22 Mairch

The 22nt o Mairch is the 81st day o the year (82nt in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 284 days ti come.

 Events 
238 - Gordian I an Gordian II become Roman Emperors.
1818 - Maist recent occurence o Pace on this date in Wastren Christianity.
1829 - The Lunnon Protocol establishes the borders o Greece.
1912 - In Indie, the state o Bihar is creatit.
1944 - Warld War II: A bombin raid on the ceety o Frankfurt kills 1,001 fowk.
1945 - The Arab League is foondit.
1960 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow an Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for lasers.
1995 - Valeri Polyakov returns tae the Yird efter a record-417 consecutive days in space.
1997 - Comet Hale-Bopp maks the closest approach tae the Yird.
2014 - Ower 251 fowk die when a boat capsizes on Loch Albert in East Africae.
2014 - A mudslide in Oso, Washington, US, kills 43 fowk.
2016 - 2016 Brussels bombins: Bombs are detonatit at the airport an main metro station in Brussels, Belgium, killin at least 34 fowk.
2017 - 2017 Wastmeenster attack: 5 fowk (incluidin the attacker) are kilt in a car-rammin an stabbin attack in Wastmeenster.

 Births 
1394 – Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler (d. 1449)
1459 – Maximilian I, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1519)
1599 – Anthony van Dyck, Flemish penter (d. 1641)
1728 – Anton Raphael Mengs, German penter (d. 1779)
1797 – William I, German Emperor (d. 1888)
1857 – Paul Doumer, Preses o Fraunce (d. 1932)
1868 – Robert Andrews Millikan, American pheesicist (d. 1953)
1869 – Emilio Aguinaldo, Preses o the Philippines (d. 1964)
1912 – Karl Malden, American actor (d. 2009)
1923 – Marcel Marceau, French mime airtist (d. 2007)
1930 – Stephen Sondheim, American componer
1931 – Burton Richter, American pheesicist (d. 2018)
1931 – William Shatner, Canadian actor
1934 – Orrin Hatch, American politeecian
1948 – Andrew Lloyd Webber, Inglis componer
1950 – Jocky Wilson, Scots dairts player (d. 2012) 
1955 – Valdis Zatlers, umwhile Preses o Latvie
1963 – Martin Vizcarra, Preses o Peru
1969 – Robert Halfon, Inglis politeecian
1976 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress
1992 – Simon Murray, Scots fitbawer

 Daiths 
1687 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, French componer (b. 1632)
1832 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German author and politeecian (b. 1749)
1875 – Alexander Thomson, Scots airchitect an airchitectural theorist (b. 1817)
1924 – William Macewen, Scots surgeon (b. 1848)
2009 – Jade Goody, Inglish reality shaw contestant on Big Brother (b. 1981)
2010 – James W. Black, Scots medicinar an medical researcher (b. 1924)

 Halidays 
 Warld Watter Day
 Earliest possible date for Pace - last in 1818, next in 2285

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Category:Days o the year