March 22 is the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 284 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

238 – Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperors.

871 – Æthelred of Wessex defeats a Danish invasion army at the Battle of Marton.

1508 – Ferdinand II of Aragon commissions Amerigo Vespucci chief navigator of the Spanish Empire.

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, during the Second Anglo-Powhatan War.

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.

1713 – The Tuscarora War comes to an end with the fall of Fort Neoheroka, effectively opening up the interior of North Carolina to European colonization.

1739 – Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.

1765 – The British Parliament passes the Stamp Act that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its American colonies.

1784 – The Emerald Buddha is moved with great ceremony to its current location in Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand.

1829 – In the London Protocol, 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.

1871 – In North Carolina, William Woods Holden becomes the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office by impeachment.

1872 – Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment

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.

1906 – The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris

1912– The State of Bihar, India was formed out of the State of Bengal.

1916 – The last Emperor of China, Yuan Shikai, abdicates the throne and the Republic of China is restored.

1920 – Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).

1939 – World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania.

1942 – World War II: In the Mediterranean Sea, the Royal Navy confronts Italy's Regia Marina in the Second Battle of Sirte.

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.

1960 – Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser

1963 – The Beatles' first album, Please Please Me, is released in the United Kingdom.

1972 – The United States Congress sends the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for ratification.

1972 – In Eisenstadt v. Baird, the United States Supreme Court decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess contraceptives.

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.

1982 – NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.

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's skate accidentally slits his throat.

1992 – USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft.

1992 – Fall of communism in Albania: The Democratic Party of Albania wins a decisive majority in the parliamentary election.

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 Valeri 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 women's World Figure Skating Champion.

1997 – The Comet Hale–Bopp has its closest approach to Earth.

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 murder of their colleague, American Tom Fox.

2013 – At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand.

2014 – Forty-three people are killed in a mudslide near Oso, Washington.

2014 – At least 251 people die when a boat capsizes in Lake Albert.

 

Births

841 – Bernard Plantapilosa, French son of Bernard of Septimania (d. 885)

875 – William I, Duke of Aquitaine (d. 918)

1212 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1235)

1366 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom (d. 1399)

1394 – Ulugh Beg, Persian astronomer and mathematician (d. 1449)

1459 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)

1503 – Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian author and educator (d. 1583)

1599 – Anthony van Dyck, Flemish-English painter and etcher (d. 1641)

1609 – John II Casimir Vasa, Polish king (d. 1672)

1663 – August Hermann Francke, German clergyman, philanthropist, and scholar (d. 1727)

1684 – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War (d. 1764)

1712 – Edward Moore, English poet and playwright (d. 1757)

1720 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect, designed the Yellow Palace and Bernstorff Palace (d. 1799)

1723 – Charles Carroll, American lawyer and politician (d. 1783)

1728 – Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter and theorist (d. 1779)

1759 – Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1818)

1785 – Adam Sedgwick, English scientist (d. 1873)

1797 – William I, German Emperor (d. 1888)

1808 – David Swinson Maynard, American physician and lawyer (d. 1873)

1812 – Stephen Pearl Andrews, American author and activist (d. 1886)

1814 – Thomas Crawford, American sculptor, designed the Statue of Freedom (d. 1857)

1817 – Braxton Bragg, American general (d. 1876)

1818 – John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer, founded Penwortham (d. 1846)

1837 – Virginia Oldoini, Countess of Castiglione (d. 1899)

1842 – Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1912)

1846 – Randolph Caldecott, English illustrator and painter (d. 1886)

1846 – James Timberlake, American lieutenant, police officer, and farmer (d. 1891)

1852 – Otakar Ševčík, Czech violinist and educator (d. 1934)

1852 – Hector Sévin, French cardinal (d. 1916)

1857 – Paul Doumer, French mathematician, journalist, and politician, 14th President of France (d. 1932)

1866 – Jack Boyle, American baseball player and umpire (d. 1913)

1868 – Robert Andrews Millikan, American colonel and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)

1869 – Tom McInnes, Scottish-English footballer (d. 1939)

1873 – Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter (d. 1939)

1878 – Michel Théato, Luxembourgian-French runner (d. 1919)

1880 – Ernest C. Quigley, Canadian-American football player and coach (d. 1960)

