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

  • 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.
  • 1829 –
    The three protecting powers (United Kingdom, France and Russia) establish the borders of Greece.
  • 1849 –
    The Austrians defeat the Piedmontese at the Battle of Novara.
  • 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.
  • 1916 –
    The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored.
  • 1939 –
    World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.
  • 1943 –
    World War II: the entire population of Khatyn in Belarus is burnt alive by German occupation forces.
  • 1945 –
    The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
  • 1954 –
    Closed since 1939, the London bullion market reopens.
  • 1972 –
    The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.
  • 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.
  • 1989 –
    Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 2006 –
    Three Christian Peacemaker Team hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the death of their colleague, American Tom Fox.

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