March 22

Events

• 106 - Start of the Bostran era, the calendar of the province of Arabia Petraea.
• 238 - Gordian I and his son Gordian II are proclaimed Roman emperors.
• 871 - Æthelred of Wessex is defeated by 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: Algonquians 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 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 - The Spanish National Assembly abolishes slavery in Puerto Rico.
• 1894 - The first playoff game for the Stanley Cup starts.
• 1895 - Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology publicly for the first time.
• 1906 - The first England vs France rugby union match is played at Parc des Princes in Paris.
• 1913 - Mystic Phan 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.
• 1920 - Azeri and Turkish army soldiers with participation of Kurdish gangs attacked the Armenian inhabitants of Shushi.
• 1933 - Cullen–Harrison Act: President Franklin Roosevelt signs an amendment to the Volstead Act, legalizing the manufacture and sale of "3.2 beer" and light wines.
• 1939 - 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 village of Khatyn is burnt alive by Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.
• 1945 - World War II: The city of Hildesheim, Germany heavily damaged in a British air raid, though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.
• 1945 - The Arab League is founded when a charter is adopted in Cairo, Egypt.
• 1960 - Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes receive the first patent for a laser.
• 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 suspended 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.
• 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, 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, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
• 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 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 from the U.S., 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.
• 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.
• 2017 - A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
• 2019 - Robert S. Mueller III delivers his report on the Russian government's influence on the election of Donald Trump in the 2016 United States presidential election.
• 2019 - Two buses crashes in Kitampo, a town north of Ghana's capital Accra, killing at least 50 people.
• 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.

