About March 22

March 22, 2021 is the 81st day of the year 2021 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 284 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

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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 316 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On March 22

  • 238 –
    Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman Emperors.
  • 1621 –
    The Pilgrims of Plymouth Colony sign a peace treaty with Massasoit of the Wampanoags.
  • 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.
  • 1739 –
    Nadir Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
  • 1784 –
    The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.
  • 1849 –
    The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.
  • 1871 –
    In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
  • 1888 –
    In England, The Football League, the world’s oldest professional Association Football league, is founded.
  • 1894 –
    The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
  • 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.
  • 1984 –
    Teachers at the McMartin preschool in Manhattan Beach, California are charged with satanic ritual abuse of the children in the school. The charges are later dropped as completely unfounded.
  • 1993 –
    The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path.
  • 1995 –
    Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space.
  • 1997 –
    Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion women’s World Figure Skating Champion.
  • 1997 –
    The Comet Hale-Bopp has its closest approach to Earth.
  • 2006 –
    ETA, the armed Basque separatist group, declares a permanent ceasefire.
  • 2009 –
    Mount Redoubt, a volcano in Alaska begins erupting after a prolonged period of unrest.

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