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==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[AD 106|106]] &ndash; Start of the [[Bostran era]], the calendar of the province of [[Arabia Petraea]].
* [[235]] &ndash; Roman emperor [[Severus Alexander]] is murdered, marking the start of the [[Crisis of the Third Century]].<ref name="Monumenta">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5IpPhTqnDJkC&pg=PA157 |title=Monumenta Graeca et Romana: Mutilation and transformation : damnatio memoriae and Roman imperial portraiture |date=1 January 2004 |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |isbn=90-04-13577-4 |page=157}}</ref>
* [[871]] &ndash; [[Æthelred of Wessex]] is defeated by a [[Great Heathen Army|Danish invasion]] army at the [[Battle of Marton]].<ref>{{cite book |author1=Mandell Creighton |author2=Justin Winsor |author3=Samuel Rawson Gardiner |author4=Reginald Lane Poole |author5=Sir John Goronwy Edwards |title=The English Historical Review |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G6DRAAAAMAAJ |year=1918 |publisher=Longman |page=334}}</ref>
*[[1185]] &ndash; [[Battle of Yashima]]: the Japanese forces of the [[Taira clan]] are defeated by the [[Minamoto clan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Turnbull |first=Stephen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tcNSwrxwq1IC&pg=PA69 |title=The Samurai: A Military History |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2013 |isbn=9781134243693 |pages=66–70}}</ref>
*[[1312]] &ndash; ''[[Vox in excelso]]'': [[Pope Clement V]] dissolves the [[Order of the Knights Templar]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Haag |first=Michael |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xpj7Whuaq14C&pg=PA235 |title=Templars: History and Myth |publisher=Profile Books |year=235 |isbn=9781847652515 |page=235}}</ref>
*[[1508]] &ndash; [[Ferdinand II of Aragon]] commissions [[Amerigo Vespucci]] chief navigator of the [[Spanish Empire]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=[[Frederick A. Ober]] |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e75cDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA122 |title=Amerigo Vespucci |publisher=[[Harper & Brothers]] |year=1907 |isbn=9783732684342 |page=122}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1621]] &ndash; The [[Pilgrim Fathers|Pilgrims]] of [[Plymouth Colony]], led by governor [[John Carver (governor)|John Carver]], sign a [[Wampanoag treaty|peace treaty]] with [[Massasoit]], [[sachem]] of the [[Wampanoag people|Wampanoags]]; [[Squanto]] serves as an interpreter between the two sides.<ref>{{cite book |last=Weeks |first=Alvin |title=Massasoit of the Wampanoags |publisher=Creative Media Partners |location=Scituate |year=2001 |isbn=9781582185934 |page=viii}}</ref>
*[[1622]] &ndash; [[Indian massacre of 1622|Jamestown massacre]]: [[Algonquian peoples|Algonquians]] kill 347 English settlers around [[Jamestown, Virginia]], a third of the colony's population, during the [[Anglo-Powhatan Wars|Second Anglo-Powhatan War]].
*[[1631]] &ndash; The [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] outlaws the possession of [[Playing card|cards]], [[dice]], and gaming tables.<ref>{{cite book |last=Fischer |first=David |title=Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America |publisher=Oxford University Press, USA |location=Oxford |year=1991 |isbn=9780199742530 |page=148}}</ref>
*[[1638]] &ndash; [[Anne Hutchinson]] is expelled from [[Massachusetts Bay Colony]] for religious dissent.<ref>{{cite book |author=David D. Hall |title=The Antinomian Controversy, 1636-1638: A Documentary History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=of2S0mD5P5cC&pg=PA10 |year=1990 |publisher=Duke University Press |isbn=0-8223-1091-0 |page=10}}</ref>
*[[1668]] &ndash; Notable [[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)]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Cruikshank |first1=Ernest Alexander |author1-link=Ernest Alexander Cruikshank |title=The Life of Sir Henry Morgan With an Account of the English Settlement of the Island of Jamaica (1655-1688) |date=1935 |publisher=Macmillan Company of Canada limited |pages=84–87 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSr2L48ibosC}}</ref>
*[[1739]] &ndash; [[Nader Shah]] occupies [[Delhi]] in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the [[Peacock Throne]].
*[[1765]] &ndash; The [[Parliament of Great Britain|British Parliament]] passes the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]] that introduces a tax to be levied directly on its [[British colonization of the Americas|American colonies]].
*[[1784]] &ndash; The [[Emerald Buddha]] is moved with great ceremony to its current location in [[Wat Phra Kaew]], Thailand.<ref>{{cite book |author=Subhadradis Diskul (M.C.) |title=History of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NwDFO8uY3dIC |year=1982 |publisher=Bureau of the Royal Household |page=19}}</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; [[Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets]]: Black slave insurgents gain a victory in the first major battle of the [[Haitian Revolution]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Madiou |first=Thomas |author-link=Thomas Madiou |title=Histoire d'Haïti, Tome I |year=1847 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vN4CAAAAYAAJ&q=Histoire+d'Haiti,+Volume+1+Par+Thomas+Madiou&pg=PA363 |language=French |page=102}}</ref>
*[[1794]] &ndash; The [[Slave Trade Act of 1794]] bans the export of slaves from the United States, and prohibits American citizens from outfitting a [[Slave ship|ship for the purpose of importing slaves]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/slave-trade-act-1794 |title=Slave Trade Act of 1794 |website=DOCSTeach |publisher=National Archives |access-date=30 December 2020}}</ref>
*[[1829]] &ndash; In the [[London Protocol (1829)|London Protocol]], the three protecting powers ([[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]], [[France]] and [[Russian Empire|Russia]]) establish the borders of [[First Hellenic Republic|Greece]].