1884 – Arthur H. Vandenberg, American journalist and politician (d. 1951)

1885 – Aryeh Levin, Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and educator (d. 1969)

1886 – August Rei, Estonian lawyer and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d. 1963)

1887 – Chico Marx, American actor and singer (d. 1961)

1890 – George Clark, American racing driver (d. 1978)

1892 – Johannes Semper, Estonian poet and scholar (d. 1970)

1896 – He Long, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (d. 1969)

1896 – Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian-American actor (d. 1964)

1899 – Ruth Page, American ballerina and choreographer (d. 1991)

1901 – Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter (d. 1991)

1902 – Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory (d. 1949)

1902 – Madeleine Milhaud, French actress and composer (d. 2008)

1903 – Bill Holman, American cartoonist (d. 1987)

1907 – James M. Gavin, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France (d. 1990)

1908 – Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (d. 1991)

1908 – Louis L'Amour, American author and poet (d. 1988)

1909 – Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author and educator (d. 1983)

1910 – Nicholas Monsarrat, English sailor and author (d. 1979)

1912 – Wilfrid Brambell, Irish-English actor (d. 1985)

1912 – Karl Malden, American actor, singer, and director (d. 2009)

1912 – Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator (d. 2004)

1912 – Leslie Johnson, English race car driver (d. 1959)

1913 – Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (d. 2001)

1913 – Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)

1913 – Lew Wasserman, American businessman and talent agent (d. 2002)

1914 – John Stanley, American author and illustrator (d. 1993)

1914 – Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, English businessman (d. 2008)

1917 – Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004)

1917 – Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 2006)

1917 – Paul Rogers, English actor (d. 2013)

1918 – Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana (d. 1997)

1919 – Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator (d. 1990)

1920 – James Brown, American actor and singer (d. 1992)

1920 – Werner Klemperer, German-American actor and singer (d. 2000)

1920 – Ross Martin, Polish-American actor and director (d. 1981)

1920 – Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island (d. 1995)

1920 – Fanny Waterman, English pianist and educator, founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition

1921 – Nino Manfredi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2004)

1922 – John J. Gilligan, American lieutenant and politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio (d. 2013)

1922 – Stewart Stern, American screenwriter (d. 2015)

1923 – Carmen Filpi, American actor (d. 2003)

1923 – Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (d. 2007)

1924 – Al Neuharth, American journalist and author, founded USA Today (d. 2013)

1924 – Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian colonel, pilot, and engineer (d. 1960)

1924 – Bill Roost, English footballer (d. 2013)

1924 – Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)

1924 – Bill Wendell, American television announcer (d. 1999)

1925 – Gilles Pelletier, Canadian actor

1927 – Marty Blake, American basketball player and manager (d. 2013)

1928 – Carrie Donovan, American journalist (d. 2001)

1928 – E. D. Hirsch, American author, critic, and academic

1928 – Ed Macauley, American basketball player, coach, and priest (d. 2011)

1929 – Mort Drucker, American illustrator

1929 – Yayoi Kusama, Japanese painter and sculptor

1930 – Derek Bok, American lawyer and academic

1930 – Pat Robertson, American minister and broadcaster, founded the Christian Broadcasting Network

1930 – Stephen Sondheim, American composer and songwriter

1931 – Burton Richter, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

1931 – William Shatner, Canadian-American actor, singer, director, and producer

1931 – Leslie Thomas, Welsh journalist and author (d. 2014)

1932 – Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (d. 2014)

1932 – Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (d. 2010)

1933 – Abolhassan Banisadr, Iranian economist and politician, 1st President of Iran

1933 – May Britt, Swedish-American actress

1934 – Sheila Cameron, English lawyer and judge

1934 – Orrin Hatch, American lawyer and politician

1934 – Kyosen Ōhashi, Japanese television host and writer

1935 – Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire (d. 2013)

1935 – M. Emmet Walsh, American actor

1936 – Ron Carey, American trade union leader (d. 2008)

1936 – Roger Whittaker, Kenyan-English singer-songwriter and guitarist

1936 – Erol Büyükburç, Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor (d. 2015)

1937 – Angelo Badalamenti, American pianist and composer

1937 – Armin Hary, German sprinter

1937 – Jon Hassell, American trumpet player and composer

1938 – Rein Etruk, Estonian chess player (d. 2012)

