by his father, Jean de Brunhoff. Read more
22 Mar 2019: Scott Walker, British-American singer-songwriter (born 1943) Noel Scott Engel, better known by his stage name Scott Walker, was an American-British singer-songwriter and record producer who resided in England. Walker was known for his emotive voice and his unorthodox stylistic path which took him from being a teen pop icon in the 1960s to an avant-garde musician from the 1990s to his death. Walker's success was largely in the United Kingdom, where he achieved fame as a member of pop trio the Walker Brothers, who scored several hit singles, including two number ones, during the mid-1960s, while his first four solo albums reached the top ten during the later part of the decade, with the second, Scott 2, reaching number one in 1968. He lived in the UK from 1965 onward and became a UK citizen in 1970. Read more
22 Mar 2018: Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient (born 1911) Johan Willem van Hulst was a Dutch school director, university professor, author, politician, chess player and centenarian. In 1943, with the help of the Dutch resistance and students of the nearby University of Amsterdam, he was instrumental in saving over 600 Jewish children from the nursery of the Hollandsche Schouwburg who were destined for deportation to Nazi concentration camps. For his humanitarian actions he received the Yad Vashem distinction Righteous Among the Nations from the State of Israel in 1973. Read more
22 Mar 2016: Rob Ford, Canadian businessman and politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto (born 1969) Robert Bruce Ford was a Canadian politician and businessman who served as the 64th mayor of Toronto from 2010 to 2014. Before and after his term as mayor, Ford was a city councillor; first being elected to Toronto City Council in the 2000 municipal election, before being re-elected to his council seat twice. Read more
22 Mar 2016: Rita Gam, American actress (born 1927) Rita Gam was an American film and television actress and documentary filmmaker. She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress. Read more
22 Mar 2015: Arkady Arkanov, Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright (born 1933) Arkady Mikhailovich Arkanov was a Russian writer, doctor, playwright and stand-up comedian. Read more
22 Mar 2015: Horst Buhtz, German footballer and manager (born 1923) Horst Buhtz was a German football manager and former football player who played as a midfielder. Read more
22 Mar 2015: Norman Scribner, American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1936) Norman Orville Scribner was an American conductor, composer, pianist, and organist. He was most widely known as the founder of the Choral Arts Society of Washington, where he served as artistic director for over forty-five years. Read more
22 Mar 2014: Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, Indian author (born 1928) Yashwant Vithoba Chittal was a Kannada fiction writer. G. S. Amur said: "His short stories, many of them were outstanding, and came with his distinct touch.The kind of experimentation he did with language, style and narrative is unparalleled." Read more
22 Mar 2014: Mickey Duff, Polish-English boxer and manager (born 1929) Mickey Duff, was a Polish-born British boxer, matchmaker, manager and promoter. Read more
22 Mar 2014: Thor Listau, Norwegian soldier and politician (born 1938) Thor Listau was a Norwegian military technician and politician for the Conservative Party. He was a three-term MP and served as Minister of Fisheries from 1981 to 1985. Later he served as director of Statkorn from 1991 to 1995. Read more
22 Mar 2014: Tasos Mitsopoulos, Cypriot politician, Cypriot Minister of Defence (born 1965) Tasos Mitsopoulos was a Cypriot politician. He served as a member of the House of Representatives from 2006 until 2013 for Democratic Rally. He then joined the cabinet of Nicos Anastasiades as Minister of Communications. In a cabinet reshuffle on 14 March 2014 he was appointed Minister of Defence. Read more
22 Mar 2013: Vladimír Čech, Czech actor and politician (born 1951) Vladimír Čech was a Czech actor, presenter and politician. Read more
22 Mar 2013: Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist and composer (born 1918) Dionisio Ramón Emilio Valdés Amaro, better known as Bebo Valdés, was a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was a central figure in the golden age of Cuban music, especially due to his big band arrangements and compositions of mambo, chachachá and batanga, a genre he created in 1952. Read more
22 Mar 2012: Joe Blanchard, American football player and wrestler (born 1928) Joseph Edgar Blanchard was an American football player, professional wrestler, and professional wrestling promoter. From 1978 to 1985, he operated the Southwest Championship Wrestling promotion in San Antonio, Texas. Read more