*[[1849]] &ndash; The [[Austrian Empire|Austrians]] defeat the [[Kingdom of Sardinia|Piedmontese]] at the [[Battle of Novara (1849)|Battle of Novara]].
*[[1871]] &ndash; In [[North Carolina]], [[William Woods Holden]] becomes the first [[Governor (United States)|governor]] of a U.S. state to be removed from office by [[Impeachment by state and territorial governments of the United States|impeachment]].
*[[1873]] &ndash; The [[Cortes Generales|Spanish National Assembly]] abolishes [[Slavery in the Spanish New World colonies|slavery in Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dialogo.upr.edu/la-abolicion-de-la-esclavitud-en-puerto-rico-cumple-145-anos/ |title=La abolición de la esclavitud en Puerto Rico cumple 145 años |trans-title=The abolition of slavery in Puerto Rico turns 145 years old |website=dialogo.upr.edu |first=María Andrea |last=Arbeláez |date=22 March 2018 |access-date=18 September 2023 |language=Spanish}}</ref>
*[[1894]] &ndash; The [[Stanley Cup]] ice hockey competition is held for the first time, in Montreal, Canada.<ref>{{cite book |last=Harari |first=P. J. |title=Ice hockey made simple : a spectator's guide |publisher=First Base Sports |location=Los Angeles, CA |year=2002 |isbn=9781884309113 |page=59}}</ref>
*[[1895]] &ndash; Before the Société pour L'Encouragement à l'Industrie, brothers [[Auguste and Louis Lumière]] demonstrate movie [[film]] technology publicly for the first time.<ref>{{cite book |last=Sadoul |first=Georges |translator-last=Morris |translator-first=Peter |title=Dictionary of Film Makers |location=Berkeley, Calif. |publisher=University of California Press |date=1972 |oclc=937598661 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PvsZikRu-hAC |page=160 |isbn=9780520021518}}</ref>
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Charilaos Vasilakos]] wins the first modern Olympic [[marathon]] race with a time of three hours and 18 minutes.<ref>{{cite book |author=Richard D. Mandell |title=1896: The First Modern Olympics |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yX8pMYKkHogC&pg=PT69 |year=1976 |publisher=Blacktoad Publishing |isbn=978-0-9570591-0-8 |page=69}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; The first [[England national rugby union team|England]] vs [[France national rugby union team|France]] rugby union match is played at [[Parc des Princes]] in [[Paris]].
*[[1913]] &ndash; Mystic [[Phan Xích Long]], the self-proclaimed [[Emperor of Vietnam]], is arrested for organising a revolt against the colonial rule of [[French Indochina]], which was nevertheless carried out by his supporters the following day.<ref>{{cite book |title=Vietnamese Anticolonialism, 1885&ndash;1925 |first=David G. |last=Marr |year=1970 |publisher=[[University of California Press]] |location=Berkeley, California |isbn=0-520-01813-3 |page=69}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Millenarianism and peasant politics in Vietnam |first=Hue-Tam Ho |last=Tai |location=Cambridge, Massachusetts |publisher=Harvard University Press |year=1983 |isbn=0-674-57555-5 |page=69}}</ref>
*[[1916]] &ndash; [[Yuan Shikai]] abdicates as [[Emperor of China]], restoring the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic]] and returning to the [[President of the Republic of China|Presidency]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Meyer |first=Kathryn |author2=James H Wittebols |author3=Terry Parssinen |title=Webs of Smoke |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |year=2002 |pages=54–56 |isbn=0-7425-2003-X |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RNknjDjfH6AC&pg=PA54}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[Azerbaijan Democratic Republic|Azeri]] and [[Turkey|Turkish]] army soldiers with participation of [[Kurds|Kurdish]] gangs [[Shusha massacre|attack]] the [[Armenians|Armenian]] inhabitants of [[Shusha|Shushi]] ([[Nagorno-Karabakh|Nagorno Karabakh]]).
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[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.<ref>{{cite book |last=LaFrance |first=Peter |chapter=Beer |title=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America |editor-last=Smith |editor-first=Andrew F. |location=New York |publisher=Oxford University Press |date=2013 |isbn=9780199734962 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DOJMAgAAQBAJ |page=144}}</ref>
*  1933   &ndash; [[Nazi Germany]] opens its first [[Nazi concentration camps|concentration camp]], [[Dachau concentration camp|Dachau]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Establishment of Dachau Camp |url=https://www.ushmm.org/learn/timeline-of-events/1933-1938/establishment-of-dachau-camp |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=Holocaust Encyclopedia |publisher=United States Holocaust Memorial Museum}}</ref>
*[[1934]] &ndash; The [[1934 Masters Tournament|first Masters Tournament]] is held at [[Augusta National Golf Club]] in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]].<ref>{{cite web |title=A look at how The Masters began |url=http://www.augusta.com/masters/story/news/look-how-masters-began |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=The Augusta Chronicle |date=March 18, 2016 |first1=John |last1=Boyette |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1939]] &ndash; Germany [[1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania|takes Memel from Lithuania]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: In the Mediterranean Sea, the [[Royal Navy]] confronts Italy's [[Regia Marina]] in the [[Second Battle of Sirte]].