  Births

• 841 - Bernard Plantapilosa, Frankish son of Bernard of Septimania
• 875 - William I, Duke of Aquitaine
• 1212 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan
• 1367 - Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician, Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom
• 1394 - Ulugh Beg, Persian astronomer and mathematician
• 1459 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor
• 1499 - Johann Carion, German astrologer and chronicler
• 1503 - Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian author and educator
• 1517 - Gioseffo Zarlino, Italian composer
• 1519 - Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, English noblewoman
• 1582 - John Williams, Archbishop of York
• 1599 - Anthony van Dyck, Flemish-English painter and etcher
• 1609 - John II Casimir Vasa, Polish king
• 1615 - Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, British scientist
• 1663 - August Hermann Francke, German clergyman, philanthropist, and scholar
• 1684 - William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, English politician, Secretary at War
• 1712 - Edward Moore, English poet and playwright
• 1720 - Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect, designed the Yellow Palace and Bernstorff Palace
• 1723 - Charles Carroll, American lawyer and politician
• 1728 - Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter and theorist
• 1785 - Adam Sedgwick, English scientist
• 1797 - William I, German Emperor
• 1808 - Caroline Norton, English feminist, social reformer, and author
• 1808 - David Swinson Maynard, American physician and lawyer
• 1812 - Stephen Pearl Andrews, American author and activist
• 1814 - Thomas Crawford, American sculptor, designed the Statue of Freedom
• 1817 - Braxton Bragg, American general
• 1818 - John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-Australian explorer, founded Penwortham
• 1822 - Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, Ottoman sociologist, historian, scholar, statesman and jurist
• 1842 - Mykola Lysenko, Ukrainian pianist, composer, and conductor
• 1846 - Randolph Caldecott, English illustrator and painter
• 1846 - James Timberlake, American lieutenant, police officer, and farmer
• 1852 - Otakar Ševčík, Czech violinist and educator
• 1852 - Hector Sévin, French cardinal
• 1855 - Dorothy Tennant, British painter
• 1857 - Paul Doumer, French mathematician, journalist, and politician, 14th President of France
• 1866 - Jack Boyle, American baseball player and umpire
• 1868 - Robert Andrews Millikan, American colonel and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1869 - Tom McInnes, Scottish-English footballer
• 1873 - Ernest Lawson, Canadian-American painter
• 1880 - Ernest C. Quigley, Canadian-American football player and coach
• 1884 - Arthur H. Vandenberg, American journalist and politician
• 1884 - Lyda Borelli, Italian actress
• 1885 - Aryeh Levin, Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and educator
• 1886 - August Rei, Estonian lawyer and politician, Head of State of Estonia
• 1887 - Chico Marx, American actor
• 1890 - George Clark, American race car driver
• 1892 - Charlie Poole, American country banjo player
• 1892 - Johannes Semper, Estonian poet and scholar
• 1896 - He Long, Chinese general and politician, 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China
• 1896 - Joseph Schildkraut, Austrian-American actor
• 1899 - Ruth Page, American ballerina and choreographer
• 1901 - Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter
• 1902 - Johannes Brinkman, Dutch architect, designed the Van Nelle Factory
• 1902 - Madeleine Milhaud, French actress and composer
• 1903 - Bill Holman, American cartoonist
• 1907 - James M. Gavin, American general and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France
• 1908 - Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player
• 1908 - Louis L'Amour, American novelist and short story writer
• 1909 - Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author and educator
• 1910 - Nicholas Monsarrat, English sailor and author
• 1912 - Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor and performer
• 1912 - Karl Malden, American actor
• 1912 - Agnes Martin, Canadian-American painter and educator
• 1912 - Leslie Johnson, English race car driver
• 1913 - Tom McCall, American journalist and politician, 30th Governor of Oregon
• 1913 - Lew Wasserman, American businessman and talent agent
• 1913 - James Westerfield, American actor
• 1914 - John Stanley, American author and illustrator
• 1914 - Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, English businessman
• 1917 - Virginia Grey, American actress
• 1917 - Irving Kaplansky, Canadian-American mathematician and academic
• 1917 - Paul Rogers, English actor
• 1918 - Cheddi Jagan, Guyanese politician, 4th President of Guyana
• 1919 - Bernard Krigstein, American illustrator
• 1920 - James Brown, American actor and singer
• 1920 - Werner Klemperer, German-American actor
• 1920 - Lloyd MacPhail, Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island
• 1920 - Fanny Waterman, English pianist and educator, founded the Leeds International Pianoforte Competition
• 1920 - Katsuko Saruhashi, Japanese geochemist
• 1920 - Ross Martin, American actor
