On this day: 22 March

Selected events and births on 22 March, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 106 – The Bostran era, the official era of the Roman province of Arabia Petraea, began. Read more: AD 106 Bostran era Roman province
• 1638 – Anne Hutchinson was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for her participation in the Antinomian Controversy. Read more: Anne Hutchinson Massachusetts Bay Colony Antinomian Controversy
• 1765 – The Parliament of Great Britain passed the Stamp Act, requiring that many printed materials in the Thirteen Colonies in British America carry a tax stamp. Read more: Parliament of Great Britain Stamp Act 1765 Thirteen Colonies
• 1784 – The Emerald Buddha, considered to be the sacred palladium of Thailand, was installed in its current location at Wat Phra Kaew on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Read more: Emerald Buddha Palladium (protective image) Wat Phra Kaew
• 1871 – William Woods Holden, Governor of North Carolina, became the first U.S. state governor to be removed from office through impeachment. Read more: William Woods Holden Governor of North Carolina Impeachment
• 1896 – Charilaos Vasilakos won the first modern marathon in preparation for the inaugural Summer Olympics. Read more: Charilaos Vasilakos Marathon 1896 Summer Olympics
• 1934 – In golf, the first Masters Tournament was held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia, United States. Read more: Golf 1934 Masters Tournament Augusta National Golf Club
• 1963 – Please Please Me, the first album recorded by the Beatles, was released. Read more: Please Please Me The Beatles
• 1995 – Russian 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. Read more: Astronaut Valeri Polyakov Mir
• 1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp reached its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU. Read more: Comet Hale–Bopp

Born on this day

• 1941 – Cassam Uteem, Mauritian politician, 2nd President of Mauritius Read more: Cassam Uteem List of heads of state of Mauritius
• 1947 – George Ferguson, English architect and politician, 1st Mayor of Bristol Read more: George Ferguson (politician) Mayor of Bristol
• 1952 – Des Browne, Scottish lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Scotland Read more: Des Browne Secretary of State for Scotland
• 1955 – Valdis Zatlers, Latvian physician and politician, 7th President of Latvia Read more: Valdis Zatlers President of Latvia
• 1963 – Martín Vizcarra, Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th President of Peru Read more: Martín Vizcarra President of Peru
• 1966 – Artis Pabriks, Latvian academic and politician, 11th Minister for Defence of Latvia Read more: Artis Pabriks List of ministers of defence of Latvia
• 1997 – Alex Meret, Italian footballer Read more: Alex Meret
• 1997 – Chimezie Metu, Nigerian-American basketball player Read more: Chimezie Metu
• 1998 – Noah Lalonde, American actor. Known for his role as Cole Walter in My Life with the Walter Boys. Read more: Noah LaLonde My Life with the Walter Boys
• 1999 – Mick Schumacher, German racing driver Read more: Mick Schumacher
• 2000 – Dimitrios Meliopoulos, Greek footballer Read more: Dimitrios Meliopoulos
• 2001 – Artūrs Šilovs, Latvian ice hockey player Read more: Artūrs Šilovs

Text from Wikipedia: Selected anniversaries / March 22 and the linked articles, via the Wikimedia “On this day” feed, under CC BY-SA 4.0. We leave out entries about wars, violence and disasters to keep this page family-friendly.