*[[1943]] &ndash; World War II: The entire village of [[Khatyn massacre|Khatyn]] (in present-day [[Republic of Belarus]]) is burnt alive by [[Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Listen Everybody! |journal=Soviet Life |issue=January 1971 |publisher=Embassy of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in the USA |page=37}}</ref>
*[[1945]] &ndash; World War II: The city of [[Hildesheim]], Germany, is heavily damaged in a [[Bombing of Hildesheim in World War II|British air raid]], though it had little military significance and Germany was on the verge of final defeat.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archiv.nationalatlas.de/wp-content/art_pdf/Band5_88-91_archiv.pdf |title=Kriegszerstörung und Wiederaufbau deutscher Städte nach 1945 |last=Bode |first=Volker |language=German |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mygermancity.com/hildesheim |title=Hildesheim's Glory Has Been Recreated |website=mygermancity.com |date=23 December 2008 |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/51/a4006351.shtml |title=Jack Duggan: Distinguished Flying Canadian |work=[[BBC]] |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.revisionist.net/hildesheim-bombs.html |title=Hildescheim: The Destruction of a Medieval Town by RAF Bomber Command in 1945 |website=revisionist.net |access-date=15 October 2021}}</ref>
*  1945   &ndash; The [[Arab League]] is founded when a charter is adopted in [[Cairo]], Egypt.<ref>{{cite journal |author=I. H. Baqai |title=The Pan-Arab League |journal=India Quarterly |date=May 1946 |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=144–150 |jstor=45067282 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45067282}}</ref>
*[[1946]] &ndash; The United Kingdom grants full independence to [[Jordan|Transjordan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jordan - History - The Making of Transjordan |url=http://www.kinghussein.gov.jo/his_transjordan.html |access-date=10 January 2022 |website=www.kinghussein.gov.jo}}</ref>
*[[1955]] &ndash; A [[United States Navy]] [[Douglas DC-6|Douglas R6D-1 Liftmaster]] [[1955 Hawaii R6D-1 crash|crashes]] into Hawaii's [[Waiʻanae Range]], killing 66.<ref name="ASN">{{Cite web |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas R6D-1 (DC-6) 131612 Honolulu, HI |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19550322-0 |access-date=2012-12-28 |website=Aviation Safety Network}}</ref>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Arthur Leonard Schawlow]] and [[Charles Hard Townes]] receive the first [[patent]] for a [[laser]].<ref>{{Cite patent |country=US |number=2929922 |status=patent|title=Masers and maser communications system |gdate=1960-03-22}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[The Beatles]] release their debut album ''[[Please Please Me]]''.<ref>{{cite web |date=2013-03-22 |title=Beatles debut album released 50 years ago |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-xpm-2013-mar-22-la-et-ms-beatles-debut-album-released-50-years-ago-20130322-story.html |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> 
*[[1972]] &ndash; The United States Congress sends the [[Equal Rights Amendment]] to the states for ratification.
*  1972   &ndash; In ''[[Eisenstadt v. Baird]]'', the [[Supreme Court of the United States|United States Supreme Court]] decides that unmarried persons have the right to possess [[Birth control in the United States|contraceptives]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; A fire at the [[Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant]] in [[Decatur, Alabama]], causes a dangerous reduction in cooling water levels.
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Karl Wallenda]] of [[The Flying Wallendas]] dies after falling off a tight-rope suspended between two hotels in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico]].
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s [[Space Shuttle Columbia|Space Shuttle ''Columbia'']] is launched from the [[Kennedy Space Center]] on its third mission, [[STS-3]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; The [[United States Congress]] votes to override President [[Ronald Reagan]]'s veto of the [[Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Andrew Glass |title=Reagan veto overridden, March 22, 1988 |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2010/03/reagan-veto-overridden-march-22-1988-034778 |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=POLITICO |date=22 March 2010 |language=en}}</ref> 
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[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   &ndash; [[Fall of communism in Albania]]: The [[Democratic Party of Albania]] wins a decisive majority in the [[1992 Albanian parliamentary election|parliamentary election]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; The [[Intel Corporation]] ships the first [[Pentium]] chips (80586), featuring a 60&nbsp;[[Hertz|MHz]] clock speed, 100+ [[instructions per second|MIPS]], and a 64 [[bit]] data path.
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Cosmonaut]] [[Valeri Polyakov]] returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in [[outer space|space]].
*[[1996]] &ndash; NASA's [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] is launched on its 16th mission, [[STS-76]].<ref name="ssmr-sts76">{{cite tech report |url=https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19970001425/downloads/19970001425.pdf |title=STS-76 Space Shuttle MIssion Report |publisher=[[NASA]] |date=May 1996 |access-date=December 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230628085442/https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19970001425/downloads/19970001425.pdf |archive-date=June 28, 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Tara Lipinski]], aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's [[World Figure Skating Championships|World Figure Skating Champion]].
*  1997   &ndash; [[Comet Hale–Bopp]] reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rosen |first=Rebecca J. |date=2012-03-22 |title=On This Day: Comet Hale-Bopp Passes Close to Earth |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/03/on-this-day-comet-hale-bopp-passes-close-to-earth/254898/ |access-date=2022-01-10 |website=The Atlantic |language=en-US}}</ref> 
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Ahmed Yassin]], co-founder and leader of the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] [[Sunni]] Islamist group [[Hamas]], two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the [[Gaza Strip]] when hit by [[Israeli Air Force]] [[AGM-114 Hellfire|Hellfire missiles]].
*[[2006]] &ndash; Three [[Christian Peacemaker Team]] (CPT) hostages are freed by [[United Kingdom|British]] forces in [[Baghdad]] after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., [[Tom Fox (Quaker)|Tom Fox]].
*[[2013]] &ndash; At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a [[2013 Thailand refugee camp fire|fire destroys]] a camp containing [[Burma|Burmese]] refugees near [[Ban Mae]], Thailand.