• 1921 - Nino Manfredi, Italian actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1922 - John J. Gilligan, American lieutenant and politician, 62nd Governor of Ohio
• 1922 - Stewart Stern, American screenwriter
• 1923 - Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor
• 1924 - Al Neuharth, American journalist and author, founded USA Today
• 1924 - Yevgeny Ostashev, Russian test pilot, participant in the launch of the first artificial Earth satellite
• 1924 - Osman F. Seden, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1924 - Bill Wendell, American television announcer
• 1927 - Marty Blake, American basketball player and manager
• 1927 - Nicolas Tikhomiroff, Russian photographer
• 1928 - Carrie Donovan, American journalist
• 1928 - E. D. Hirsch, American author, critic, and academic
• 1928 - Ed Macauley, American basketball player, coach, and priest
• 1929 - Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist
• 1929 - P. Ramlee, Malaysian actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer.
• 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 actor
• 1931 - Leslie Thomas, Welsh journalist and author
• 1932 - Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands
• 1932 - Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist
• 1933 - Abolhassan Banisadr, Iranian economist and politician, 1st President of Iran
• 1934 - May Britt, Swedish actress
• 1934 - Sheila Cameron, English lawyer and judge
• 1934 - Orrin Hatch, American lawyer and politician
• 1935 - Lea Pericoli, Italian tennis player and journalist
• 1935 - Frank Pulli, American baseball player and umpire
• 1935 - M. Emmet Walsh, American actor
• 1936 - Ron Carey, American trade union leader
• 1936 - Roger Whittaker, Kenyan-English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1936 - Erol Büyükburç, Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor
• 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
• 1940 - Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1940 - Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician and author
• 1940 - George Edward Alcorn, Jr. American physicist and inventor
• 1941 - Billy Collins, American poet
• 1941 - Jeremy Clyde, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 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
• 1943 - Nazem Ganjapour, Iranian footballer and manager
• 1943 - Keith Relf, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1945 - Eric Roth, American screenwriter and producer
• 1946 - Don Chaney, American basketball player and coach
• 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
• 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 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, English composer and director
• 1949 - Fanny Ardant, French actress, director, and screenwriter
• 1949 - Brian Hanrahan, English journalist
• 1952 - Des Browne, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1953 - Kenneth Rogoff, American economist and chess grandmaster
• 1955 - Lena Olin, Swedish actress
• 1955 - Pete Sessions, American politician
• 1955 - Valdis Zatlers, Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia
• 1956 - Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
• 1957 - Jürgen Bucher, German footballer
• 1957 - Stephanie Mills, American actress and singer
• 1959 - Matthew Modine, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 - Tarmo Laht, Estonian architect
• 1960 - Lauri Vahtre, Estonian historian and politician
• 1961 - Simon Furman, British comic book writer
• 1963 - Deborah Bull, English ballerina
• 1963 - Susan Ann Sulley, English pop singer
• 1963 - Martin Vizcarra, Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru
• 1964 - David Gillespie, Australian rugby league player
• 1966 - Pia Cayetano, Filipino lawyer and politician
• 1966 - Todd Ewen, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 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
• 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
• 1972 - Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater and sportscaster
• 1973 - Beverley Knight, English singer-songwriter and producer
• 1974 - Marcus Camby, American basketball player
• 1974 - Philippe Clement, Belgian footballer
• 1974 - Geo Meneses, Mexican producer and singer
• 1975 - Cole Hauser, American actor and producer
• 1975 - Jiří Novák, Czech-Monegasque 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 - Joey Porter, American football player and coach
• 1977 - Tom Poti, American ice hockey player
• 1979 - Aaron North, American guitarist
• 1979 - Juan Uribe, Dominican baseball player
• 1981 - Arne Gabius, German runner
• 1982 - Piá, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 - Enrico Gasparotto, Italian cyclist
• 1982 - Michael Janyk, Canadian skier
• 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
• 1986 - David Choi, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1986 - Dexter Fowler, American baseball player
• 1987 - Ike Davis, American baseball player
• 1987 - Jairo Mora Sandoval, Costa Rican environmentalist
• 1987 - Liam Doran, British rally cross driver
• 1989 - Ruben Popa, Romanian footballer
• 1989 - J. J. Watt, American football player
• 1989 - Tyler Oakley, American internet celebrity

