March 22 in history
Events on March 22
Notable events that happened on March 22 in past years.
- 2026
Air Canada Express Flight 8646, a Bombardier CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation, collided with a fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Two fatalities were reported, both being the captain and the co-pilot. This marked the first fatal accident involving a CRJ-900.
Wikipedia article: Air Canada Express Flight 8646 - 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.
Wikipedia article: Mueller special counsel investigation - 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.
Wikipedia article: 2016 Brussels bombings - 1997
Comet Hale–Bopp reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.
Wikipedia article: Comet Hale–Bopp - 1992
Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election.
Wikipedia article: Fall of communism in Albania - 1975
A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama, causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
Wikipedia article: Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant - 1957
A United States Air Force aircraft disappears with all 67 people on board somewhere over the Pacific Ocean.
Wikipedia article: United States Air Force - 1943
World War II: The entire village of Khatyn (in present-day Republic of Belarus) is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
Wikipedia article: Khatyn massacre - 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.
Wikipedia article: Cullen–Harrison Act - 1906
The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
Wikipedia article: England national rugby union team - 1873
The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
Wikipedia article: Cortes Generales - 1792
Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets: Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the Haitian Revolution.
Wikipedia article: Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets - 1638
Anne Hutchinson is expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony for religious dissent.
Wikipedia article: Anne Hutchinson - 1508
Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.
- 106
Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea.
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