*[[2016]] &ndash; Three suicide bombers kill 32 people<!--32 victims, not 35--> and injure 316 in the [[2016 Brussels bombings]] at the [[Brussels Airport|airport]] and at the [[Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station]].
*[[2017]] &ndash; A [[2017 Westminster attack|terrorist attack]] in London near the [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Houses of Parliament]] leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.
*  2017   &ndash; [[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]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2017/03/22/politics/syria-tabqa-dam/ |title=US joins first air assault "behind enemy lines" against ISIS in Syria |author1=Barbara Starr |author2=Zachary Cohen |author3=Ryan Browne |work=CNN |date=22 March 2017 |access-date=22 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/middleeast/syria/22032017 |title=Coalition airdrops SDF and US forces into Tabqa for joint operation |work=Rudaw |date=22 March 2017 |access-date=22 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stratfor.com/sample/situation-report/syria-syrian-democratic-forces-cross-euphrates-west-raqqa |title=Syria: Syrian Democratic Forces Cross Euphrates West Of Raqqa |work=[[STRATFOR]] |date=22 March 2017 |access-date=22 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170323132449/https://www.stratfor.com/sample/situation-report/syria-syrian-democratic-forces-cross-euphrates-west-raqqa |archive-date=23 March 2017 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.defenseone.com/news/2017/03/the-d-brief-march-22-2017/136370/ |title=Escalation in Raqqa; Inside the Trump-Saudi meeting; Lockheed to move F-16 assembly line; What's wrong with the military personnel system?; and just a bit more... |work=Defense One |publisher=Atlantic Media |date=22 March 2017 |access-date=22 March 2017}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; The [[Mueller special counsel investigation|Special Counsel investigation]] on the [[2016 United States presidential election]] concludes when [[Robert Mueller]] submits [[Mueller report|his report]] to the United States Attorney General.
*  2019   &ndash; Two buses crashed in Kitampo, a town north of [[Ghana]]'s capital [[Accra]], killing at least 50 people.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ghana bus crash: Dozens killed after two buses collide in Bono East |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47668146 |date=22 March 2019 |website=BBC News |access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref>
*[[2020]] &ndash; Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite news |title=PM calls for Janta Curfew, urges people to stay indoors |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/pm-calls-for-janta-curfew-urges-people-to-stay-indoors-120031901471_1.html |date=19 March 2020 |website=Business Standard |access-date=2020-03-19}}</ref>
*  2020   &ndash; Greek Prime Minister [[Kyriakos Mitsotakis]] announces a national lockdown and the country's first ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of [[COVID-19 pandemic in Greece|COVID-19]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202003/23/WS5e7808dba3101282172811aa.html |title=Greek PM announces nationwide lockdown to contain virus spread after 15 deaths |date=March 23, 2020 |website=China Daily |access-date=March 25, 2021}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; Ten people are killed in a [[2021 Boulder shooting|mass shooting]] in [[Boulder, Colorado]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Elise Hammond, Joshua Berlinger and Adam Renton |date=2021-03-22 |title=10 people were killed in Boulder shooting, says police chief |url=https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/colorado-king-soopers-shooting/h_afe55905fd18ff3746081c7f47985331 |access-date=2021-03-23 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; At least 145 people are killed and 551 injured in a [[Crocus City Hall attack|bombing and mass shooting]] at the [[Crocus City Hall]] in [[Krasnogorsk, Moscow Oblast|Krasnogorsk]], Russia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Death toll from concert hall attack in Russia's Moscow region rises to 144 |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/death-toll-from-concert-hall-attack-in-russia-s-moscow-region-rises-to-144/3178519 |access-date=2024-04-19 |website=www.aa.com.tr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-04-08 |title=Why is Russia trying to frame Ukraine for concert massacre? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68759150 |access-date=2024-04-19 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Births==
===Pre-1600===
* [[841]] &ndash; [[Bernard Plantapilosa]], Frankish son of [[Bernard of Septimania]] (died 885)
* [[875]] &ndash; [[William I, Duke of Aquitaine]] (died 918)
*[[1212]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Horikawa]] of Japan (died 1235)
*[[1367]] &ndash; [[Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk]], English politician, [[Earl Marshal|Earl Marshal of the United Kingdom]] (probable);<ref>{{cite book |title=Plantagenet Ancestry: A Study In Colonial And Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kjme027UeagC&pg=RA1-PA588 |publisher=Douglas Richardson |isbn=978-1-4610-4513-7 |page=1}}</ref> (died 1399)
*[[1394]] &ndash; [[Ulugh Beg]], Persian astronomer and mathematician (died 1449)
*[[1459]] &ndash; [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (died 1519)<ref>{{cite book |author=Rev. Fr. Dr. Nicolas Sander |title=The Rise And Growth of the Anglican Schism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TSZCCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT249 |date=October 1988 |publisher=TAN Books |isbn=978-1-5051-0458-5 |page=249}}</ref>
*[[1499]] &ndash; [[Johann Carion]], German astrologer and chronicler (died 1537)
*[[1503]] &ndash; [[Antonio Francesco Grazzini]], Italian author and educator (died 1583)
*[[1517]] &ndash; [[Gioseffo Zarlino]], Italian composer (died 1590)
*[[1519]] &ndash; [[Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk]], English noblewoman (died 1580)
*[[1582]] &ndash; [[John Williams (archbishop of York)|John Williams]], Archbishop of York (died 1650)