22 Mar 2012: David Waltz, American computer scientist and academic (born 1943) David Leigh Waltz was a computer scientist who made significant contributions in several areas of artificial intelligence, including constraint satisfaction, case-based reasoning and the application of massively parallel computation to AI problems. He held positions in academia and industry and at the time of his death, was a professor of Computer Science at Columbia University where he directed the Center for Computational Learning Systems. Read more
22 Mar 2012: Neil L. Whitehead, English anthropologist and author (born 1956) Neil L. Whitehead was an English anthropologist, who is best known for his work on the anthropology of violence, dark shamanism, post-human anthropology and the historical anthropology of South America and the Caribbean. From 1997 to 2007 he was the editor of Ethnohistory, Journal of the American Society for Ethnohistory. Read more
22 Mar 2011: Artur Agostinho, Portuguese journalist (born 1920) Artur Fernandes Agostinho was a Portuguese journalist, radio host, actor, publicist and writer, recipient of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword. Read more
22 Mar 2011: Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (born 1926) Victor Bouchard OC CQ was a Canadian pianist and composer. Read more
22 Mar 2010: James Black, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1924) Sir James Whyte Black was a Scottish physician and pharmacologist. Together with Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings, he shared the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1988 for pioneering strategies for rational drug-design, which, in his case, led to the development of propranolol and cimetidine. Black established a Veterinary Physiology department at the University of Glasgow, where he became interested in the effects of adrenaline on the human heart. He went to work for ICI Pharmaceuticals in 1958 and, while there, developed propranolol, a beta blocker used for the treatment of heart disease. Black was also responsible for the development of cimetidine, an H2 receptor antagonist, a drug used to treat stomach ulcers. Read more
22 Mar 2010: Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman (born 1943) Özhan Canaydın was a businessman, basketballer and former chairman of the Turkish sports club Galatasaray. Read more
22 Mar 2008: Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (born 1918) Israel López Valdés, better known as Cachao, was a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga. Throughout his career he also performed and recorded in a variety of music styles ranging from classical music to salsa. An exile in the United States since the 1960s, he only achieved international fame following a career revival in the 1990s. Read more
22 Mar 2007: U. G. Krishnamurti, Indian-Italian philosopher and educator (born 1918) Uppaluri Gopala Krishnamurti was an Indian "anti-guru" who questioned the search for enlightenment. Having pursued a religious path in his youth and eventually rejecting it, U.G. clarified that he had experienced a devastating biological transformation on his 49th birthday, an event he referred to as "the calamity". He emphasized that this transformation back to "the natural state" is a rare, acausal, biological occurrence with no religious context. Because of this, he discouraged people from pursuing the "natural state" as a spiritual goal. Read more
22 Mar 2006: Pierre Clostermann, French soldier, pilot, and politician (born 1921) Pierre-Henri Clostermann was a World War II French ace fighter pilot. Read more
22 Mar 2006: Pío Leyva, Cuban singer and author (born 1917) Pío Leiva was a Cuban singer and the author of the guaracha El Mentiroso. Leyva was part of the Buena Vista Social Club, and composed some of Cuba's best known standards. Read more
22 Mar 2006: Kurt von Trojan, Austrian-Australian journalist and author (born 1937) Kurt von Trojan was an Australian journalist and science fiction author. He also worked as a psychiatric nurse and a cinema projectionist. Read more
22 Mar 2005: Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (born 1947) Roderick Michael Price was an English guitarist best known for his work with the rock band Foghat. He was known as 'The Magician of Slide', 'The Bottle', and 'Slide King of Rock and Roll', due to his proficiency on slide guitar. Read more
22 Mar 2005: Gemini Ganesan, Indian film actor (born 1920) Ramasamy Ganesan, better known by his stage name Gemini Ganesan, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was referred as Kaadhal Mannan for his romantic roles in films. Ganesan was one of the "three biggest names of Tamil cinema", the other two being M. G. Ramachandran and Sivaji Ganesan. While Sivaji Ganesan excelled in dramatic films and M. G. Ramachandran was popular as an action hero, Gemini Ganesan was known for his romantic films. A recipient of the Padma Shri in 1971, he had also won several other awards including the Kalaimamani, the MGR Gold Medal, and the Screen Lifetime Achievement Award. He was one of the few college graduates to enter the film industry then. Read more
