About March 22
March 22, 2024 is the 82nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 284 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
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Aries is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 313 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On March 22
- 1621 –The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
- 1622 –Jamestown massacre: Algonquian Indians kill 347 English settlers around Jamestown, Virginia, a third of the colony’s population.
- 1630 –The Massachusetts Bay Colony outlaws the possession of cards, dice, and gaming tables.
- 1638 –Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
- 1765 –The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.
- 1809 –Charles XIII succeeds Gustav IV Adolf to the Swedish throne.
- 1829 –The three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
- 1871 –In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
- 1873 –A law is approved by the Spanish National Assembly in Puerto Rico to abolish slavery.
- 1894 –The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
- 1939 –World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
- 1942 –World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy’s Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.
- 1945 –The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
- 1960 –Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser
- 1975 –A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
- 1978 –Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas dies after falling off a tight-rope between two hotels in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
- 1992 –USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after liftoff from New York City’s LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.
- 1997 –Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion women’s World Figure Skating Champion.
- 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 AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles.
- 2009 –Mount Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska begins erupting after a prolonged period of unrest.
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