*[[1599]] &ndash; [[Anthony van Dyck]], Flemish-English painter and etcher (died 1641)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://research.rkd.nl/nl/detail/https%3A%2f%2fdata.rkd.nl%2fartists%2f25230|title=Anthony van Dyck|website=RKD Research|access-date=9 March 2025}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1609]] &ndash; [[John II Casimir Vasa]], Polish king (died 1672)<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Jan II Kazimierz Waza|title=Polski Słownik Biograficzny, Tom X|year=1964|page=410}}</ref>
*[[1615]] &ndash; [[Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh]], British scientist (died 1691)<ref>{{cite book |editor-first1=Colin |editor-last1=Matthew |editor-first2=Brian |editor-last2=Harrison |title=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: From the Earliest Times to the Year 2000 Volume 30 |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford University Press |year=2004 |page=574 |isbn=978-0-19861-381-7}}</ref>
*[[1663]] &ndash; [[August Hermann Francke]], German clergyman, philanthropist, and scholar (died 1727)
*[[1684]] &ndash; [[William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath]], English politician, [[Secretary at War]] (died 1764)
*[[1712]] &ndash; [[Edward Moore (dramatist)|Edward Moore]], English poet and playwright (died 1757)<ref>{{cite book |title=Restoration and 18th-Century Drama |date=November 1980 |publisher=Macmillan International Higher Education |isbn=978-1-349-16422-6 |page=109 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OD9dDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA109 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1720]] &ndash; [[Nicolas-Henri Jardin]], French architect, designed the [[Yellow Palace, Copenhagen|Yellow Palace]] and [[Bernstorff Palace]] (died 1799)
*[[1723]] &ndash; [[Charles Carroll (barrister)|Charles Carroll]], American lawyer and politician (died 1783)
*[[1728]] &ndash; [[Anton Raphael Mengs]], German painter and theorist (died 1779)
*[[1785]] &ndash; [[Adam Sedgwick]], English scientist (died 1873)
*[[1797]] &ndash; [[William I, German Emperor]] (died 1888)<ref>{{cite web |title=William I &#124; emperor of Germany |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-I-emperor-of-Germany |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=5 February 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1808]] &ndash; [[Caroline Norton]], English feminist, social reformer, and author (died 1877)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/norton_caroline.shtml |title=BBC - History - Historic Figures: Caroline Norton (1808 - 1877) |website=BBC |language=en-GB |access-date=2019-01-29}}</ref>
*  1808   &ndash; [[David Swinson Maynard]], American physician and lawyer (died 1873)
*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Stephen Pearl Andrews]], American author and activist (died 1886)
*[[1814]] &ndash; [[Thomas Crawford (sculptor)|Thomas Crawford]], American sculptor, designed the [[Statue of Freedom]] (died 1857)
*[[1817]] &ndash; [[Braxton Bragg]], American general (died 1876)
*[[1818]] &ndash; [[John Ainsworth Horrocks]], English-Australian explorer, founded [[Penwortham, South Australia|Penwortham]] (died 1846)
*[[1822]] &ndash; [[Ahmed Cevdet Pasha]], Ottoman sociologist, historian, scholar, statesman and jurist (died 1895)
*[[1841]] &ndash; [[Anastassios Christomanos]], Greek scientist (died 1906)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.olympia.gr/960032/ellada/anastasios-christomanos-o-themeliotis/ |title=Αναστάσιος Χρηστομάνος - Ο θεμελιωτής της χημείας στην Ελλάδα |date=2 October 2018}}</ref>
*[[1842]] &ndash; [[Mykola Lysenko]], Ukrainian pianist, composer, and conductor (died 1912)
*[[1846]] &ndash; [[Randolph Caldecott]], English illustrator and painter (died 1886)
*  1846   &ndash; [[James Timberlake]], American lieutenant, police officer, and farmer (died 1891)
*[[1852]] &ndash; [[Otakar Ševčík]], Czech violinist and educator (died 1934)
*  1852   &ndash; [[Hector Sévin]], French cardinal (died 1916)
*[[1855]] &ndash; [[Dorothy Tennant]], British painter (died 1926)
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Paul Doumer]], French mathematician, journalist, and politician, 14th [[President of France]] (died 1932)
*[[1866]] &ndash; [[Jack Boyle]], American baseball player and umpire (died 1913)
*[[1868]] &ndash; [[Robert Andrews Millikan]], American colonel and physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1953)
*[[1869]] &ndash; [[Emilio Aguinaldo]], Filipino general and politician, 1st [[President of the Philippines]] (died 1964)<ref>{{cite book |author1=Donald H. Dyal |author2=Brian B. Carpenter |author3=Mark A. Thomas |title=Historical Dictionary of the Spanish American War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CWaCEfeuQXkC&pg=PA6 |year=1996 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-313-28852-4 |page=6}}</ref>
*  1869   &ndash; [[Tom McInnes (footballer, born 1869)|Tom McInnes]], Scottish-English footballer (died 1939)
*[[1873]] &ndash; [[Ernest Lawson]], Canadian-American painter (died 1939)
*[[1880]] &ndash; [[Ernest C. Quigley]], Canadian-American football player and coach (died 1960)
*[[1884]] &ndash; [[Arthur H. Vandenberg]], American journalist and politician (died 1951)
*  1884   &ndash; [[Lyda Borelli]], Italian actress (died 1959)
*[[1885]] &ndash; [[Aryeh Levin]], Polish-Lithuanian rabbi and educator (died 1969)
*[[1886]] &ndash; [[August Rei]], Estonian lawyer and politician, [[Head of State of Estonia]] (died 1963)
*[[1887]] &ndash; [[Chico Marx]], American actor (died 1961)
*[[1890]] &ndash; [[George Clark (racing driver)|George Clark]], American race car driver (died 1978)
*[[1892]] &ndash; [[Charlie Poole]], American country banjo player (died 1931)
*  1892   &ndash; [[Johannes Semper]], Estonian poet and scholar (died 1970)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[He Long]], Chinese general and politician, 1st [[Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China]] (died 1969)
*  1896   &ndash; [[Joseph Schildkraut]], Austrian-American actor (died 1964)
*[[1899]] &ndash; [[Ruth Page (ballerina)|Ruth Page]], American ballerina and choreographer (died 1991)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Greta Kempton]], Austrian-American painter (died 1991)
*[[1902]] &ndash; [[Johannes Brinkman]], Dutch architect, designed the [[Van Nelle Factory]] (died 1949)
*  1902   &ndash; [[Madeleine Milhaud]], French actress and composer (died 2008)