1940 – Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player

1940 – Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author (d. 1996)

1941 – Billy Collins, American poet, author, and academic

1941 – Jeremy Clyde, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Chad & Jeremy)

1941 – Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor

1941 – Cassam Uteem, Mauritian politician, 2nd President of Mauritius

1942 – Jorge Ben Jor, Brazilian singer-songwriter

1942 – Dick Pound, Canadian lawyer and academic

1943 – George Benson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Fuse One)

1943 – Nazem Ganjapour, Iranian footballer and manager (d. 2013)

1943 – Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Yardbirds, Renaissance, and Armaggedon) (d. 1976)

1945 – Eric Roth, American screenwriter and producer

1945 – Peter Williams, English physicist and academic

1946 – Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach

1946 – Richard Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Worcester, English journalist and politician

1946 – Rivka Golani, Israeli viola player and composer

1946 – Rudy Rucker, American mathematician, computer scientist, and author

1946 – Harry Vanda, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (The Easybeats and Vanda & Young)

1947 – George Ferguson, English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol

1947 – James Patterson, American author and producer

1947 – Maarten van Gent, Dutch basketball player and coach

1948 – Wolf Blitzer, German-American journalist

1948 – Randy Jo Hobbs, American bass player (The McCoys and Montrose) (d. 1993)

1948 – Andrew Lloyd Webber, English director and composer

1949 – Fanny Ardant, French actress, director, and screenwriter

1949 – Brian Hanrahan, English journalist (d. 2010)

1950 – Goran Bregović, Bosnian guitarist and songwriter (Bijelo Dugme and Jutro)

1952 – Des Browne, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland

1952 – Bob Costas, American talk show host and sportscaster

1952 – Jay Dee Daugherty, American drummer and songwriter (The Church)

1955 – James House, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 – Lena Olin, Swedish actress

1955 – Pete Sessions, American politician

1955 – Valdis Zatlers, Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia

1957 – Jürgen Bucher, German footballer

1957 – Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer

1958 – Wayne Bloom, American wrestler

1958 – Laurie David, American blogger, activist, and producer

1958 – Pete Wylie, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Crucial Three and The Spitfire Boys)

1959 – Carlton Cuse, Mexican-American screenwriter and producer

1959 – Avraham Fried, American singer-songwriter

1959 – Matthew Modine, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

1960 – Tarmo Laht, Estonian architect

1960 – Lauri Vahtre, Estonian historian and politician

1962 – Villano V, Mexican wrestler

1963 – Deborah Bull, English ballerina

1963 – Francesco Quinn, Italian-American actor (d. 2011)

1963 – Susan Ann Sulley, British singer (The Human League)

1964 – El Felino, Mexican wrestler

1964 – David Gillespie, Australian rugby league player

1966 – Pia Cayetano, Filipino lawyer and politician

1966 – Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2015)

1966 – Paul Midgley, English scientist and academic

1966 – Artis Pabriks, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Minister for Defence of Latvia

1966 – António Pinto, Portuguese runner

1966 – Brian Shaw, American basketball player and coach

1967 – Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist

1967 – Bernie Gallacher, Scottish-English footballer (d. 2011)

1968 – Euronymous, Norwegian guitarist and producer (Mayhem) (d. 1993)

1968 – Arve Henriksen, Norwegian trumpet player and composer

1970 – Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer-songwriter

1970 – Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist

1970 – Hwang Young-cho, South Korean runner

1971 – Keegan-Michael Key, American actor, comedian, and writer

1972 – Shawn Bradley, German-American basketball player, coach, and actor

1972 – Cory Lidle, American baseball player (d. 2006)

1972 – Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater and sportscaster

1973 – Beverley Knight, English singer-songwriter and producer

1973 – Joe Nedney, American football player and coach

1973 – Christopher Wheeldon, English dancer and choreographer

1974 – Marcus Camby, American basketball player

1974 – Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer

1974 – Kidada Jones, American actress and fashion designer

1974 – Gert Peens, South African-Italian rugby player

1975 – Anne Dudek, American actress

1975 – Steinar Raknes, Norwegian bassist

1975 – Jason Fletcher, American sports agent

1975 – Cole Hauser, American actor and producer

1975 – Jiří Novák, Czech-Monacan tennis player

1976 – Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player

1976 – Kathryn Jean Lopez, American journalist

1976 – Asako Toki, Japanese singer-songwriter

1976 – Kellie Shanygne Williams, American actress

1976 – Reese Witherspoon, American actress and producer

1977 – John Otto, Canadian-American drummer (Limp Bizkit)