22 Mar 2005: Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (born 1913) Kenzō Tange was a Japanese architect. Born in Sakai and raised in China and southern Japan, Tange was inspired from an early age by the work of Le Corbusier and designed his first buildings under Imperial Japan. He first achieved recognition for his projects to reconstruct the destroyed cities of postwar Japan, particularly Hiroshima, where he designed the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. His engagement with the Congres Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne in the 1950s made him one of the first Japanese architects to achieve international recognition. Read more
22 Mar 2004: Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer and academic (born 1943) Janet Hanula Mattei was a Turkish-American astronomer who was the director of the American Association of Variable Star Observers (AAVSO) from 1973 to 2004. Read more
22 Mar 2004: Ahmed Yassin, Co-founded Hamas (born 1937) Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin was a Palestinian politician and imam who founded Hamas, an Islamist political and military organization. He also served as the first chairman of the Hamas Shura Council and de facto leader of Hamas since its inception from December 1987 until his assassination in March 2004. Read more
22 Mar 2004: V. M. Tarkunde, Indian lawyer and civil rights activist (born 1909) Vithal Mahadeo Tarkunde was a prominent Indian lawyer, civil rights activist, and humanist leader and has been referred to as the "Father of the Civil Liberties movement" in India and a former judge of the Bombay High Court The Supreme Court of India also praised him as "undoubtedly the most distinguished judge of the post-Chagla 1957 period" in the Bombay High Court. Read more
22 Mar 2003: Terry Lloyd, English journalist (born 1952) Terence Ellis "Terry" Lloyd was an English television journalist who reported extensively from the Middle East. He was killed by the U.S. military while covering the 2003 invasion of Iraq for ITN. An inquest jury in the United Kingdom before Assistant Deputy Coroner Andrew Walker returned a verdict of unlawful killing on 13 October 2006 following an eight-day hearing. Read more
22 Mar 2002: Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (born 1917) Rudolf Baumgartner was a Swiss conductor, violinist and music educator. In 1956 he founded the Lucerne Festival Strings chamber orchestra together with Wolfgang Schneiderhan. Read more
22 Mar 2001: Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (born 1925) Stepas Butautas was a Soviet and Lithuanian professional basketball player and coach. He trained at the VSS Žalgiris, in Kaunas. He played with the Soviet Union men's national basketball team at the 1952 Summer Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal. During the tournament, he played in all eight games. Read more
22 Mar 2001: Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (born 1913) Sabiha Gökçen was a Turkish aviator. During her flight career, she flew around 8,000 hours and participated in 32 different military operations. She became the world's first female fighter pilot, at age 23. As an orphan, she was one of the nine children adopted by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. Read more
22 Mar 2001: William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (born 1910) William Denby Hanna was an American animator, voice actor, and musician. Hanna and Joseph Barbera co-created Tom and Jerry and founded the animation studio and production company Hanna-Barbera, with Hanna providing the vocal effects for Tom and Jerry's title characters. Read more
22 Mar 2001: Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (born 1910) Robert Fletcher Shaw was a Canadian businessman, academic, civil servant and deputy commissioner general of the Universal and International Exhibition of 1967. Read more
22 Mar 2000: Carlo Parola, Italian footballer and manager (born 1921) Carlo Parola, was an Italian football player and coach who played as a defender. Throughout his career, he won domestic titles with Italian club Juventus, both as a player and as a manager. At international level, he took part at the 1950 FIFA World Cup with the Italy national team. Read more
22 Mar 1999: Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (born 1913) Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, was a British historian and Conservative peer. From 1974 to 1979 he was principal of the University College of Buckingham, now the University of Buckingham. Read more
22 Mar 1999: David Strickland, American actor (born 1969) David Gordon Strickland, Jr. was an American actor. He was best known for playing the boyish rock music reporter Todd Stites in the NBC sitcom Suddenly Susan. Read more
22 Mar 1996: Don Murray, American drummer (born 1945) Donald Ray Murray was an American drummer and Hanna-Barbera animator, best known for his work with the Turtles. After leaving the group, Murray played with Paul Williams's psychedelic folk group the Holy Mackerel. In the 1980s he went on to perform with the newly formed Surfaris. Read more