*[[1903]] &ndash; [[Bill Holman (cartoonist)|Bill Holman]], American cartoonist (died 1987)
*[[1907]] &ndash; [[James M. Gavin]], American general and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to France]] (died 1990)
*[[1908]] &ndash; [[Jack Crawford (tennis)|Jack Crawford]], Australian tennis player (died 1991)
*  1908   &ndash; [[Louis L'Amour]], American novelist and short story writer (died 1988)<ref name="UPI">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Famous birthdays for March 22: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Wolf Blitzer |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2023/03/22/Famous-birthdays-for-March-22-Andrew-Lloyd-Webber-Wolf-Blitzer/8821679438972/ |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=21 March 2024 |date=22 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[1909]] &ndash; [[Gabrielle Roy]], Canadian author and educator (died 1983)
*[[1910]] &ndash; [[Nicholas Monsarrat]], English sailor and author (died 1979)
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[Wilfrid Brambell]], Irish actor and performer (died 1985)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Leslie Johnson (racing driver)|Leslie Johnson]], English race car driver (died 1959)
*  1912   &ndash; [[Karl Malden]], American actor (died 2009)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1912   &ndash; [[Agnes Martin]], Canadian-American painter and educator (died 2004)
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Tom McCall]], American journalist and politician, 30th [[Governor of Oregon]] (died 1983)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Lew Wasserman]], American businessman and talent agent (died 2002)
*  1913   &ndash; [[James Westerfield]], American actor (died 1971)
*[[1914]] &ndash; [[John Stanley (cartoonist)|John Stanley]], American author and illustrator (died 1993)
*  1914   &ndash; [[Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes]], English businessman (died 2008)
*[[1917]] &ndash; [[Virginia Grey]], American actress (died 2004)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Irving Kaplansky]], Canadian-American mathematician and academic (died 2006)
*  1917   &ndash; [[Paul Rogers (actor)|Paul Rogers]], English actor (died 2013)
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Cheddi Jagan]], Guyanese politician, 4th [[President of Guyana]] (died 1997)
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Bernard Krigstein]], American illustrator (died 1990)
*[[1920]] &ndash; [[James Brown (actor)|James Brown]], American actor and singer (died 1992)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Werner Klemperer]], German-American actor (died 2000)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Lloyd MacPhail]], Canadian businessman and politician, 23rd [[Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island]] (died 1995)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Ross Martin]], American actor (died 1981)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Katsuko Saruhashi]], Japanese geochemist (died 2007)
*  1920   &ndash; [[Fanny Waterman]], English pianist and educator, founded the [[Leeds International Pianoforte Competition]] (died 2020)
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Nino Manfredi]], Italian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2004)
*[[1922]] &ndash; [[John J. Gilligan]], American politician, 62nd [[Governor of Ohio]] (died 2013)
*  1922   &ndash; [[Stewart Stern]], American screenwriter (died 2015)
*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Marcel Marceau]], French [[mime]] and actor (died 2007)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[Al Neuharth]], American journalist and author, founded ''[[USA Today]]'' (died 2013)<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Yevgeny Ostashev]], Russian test pilot, participant in the [[Rocket launch|launch]] of the first artificial [[Earth]] [[Sputnik 1|satellite]] (died 1960)<ref>{{cite book |author=Asif A. Siddiqi |title=Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945-1974 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_luL78EKKQgC&pg=RA25-PP23 |year=2000 |publisher=National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Division, Office of Policy and Plans |page=25}}</ref>
*  1924   &ndash; [[Osman F. Seden]], Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998)
*  1924   &ndash; [[Bill Wendell]], American television announcer (died 1999)
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Marty Blake]], American basketball player and manager (died 2013)
*  1927   &ndash; [[Nicolas Tikhomiroff]], Russian photographer (died 2016)
*[[1928]] &ndash; [[Carrie Donovan]], American journalist (died 2001)
*  1928   &ndash; [[E. D. Hirsch]], American author, critic, and academic
*  1928   &ndash; [[Ed Macauley]], American basketball player, coach, and priest (died 2011)
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Yayoi Kusama]], Japanese artist<ref name="UPI"/>
*  1929   &ndash; [[P. Ramlee]], Malaysian actor, director, singer, songwriter, composer, and producer (died 1973)
*[[1930]] &ndash; [[Derek Bok]], American lawyer and academic
*  1930   &ndash; [[Pat Robertson]], American minister and broadcaster, founded the [[Christian Broadcasting Network]] (died 2023)<ref name="AP"/>
*  1930   &ndash; [[Stephen Sondheim]], American composer and songwriter (died 2021)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Burton Richter]], American physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2018)
*  1931   &ndash; [[William Shatner]], Canadian actor<ref name="AP">{{cite web |last1=Rose |first1=Mike |title=Today's famous birthdays list for March 22, 2023 includes celebrities William Shatner, Reese Witherspoon |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/03/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-march-22-2023-includes-celebrities-william-shatner-reese-witherspoon.html |website=[[The Plain Dealer]] |publisher=[[Associated Press]] |access-date=21 March 2024 |date=22 March 2023}}</ref>
*  1931   &ndash; [[Ann Shulgin]], psychedelic researcher and author (died 2022)<ref name="NYTOB">{{cite web | title=Ann Shulgin, 91, Who Explored Psychedelics With Her Husband, Dies | website=The New York Times | date=19 Jul 2022 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/19/science/ann-shulgin-dead.html | access-date=24 March 2025}}</ref>