1977 – Joey Porter, American football player and coach

1977 – Tom Poti, American ice hockey player

1979 – Aaron North, American guitarist (Jubilee and The Icarus Line)

1979 – Staņislavs Olijars, Latvian hurdler

1979 – Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player

1979 – Takeshi Yoshioka, Japanese actor

1980 – Shannon Bex, American singer-songwriter and dancer (Danity Kane)

1981 – Arne Gabius, German runner

1982 – Piá, Brazilian footballer

1982 – Enrico Gasparotto, Italian cyclist

1982 – Michael Janyk, Canadian skier

1982 – Kyle Kingsbury, American mixed martial artist

1984 – Piotr Trochowski, German footballer

1985 – Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer

1985 – Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist

1985 – Mike Jenkins, American football player

1985 – Justin Masterson, American baseball player

1985 – Kelli Waite, Australian swimmer

1985 – Chris Wallace, American singer-songwriter and producer (The White Tie Affair)

1986 – Jeon Boram, South Korean singer and actress (T-ara)

1986 – David Choi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1987 – Björn Barrefors, Swedish decathlete

1987 – Ike Davis, American baseball player

1987 – Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist (d. 2013)

1987 – Liam Doran, British rally cross driver

1988 – Noriko Kijima, Japanese model and actress

1988 – Rottyful Sky, South Korean singer and actress (d. 2013)

1989 – Ben King, American cyclist

1989 – Eva Pereira, Cape Verdean runner

1989 – Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer

1989 – J. J. Watt, American football player

1990 – Lisa Mitchell, English-Australian singer-songwriter

1992 – Jessie Andrews, American porn actress and DJ

1994 – Kolohe Andino, American surfer

1994 – Aliaksandra Sasnovich, Belarusian tennis player

1994 – Atsushi Shiramata, Japanese actor

1995 – Nick Robinson, American actor

1997 – María Fernanda Herazo, Colombian tennis player

 

Deaths

1322 – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward of England (b. 1278)

1418 – Dietrich of Nieheim, German bishop and historian (b. 1345)

1421 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward of England (b. 1388)

1471 – George of Poděbrady (b. 1420)

1544 – Johannes Magnus, Swedish archbishop and theologian (b. 1488)

1602 – Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and educator (b. 1557)

1685 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan (b. 1638)

1687 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and conductor (b. 1632)

1699 – William Chaloner, English serial counterfeit coiner and confidence trickster (b. c. 1650s)

1758 – Jonathan Edwards, American minister, theologian, and philosopher (b. 1703)

1758 – Richard Leveridge, English singer-songwriter (b. 1670)

1772 – John Canton, English physicist and academic (b. 1718)

1820 – Stephen Decatur, American commander (b. 1779)

1832 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German author, poet, playwright, and politician (b. 1749)

1863 – Opothleyahola, American tribal chief (b. 1796)

1840 – Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic (b. 1798)

1881 – Samuel Courtauld, English businessman (b. 1793)

1896 – Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician (b. 1822)

1913 – Song Jiaoren, Chinese educator and politician (b. 1882)

1913 – Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist (b.1864)

1924 – William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (b. 1848)

1942 – Frederick Cuming, English cricketer (b. 1875)

1942 – William Donne, English captain and cricketer (b. 1875)

1945 – John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge (b. 1857)

1952 – Uncle Dave Macon, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (b. 1870)

1955 – Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1892)

1958 – Mike Todd, American film producer (b. 1909)

1960 – José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country (b. 1904)

1966 – John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot (b. 1935)

1971 – Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner (b. 1893)

1974 – Peter Revson, American race car driver (b. 1939)

1976 – John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter (b. 1898)

1977 – A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician (b. 1904)

1978 – Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas (b. 1905)

1979 – Ben Lyon, American actor and studio executive (b. 1901)

1981 – James Elliott, American runner and coach (b. 1915)

1981 – Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, 13th President of the Senate of the Philippines (b. 1907)