22 Mar 1996: Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1936) Robert Franklyn Overmyer was an American test pilot, naval aviator, aeronautical engineer, physicist, United States Marine Corps officer, and USAF/NASA astronaut. Overmyer was selected by the Air Force as an astronaut for its Manned Orbiting Laboratory in 1966. Upon cancellation of the program in 1969, he became a NASA astronaut and served support crew duties for the Apollo program, Skylab program, and Apollo–Soyuz Test Project. In 1976, he was assigned to the Space Shuttle program and flew as pilot on STS-5 in 1982 and as commander on STS-51-B in 1985. He was selected as a lead investigator into the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986, retiring from NASA that same year. A decade later, Overmyer died while testing the Cirrus VK-30 homebuilt aircraft. Read more
22 Mar 1996: Billy Williamson, American guitarist (born 1925) William F. Williamson was the American steel guitar player for Bill Haley and His Saddlemen, and its successor group Bill Haley & His Comets, from 1949 to 1963. Read more
22 Mar 1994: Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter, and producer (born 1950) Daniel Earl Hartman was an American pop rock musician. Among songs he wrote and recorded were "Free Ride" as a member of the Edgar Winter Group, and the solo hits "Relight My Fire", "Instant Replay", "I Can Dream About You", "We Are the Young" and "Second Nature". "I Can Dream About You", his most successful US hit, reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1984. The James Brown song "Living in America", which Hartman co-wrote and produced, reached No. 4 on March 1, 1986. Read more
22 Mar 1994: Walter Lantz, American animator, director, and producer (born 1899) Walter Benjamin Lantz was an American cartoonist, animator, producer and director best known for founding Walter Lantz Productions and creating Woody Woodpecker. Read more
22 Mar 1993: Steve Olin, American baseball player (born 1965) Steven Robert Olin was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for four seasons in the American League with the Cleveland Indians. Olin was a right-handed submarining relief pitcher for the Cleveland Indians from 1988 to 1992. Olin died, along with teammate and fellow reliever Tim Crews, in a 1993 boating accident. Read more
22 Mar 1991: Léon Balcer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Solicitor General of Canada (born 1917) Léon Balcer, was a Canadian politician. Read more
22 Mar 1991: Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (born 1908) Paul Hamilton Engle, was an American poet, editor, teacher, literary critic, novelist, and playwright. He is remembered as the long-time director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and as co-founder of the International Writing Program (IWP), both at the University of Iowa. Read more
22 Mar 1991: Dave Guard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1934) Donald David Guard was an American folk singer, songwriter, arranger and recording artist. Along with Nick Reynolds and Bob Shane, he was one of the founding members of the Kingston Trio. Read more
22 Mar 1991: Gloria Holden, English-American actress (born 1908) Gloria Anna Holden was an American film actress, best known for her role as Dracula's Daughter. She often portrayed cold society women. Read more
22 Mar 1990: Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer and academic (born 1928) Gerald Vincent Bull was a Canadian engineer who developed long-range artillery. He moved from project to project in his quest to economically launch a satellite using a huge artillery piece, to which end he designed the Project Babylon "supergun" for Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq. Read more
22 Mar 1989: Peta Taylor, English cricketer (born 1912) Mary Isabella "Peta" Taylor, married name Mary Jager, was an English cricketer who played as a right-arm medium bowler. She appeared in seven Test matches for England between 1934 and 1937, including the first ever women's Test match. She played domestic cricket for various composite XIs, as well as South Women. Read more
22 Mar 1987: Odysseas Angelis, Greek general and politician (born 1912) Odysseas Angelis was a Greek artillery officer. He reached the rank of four star General and served as Chief of the Greek Armed Forces and Vice President of the Hellenic Republic. He supported the military regime that was established on April 21, 1967. Read more
22 Mar 1986: Olive Deering, American actress (born 1918) Olive Deering was an American actress of film, television, and stage, active from the late 1940s to the mid-1960s. She was a life member of The Actors Studio, as was her elder brother, Alfred Ryder. Read more
22 Mar 1985: Raoul Ubac, French painter, sculptor, photographer, and engraver (born 1910) Raoul Ubac was a French painter, sculptor, photographer and engraver. Read more