*  1931   &ndash; [[Leslie Thomas]], Welsh journalist and author (died 2014)
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Els Borst]], Dutch physician and politician, [[Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (died 2014)
*  1932   &ndash; [[Larry Evans (chess grandmaster)|Larry Evans]], American chess player and journalist (died 2010)
*[[1933]] &ndash; [[Abolhassan Banisadr]], Iranian economist and politician, 1st [[President of Iran]] (died 2021)
*[[1934]] &ndash; [[May Britt]], Swedish actress 
*  1934   &ndash; [[Sheila Cameron (barrister)|Sheila Cameron]], English lawyer and judge
*  1934   &ndash; [[Orrin Hatch]], American lawyer and politician (died 2022)<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1935]] &ndash; [[Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova]], Russian-born Soviet test pilot and [[aerobatics]] champion (died 2004)<ref>{{cite web |date=2015 |title=К 80-летию Галины Гавриловны Корчугановой [To the 80th birthday of Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova] |url=http://www.aviatrisa.ru/news.php?readmore=172 |access-date=2020-12-13 |website=Aviatrisa}}</ref>
*  1935   &ndash; [[Lea Pericoli]], Italian tennis player and journalist (died 2024)
*  1935   &ndash; [[Frank Pulli]], American baseball player and umpire (died 2013)
*  1935   &ndash; [[M. Emmet Walsh]], American actor (died 2024)<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1936]] &ndash; [[Erol Büyükburç]], Turkish singer-songwriter, pop music composer, and actor (died 2015)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Ron Carey (labor leader)|Ron Carey]], American trade union leader (died 2008)
*  1936   &ndash; [[Roger Whittaker]], Kenyan-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2023)
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Angelo Badalamenti]], American pianist and composer (died 2022)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Armin Hary]], German sprinter
*  1937   &ndash; [[Jon Hassell]], American trumpet player and composer (died 2021)
*  1937   &ndash; [[Foo Foo Lammar]], British drag queen (died 2003)<ref>[[General Register Office]]; United Kingdom. ''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007'' [database on-line]</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=2005-05-28 |title=Fond farewell to Frank "Foo Foo" Lammar |url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/fond-farewell-to-frank-foo-foo-1155684 |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=[[Manchester Evening News]] |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Rein Etruk]], Estonian chess player (died 2012)
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[George Edward Alcorn, Jr.]], American physicist and inventor<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blackinventor.com/george-alcorn/ |title=George Alcorn |last=Chamberlain |first=Gaius |date=November 26, 2012 |website=The Black Inventor Online Museum |publisher=Adscape International |access-date=February 11, 2017}}</ref>
*  1940   &ndash; [[Dave Keon]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Dave Keon |url=https://ontariosportshalloffame.com/dave-keon/ |website=[[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] |date=27 March 2010 |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1940   &ndash; [[Haing S. Ngor]], Cambodian-American physician and author (died 1996)
*[[1941]] &ndash; [[Billy Collins]], American poet
*  1941   &ndash; [[Jeremy Clyde]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref name="AP"/> 
*  1941   &ndash; [[Bruno Ganz]], Swiss actor (died 2019)
*  1941   &ndash; [[Cassam Uteem]], Mauritian politician, 2nd [[List of Presidents of Mauritius|President of Mauritius]]
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Jorge Ben Jor]], Brazilian singer-songwriter
*  1942   &ndash; [[Dick Pound]], Canadian lawyer and academic
*[[1943]] &ndash; [[George Benson]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist<ref>{{cite book |author=Maurice J. Summerfield |title=The Jazz Guitar: Its Evolution and Its Players |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1vULAQAAIAAJ |year=1979 |publisher=Ashley Mark |isbn=978-0-9506224-1-5 |page=49}}</ref> 
*  1943   &ndash; [[Nazem Ganjapour]], Iranian footballer and manager (died 2013)
*  1943   &ndash; [[Keith Relf]], English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1976)
*[[1945]] &ndash; [[Eric Roth]], American screenwriter and producer
*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Don Chaney]], American basketball player and coach
*  1946   &ndash; [[Rivka Golani]], Israeli viola player and composer
*  1946   &ndash; [[Rudy Rucker]], American mathematician, computer scientist, and author
*  1946   &ndash; [[Harry Vanda]], Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[George Ferguson (Mayor of Bristol)|George Ferguson]], English architect and politician, 1st [[Mayor of Bristol]]
*  1947   &ndash; [[James Patterson]], American author and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1947   &ndash; [[Maarten van Gent]], Dutch basketball player and coach
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Wolf Blitzer]], American journalist<ref>{{cite web |title=And that's the way it was: March 22, 1948 |url=https://archives.cjr.org/the_kicker/and_thats_the_way_it_was_march_16.php |publisher=[[Columbia Journalism Review]] |access-date=10 March 2023 |date=22 March 2013}}</ref>
*  1948   &ndash; [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]], English composer and director<ref>{{cite book |author=Mike Evans |title=Musicals: Facts, Figures & Fun |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QBcw8ZlKmtMC&pg=PA74 |date=September 2005 |publisher=AAPPL |isbn=978-1-904332-38-1 |page=74}}</ref> 
*[[1949]] &ndash; [[Fanny Ardant]], French actress, director, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1949   &ndash; [[Brian Hanrahan]], English journalist (died 2010)
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Des Browne]], Scottish lawyer and politician, [[Secretary of State for Scotland]]
*  1952   &ndash; [[Bob Costas]], American sportscaster<ref>{{cite web |title=2018 Ford C. Frick Award Winner Bob Costas |url=https://baseballhall.org/discover/awards/ford-c-frick/bob-costas |publisher=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]] |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Kenneth Rogoff]], American economist and chess grandmaster