1986 – Olive Deering, American actress (b. 1918)

1986 – Mark Dinning, American singer (b. 1933)

1986 – Charles Starrett, American actor and singer (b. 1903)

1987 – Odysseas Angelis, Greek general and politician (b. 1912)

1990 – Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer and academic (b. 1928)

1991 – Léon Balcer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Solicitor General of Canada (b. 1917)

1991 – Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (b. 1908)

1991 – Dave Guard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1934)

1991 – Gloria Holden, English-American actress (b. 1908)

1993 – Samiha Ayverdi, Turkish mystic and author (b. 1905)

1993 – Steve Olin, American baseball player (b. 1965)

1994 – Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter, and producer (b. 1950)

1994 – Walter Lantz, American animator, director, and producer (b. 1900)

1996 – Don Murray, American drummer (The Turtles) (b. 1945)

1996 – Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1936)

1996 – Billy Williamson, American guitarist (Bill Haley & His Comets) (b. 1925)

1999 – Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic (b. 1913)

1999 – David Strickland, American actor (b. 1969)

2000 – Carlo Parola, Italian footballer and manager (b. 1921)

2001 – Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach (b. 1925)

2001 – Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot (b. 1913)

2001 – William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera (b. 1910)

2001 – Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (b. 1910)

2002 – Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor (b. 1917)

2003 – Terry Lloyd, English journalist (b. 1952)

2004 – Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer and academic (b. 1943)

2004 – Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian spiritual leader, co-founded Hamas (b. 1937)

2005 – Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter (Foghat) (b. 1947)

2005 – Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (b. 1913)

2006 – Pierre Clostermann, French soldier, pilot, and politician (b. 1921)

2006 – Pío Leyva, Cuban singer and author (b. 1917)

2006 – Kurt von Trojan, Austrian-Australian journalist and author (b. 1937)

2007 – U. G. Krishnamurti, Indian-Italian philosopher and educator (b. 1918)

2008 – Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer (b. 1918)

2009 – Steve Doll, American wrestler (b. 1960)

2009 – Jade Goody, English television personality and author, contestant on Big Brother (b. 1981)

2009 – Abismo Negro, Mexican wrestler and trainer (b. 1971)

2010 – James Black, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1924)

2010 – Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman (b. 1943)

2011 – Artur Agostinho, Portuguese journalist (b. 1920)

2011 – Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer (b. 1926)

2012 – Joe Blanchard, American football player and wrestler (b. 1928)

2012 – Johnny McCauley, Irish-English singer-songwriter (b. 1925)

2012 – John Payton, American lawyer and activist (b. 1946)

2012 – Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (b. 1925)

2012 – Mickey Sullivan, American baseball player and coach (b. 1932)

2012 – David Waltz, American computer scientist and academic (b. 1943)

2012 – Neil L. Whitehead, English anthropologist and author (b. 1956)

2013 – Vladimír Čech, Czech actor and politician (b. 1951)

2013 – Fred Jones, Welsh footballer (b. 1938)

2013 – James Nabrit, American lawyer and academic (b. 1932)

2013 – Christa Speck, Polish-American model and actress (b. 1942)

2013 – Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist and composer (b. 1918)

2013 – Derek Watkins, English trumpet player and composer (b. 1945)

2013 – Ray Williams, American basketball player and coach (b. 1954)

2014 – Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, Indian author (b. 1928)

2014 – Mickey Duff, Polish-English boxer and manager (b. 1929)

2014 – Thor Listau, Norwegian soldier and politician (b. 1938)

2014 – Tasos Mitsopoulos, Cypriot politician, Cypriot Minister of Defence (b. 1965)

2014 – Patrice Wymore, American-Jamaican actress and singer (b. 1926)

2015 – Arkady Arkanov, Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright (b. 1933)

2015 – Horst Buhtz, German footballer and manager (b. 1923)

2015 – George Neel, Jr., American businessman (b. 1930)

2015 – Norman Scribner, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1936)

 

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:

Basil of Ancyra

Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen

Darerca of Ireland

Epaphroditus

Jonathan Edwards (Lutheranism)

Lea of Rome

Nicholas Owen

Paul of Narbonne

March 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Day of the People's Party (Laos)

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)

Nevruz Day (Albania)

World Water Day (International)