22 Mar 1985: Spyros Vassiliou, Greek painter, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer (born 1903) Spyros Vassiliou was a Greek painter, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer. He became widely recognized for his work starting in the 1930s, when he received the Benaki Prize from the Athens Academy. The recipient of a Guggenheim Prize for Greece, Spyros Vassiliou's works have been exhibited in galleries throughout Europe, in the United States, and Canada. Read more
22 Mar 1981: James Elliott, American runner and coach (born 1915)
James F. "Jumbo" Elliott was an American track and field coach, often considered to be one of the greatest of all time. His achievements include producing five Olympic gold medal winners between 1956 and 1968. Read more
22 Mar 1981: Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, 13th President of the Senate of the Philippines (born 1907) Gil Juco Puyat Sr. was a Filipino politician and businessman who served as a Senator of the Philippines from 1951 until 1972, when President Ferdinand Marcos shut Congress down and declared Martial Law, and as Senate President from 1967 to 1972, usurping the seat of Arturo Tolentino. Read more
22 Mar 1979: Ben Lyon, American actor and studio executive (born 1901) Ben Lyon was an American film actor and a studio executive at 20th Century-Fox who later acted in British radio, films and TV. Read more
22 Mar 1978: Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (born 1905) Karl Wallenda was a German-American high wire artist. He was the founder of The Flying Wallendas, a daredevil circus troupe whose members performed dangerous stunts far above the ground, often without a safety net. Read more
22 Mar 1977: A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (born 1904) Ayillyath Kuttiari Gopalan Nambiar, popularly known as A. K. Gopalan or AKG, was an Indian communist politician. He was one of 16 Communist Party of India members elected to the first Lok Sabha in 1952. Later he became one of the founding members of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). Read more
22 Mar 1976: John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (born 1898) John Dwyer McLaughlin was an American abstract painter. Based primarily in California, he was a pioneer in minimalism and hard-edge painting. Considered one of the most significant Californian postwar artists, McLaughlin painted a focused body of geometric works that are completely devoid of any connection to everyday experience and objects, inspired by the Japanese notion of the void. He aimed to create paintings devoid of any object hood including but not limited to a gestures, representations and figuration. This led him to the rectangle. Leveraging a technique of layering rectangular bars on adjacent planes, McLaughlin creates works that provoke introspection and, consequently, a greater understanding of one's relationship to nature. Read more
22 Mar 1974: Peter Revson, American race car driver (born 1939) Peter Jeffrey Revlon Revson was an American racing driver, who competed in Formula One between 1964 and 1974. Revson won two Formula One Grands Prix across five seasons. Read more
22 Mar 1974: Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer (born 1910) Orazio Satta Puliga was an Italian automobile designer of Sardinian ancestry known for several Alfa Romeo designs. Read more
22 Mar 1971: Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (born 1893) Johannes Leopold Villemson was an Estonian runner who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the first round of the 800 m and 1500 m events. Read more
22 Mar 1971: Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian (born 1886) Nella Walker was an American actress and vaudeville performer of the 1920s through the 1950s. Read more
22 Mar 1966: John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (born 1935) John Elvis Harlin II was an American alpinist and US Air Force pilot who was killed while making an ascent of the north face of the Eiger at age 30. Read more
22 Mar 1960: José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (born 1904) José Antonio Aguirre y Lecube was a Basque politician and activist in the Basque Nationalist Party. He was the first president of the Provisional Government of the Basque Country and the executive defense advisor during the Spanish Civil War. Under his mandate, the Provisional Government formed the Basque Army and fought for the Second Spanish Republic. Read more
22 Mar 1958: Mike Todd, American film producer (born 1909) Michael Todd was an American theater and film producer, celebrated for his 1956 Around the World in 80 Days, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture. Actress Elizabeth Taylor was his third wife. Todd was the third of Taylor's seven husbands, and the only one Taylor did not divorce. He died in a private plane accident a year after they married. He was the driving force behind the development of the eponymous Todd-AO widescreen film format. Read more
