On This Day: 22 March

22 March in Indian history

• 2020Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.India
• 1739Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.India

22 March in world history

• 2026Air 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 a
• 2024At least 145 people were killed and 551 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia.
• 2017Syrian civil war: Five hundred members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are airlifted south of the Euphrates by United States Air Force helicopters, beginning the Battle of Tabqa.
• 2004Ahmed 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 Hellfire missiles.
• 1995Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returned from the space station Mir aboard Soyuz TM-20 after 437 days in space, setting a record for the longest spaceflight.
• 1992USAir Flight 405 crashed in Flushing Bay shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, killing 27 people, and leading to studies into the effects of ice on aircraft.
• 1982NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
• 1943World War II: Almost the entire population of the village of Khatyn, in present-day Belarus, were massacred by Ukrainian and Belarusian Nazi collaborators.
• 1942Second World War: British and Italian naval forces fought the Second Battle of Sirte in the Gulf of Sidra north of Libya.
• 1920Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attack the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
• 1913Phan Xích Long, the self-proclaimed emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of French Indochina, which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.
• 1894The Stanley Cup ice hockey competition is held for the first time, in Montreal, Canada.
• 1871In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.
• 1765The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act, requiring that many printed materials in the Thirteen Colonies in British America carry a tax stamp.
• 1668Notable Privateer Henry Morgan lands in Cuba to raid and plunder the inland town of Puerto del Príncipe during the latter stages of the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660).
• 1638Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for her participation in the Antinomian Controversy.

Born on 22 March

• 1976Anna Iberszer, Polish actress, dancer, and choreographer
• 1924Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (died 1960)
• 1914John Stanley, American author and illustrator (died 1993)
• 1913Lew Wasserman, American businessman and talent agent (died 2002)
• 1869Emilio Aguinaldo, Filipino general and politician, 1st President of the Philippines (died 1964)
• 1367Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal (probable); (died 1399)

Died on 22 March

• 2010James Black, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1924)
• 2007U. G. Krishnamurti, Indian-Italian philosopher and educator (born 1918)India
• 2005Gemini Ganesan, Indian film actor (born 1920)India
• 2005Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (born 1913)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 22 March in history?

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 a. 2024: At least 145 people were killed and 551 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia. 2020: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19. 2017: Syrian civil war: Five hundred members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are airlifted south of the Euphrates by United States Air Force helicopters, beginning the Battle of Tabqa.

What happened on 22 March in Indian history?

2020: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19. 1739: Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.

Which famous people were born on 22 March?

Anna Iberszer, Polish actress, dancer, and choreographer (1976); Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite (died 1960) (1924); John Stanley, American author and illustrator (died 1993) (1914); Lew Wasserman, American businessman and talent agent (died 2002) (1913).

Which day is observed on 22 March?

World Water Day; Bihar Day (Bihar, India); Earliest day on which Easter Sunday can fall (last in 1818, will not happen again until 2285), while April 25 is the latest. (Christianity); Emancipation Day or Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud (Puerto Rico); World Water Day (International).