  Deaths

• 880 - Carloman of Bavaria, Frankish king
• 1144 - William of Norwich, child murder victim
• 1322 - Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, English politician, Lord High Steward of England
• 1418 - Dietrich of Nieheim, German bishop and historian
• 1421 - Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, English soldier and politician, Lord High Steward of England
• 1454 - John Kemp, Archbishop of Canterbury
• 1471 - George of Poděbrady
• 1544 - Johannes Magnus, Swedish archbishop and theologian
• 1602 - Agostino Carracci, Italian painter and educator
• 1685 - Emperor Go-Sai of Japan
• 1687 - Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and conductor
• 1758 - Jonathan Edwards, English minister, theologian, and philosopher
• 1772 - John Canton, English physicist and academic
• 1820 - Stephen Decatur, American commander
• 1832 - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat
• 1840 - Étienne Bobillier, French mathematician and academic
• 1864 - Konstanty Kalinowski, writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary
• 1881 - Samuel Courtauld, English businessman
• 1896 - Thomas Hughes, English lawyer and politician
• 1913 - Song Jiaoren, Chinese educator and politician
• 1913 - Ruggero Oddi, Italian physiologist and anatomist
• 1924 - William Macewen, Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist
• 1931 - James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, Irish lawyer and politician
• 1942 - Frederick Cuming, English cricketer
• 1942 - William Donne, English captain and cricketer
• 1945 - John Hessin Clarke, American lawyer and judge
• 1952 - D. S. Senanayake, 1st Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
• 1955 - Ivan Šubašić, Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Yugoslavia
• 1958 - Mike Todd, American film producer
• 1960 - José Antonio Aguirre, Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st President of the Basque Country
• 1966 - John Harlin, American mountaineer and pilot
• 1971 - Johannes Villemson, Estonian-American runner
• 1971 - Nella Walker, American actress and vaudevillian
• 1974 - Peter Revson, American race car driver
• 1974 - Orazio Satta Puliga, Italian automobile designer
• 1976 - John Dwyer McLaughlin, American painter
• 1977 - A. K. Gopalan, Indian educator and politician
• 1978 - Karl Wallenda, German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas
• 1979 - Ben Lyon, American actor and studio executive
• 1981 - James Elliott, American runner and coach
• 1981 - Gil Puyat, Filipino businessman and politician, 13th President of the Senate of the Philippines
• 1986 - Olive Deering, American actress
• 1986 - Mark Dinning, American singer
• 1987 - Odysseas Angelis, Greek general and politician
• 1989 - Peta Taylor, English cricketer
• 1990 - Gerald Bull, Canadian engineer and academic
• 1991 - Léon Balcer, Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th Solicitor General of Canada
• 1991 - Paul Engle, American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic
• 1991 - Dave Guard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1991 - Gloria Holden, English-American actress
• 1993 - Steve Olin, American baseball player
• 1994 - Dan Hartman, American singer-songwriter, and producer
• 1994 - Walter Lantz, American animator, director, and producer
• 1996 - Don Murray, American drummer
• 1996 - Robert F. Overmyer, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 1996 - Billy Williamson, American guitarist
• 1999 - Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, English historian and academic
• 1999 - David Strickland, American actor
• 2000 - Carlo Parola, Italian footballer and manager
• 2001 - Stepas Butautas, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 2001 - Sabiha Gökçen, Turkish soldier and pilot
• 2001 - William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded Hanna-Barbera
• 2001 - Robert Fletcher Shaw, Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant
• 2002 - Rudolf Baumgartner, Swiss violinist and conductor
• 2003 - Terry Lloyd, English journalist
• 2004 - Janet Akyüz Mattei, Turkish-American astronomer and academic
• 2004 - Ahmed Yassin, Co-founded Hamas
• 2004 - V. M. Tarkunde, Indian lawyer and civil rights activist
• 2005 - Rod Price, English guitarist and songwriter
• 2005 - Gemini Ganesan, Indian film actor
• 2005 - Kenzō Tange, Japanese architect, designed the Yoyogi National Gymnasium and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
• 2006 - Pierre Clostermann, French soldier, pilot, and politician
• 2006 - Pío Leyva, Cuban singer and author
• 2006 - Kurt von Trojan, Austrian-Australian journalist and author
• 2007 - U. G. Krishnamurti, Indian-Italian philosopher and educator
• 2008 - Cachao López, Cuban-American bassist and composer
• 2010 - James Black, Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 2010 - Özhan Canaydın, Turkish basketball player and businessman
• 2011 - Artur Agostinho, Portuguese journalist
• 2011 - Victor Bouchard, Canadian pianist and composer
• 2012 - Joe Blanchard, American football player and wrestler
• 2012 - John Payton, American lawyer and activist
• 2012 - Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland
• 2012 - Mickey Sullivan, American baseball player and coach
• 2012 - David Waltz, American computer scientist and academic
• 2012 - Neil L. Whitehead, English anthropologist and author
• 2013 - Vladimír Čech, Czech actor and politician
• 2013 - James Nabrit, American lawyer and academic
• 2013 - Bebo Valdés, Cuban-Swedish pianist and composer
• 2013 - Derek Watkins, English trumpet player and composer
• 2013 - Ray Williams, American basketball player and coach
• 2014 - Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, Indian author
• 2014 - Mickey Duff, Polish-English boxer and manager
• 2014 - Thor Listau, Norwegian soldier and politician
• 2014 - Tasos Mitsopoulos, Cypriot politician, Cypriot Minister of Defence
• 2015 - Arkady Arkanov, Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright
• 2015 - Horst Buhtz, German footballer and manager
• 2015 - Norman Scribner, American pianist, composer, and conductor
• 2016 - Phife Dawg, American rapper
• 2016 - Rob Ford, Canadian businessman and politician, 64th Mayor of Toronto
• 2016 - Rita Gam, American actress
• 2018 - Johan van Hulst, Dutch politician, academic and author, Yad Vashem recipient

  Holidays and observances

• Bihar Day
• Christian feast day:
• *Basil of Ancyra
• *Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen
• *Darerca of Ireland
• *Epaphroditus
• *Jonathan Edwards
• *Lea of Rome
• *Nicholas Owen
• *Paul of Narbonne
• *March 22
• Earliest day on which Easter Sunday can fall, while April 25 is the latest.
• Emancipation Day or Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud
• World Water Day