22 Mar 1955: Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (born 1892) Ivan Šubašić was a Croat politician, best known as the last Ban of Croatia and Prime Minister of the royalist Yugoslav Government in exile during the Second World War. Read more
22 Mar 1952: D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (born 1883) Don Stephen Senanayake was a Ceylonese statesman. He was the first Prime Minister of Ceylon, having emerged as the leader of the Sri Lankan independence movement that led to the establishment of self-rule in Ceylon. He is considered as the "Father of the Nation". Read more
22 Mar 1942: Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (born 1875) A cricket match was played as part of the 1900 Summer Olympics, which took place on 19–20 August at the Vélodrome de Vincennes between teams representing Great Britain and France. Read more
22 Mar 1942: William Donne, English captain and cricketer (born 1875) William Stephens Donne was an English cricket player, and former president of the Rugby Football Union, and was a member of the cricket team that won a gold medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics. Read more
22 Mar 1942: María Collazo, Uruguayan journalist and activist (born 1884) María Collazo was a Uruguayan educator and journalist. She was active in Buenos Aires and she was repatriated to Uruguay in 1907. Read more
22 Mar 1931: James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician (born 1851) James Henry Mussen Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy,, was an Irish lawyer, politician in the British Parliament and later in the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State. He was also Lord Chancellor of Ireland. Read more
22 Mar 1924: William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (born 1848) Sir William Macewen was a Scottish surgeon. He was a pioneer in modern brain surgery, considered the father of neurosurgery and contributed to the development of bone graft surgery, the surgical treatment of hernia and of pneumonectomy. Read more
22 Mar 1913: Song Jiaoren, Chinese educator and politician (born 1882) Song Jiaoren was a Chinese republican revolutionary, political leader and a founder of the Kuomintang (KMT). Song Jiaoren led the KMT to electoral victories in China's first democratic election. He based his appeal on the upper class gentry, landowners, and merchants. Historians have concluded that provisional president Yuan Shikai was responsible for his assassination on 22 March 1913. Read more
22 Mar 1913: Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (born 1864) Ruggero Oddi was an Italian physiologist and anatomist who was a native of Perugia. He is most well known for the sphincter of Oddi, which was named after him. Read more
22 Mar 1896: Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician (born 1822) Thomas Hughes was an English lawyer, judge, politician and author. He is most famous for his novel Tom Brown's School Days (1857), a semi-autobiographical work set at Rugby School, which Hughes had attended. It had a lesser-known sequel, Tom Brown at Oxford (1861). Read more
22 Mar 1881: Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (born 1793) Samuel Courtauld was an American-born British industrialist who developed his family firm, Courtaulds, to become eventually the world's largest textile company. Read more
22 Mar 1864: Konstanty Kalinowski, writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary (born 1838) Konstanty Kalinowski, or Wincenty Konstanty Kalinowski, was a Polish writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary. He was one of the leaders of the 1863 January Uprising on the lands of the former Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He is considered a national hero in Poland, Lithuania and Belarus. Particularly in Belarus, Kalinowski is revered as Father of the Nation and icon of Belarusian nationalism. Read more
22 Mar 1840: Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (born 1798) Étienne Bobillier was a French mathematician. Read more
22 Mar 1832: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (born 1749) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on literary, political, Christian views, and philosophical thought in the Western world from the late 18th century to the present. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre-director, and critic, Goethe wrote a wide range of works, including plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour. Read more
22 Mar 1820: Stephen Decatur, American commander (born 1779) Stephen Decatur Jr. was a United States Navy officer. He was born on the eastern shore of Maryland in Worcester County. His father, Stephen Decatur Sr., was a commodore in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War; he brought the younger Stephen into the world of ships and sailing early on. Shortly after attending college, Decatur followed in his father's footsteps and joined the U.S. Navy at age 19 as a midshipman. Read more

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