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Lena Olin]], Swedish actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1955   &ndash; [[Valdis Zatlers]], Latvian physician and politician, 7th [[President of Latvia]]
*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]]
*[[1957]] &ndash; [[Jürgen Bucher]], German footballer
*  1957   &ndash; [[Stephanie Mills]], American actress and singer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Matthew Modine]], American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Jim Covert]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Jimbo Covert |url=https://www.profootballhof.com/players/jimbo-covert/ |publisher=[[Pro Football Hall of Fame]] |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; [[Simon Furman]], British comic book writer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bwtf.com/interviews/sf399/ |title=Interview with Simon Furman |website=bwtf.com |access-date=22 May 2020 |archive-date=4 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204140423/http://www.bwtf.com/interviews/sf399/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Nikos Kourbanas]], Greek footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.weltfussball.de/spieler_profil/nikos-kourbanas/ |title=Nikos Kourbanas}}</ref>
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[Deborah Bull]], English ballerina
*  1963   &ndash; [[Pelle Eklund]], Swedish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Pelle Eklund |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/pelle-eklund-8446618 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Susan Ann Sulley]], English pop singer
*  1963   &ndash; [[Hannu Virta]], Finnish ice hockey player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Hannu Virta |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/hannu-virta-8452233 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1963   &ndash; [[Martín Vizcarra]], Peruvian engineer and politician, 67th [[President of Peru]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.perutelegraph.com/news/peruvian-politics/peru-s-new-president-martin-vizcarra |title=Peru's new President Martin Vizcarra |last=Summer |first=Eva |website=Peru Telegraph |date=March 27, 2018 |access-date=March 5, 2020}}</ref>
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Ice MC (rapper)|Ice MC]], British rapper<ref name="agent-bio">{{Cite web |url=https://international-artists.com/audio/ice-mc/ |title=Ice MC – Booking Agency – International Artists Holland |work=international-artists.com |access-date=20 November 2019}}</ref>
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[Todd Ewen]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2015)
*  1966   &ndash; [[Artis Pabriks]], Latvian academic and politician, 11th [[Minister for Defence of Latvia]]
*  1966   &ndash; [[António Pinto (athlete)|António Pinto]], Portuguese runner<ref>{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14218458 |title=António Pinto |website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
*  1966   &ndash; [[Brian Shaw (basketball)|Brian Shaw]], American basketball player and coach
*[[1967]] &ndash; [[Mario Cipollini]], Italian cyclist
*  1967   &ndash; [[Bernie Gallacher]], Scottish-English footballer (died 2011)
*[[1969]] &ndash; [[Russell Maryland]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Russell Maryland |url=https://footballfoundation.org/honors/hall-of-fame/russell-maryland/2312 |publisher=[[National Football Foundation]] |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[1970]] &ndash; [[Andreas Johnson]], Swedish singer-songwriter
*  1970   &ndash; [[Leontien van Moorsel]], Dutch cyclist
*  1970   &ndash; [[Hwang Young-cho]], South Korean runner
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Keegan-Michael Key]], American actor, comedian, and writer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1971   &ndash; [[Will Yun Lee]], American actor and martial artist<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Shawn Bradley]], German-American basketball player, coach, and actor
*  1972   &ndash; [[Cory Lidle]], American baseball player (died 2006)
*  1972   &ndash; [[Elvis Stojko]], Canadian figure skater and sportscaster<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Beverley Knight]], English singer-songwriter and producer
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Marcus Camby]], American basketball player
*  1974   &ndash; [[Philippe Clement]], Belgian footballer
*  1974   &ndash; [[Grigoria Golia]], Greek handball player<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/grigoria-golia-1.html |title=Grigoria Golia Bio, Stats, and Results |publisher=Sports-Reference.com |date= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121218042239/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/grigoria-golia-1.html |access-date=2022-08-05 |archive-date=2012-12-18}}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Tuomas Grönman]], Finnish ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Tuomas Gronman |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tuomas-gronman-8458965 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Geo Meneses]], Mexican producer and singer
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[Guillermo Díaz (actor)|Guillermo Díaz]], American actor<ref name="AP"/>
*  1975   &ndash; [[Anne Dudek]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1975   &ndash; [[Cole Hauser]], American actor and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*  1975   &ndash; [[Jiří Novák]], Czech-Monegasque tennis player
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[Teun de Nooijer]], Dutch field hockey player
*  1976   &ndash; [[Asako Toki]], Japanese singer-songwriter
*  1976   &ndash; [[Reese Witherspoon]], American actress and producer<ref name="AP"/>
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[John Otto (drummer)|John Otto]], American musician and songwriter<ref name="AP"/>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Joey Porter]], American football player and coach<ref>{{cite web |title=Joey Porter |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/1826/joey-porter |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Tom Poti]], American ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/tom-poti-8465012 |title=Tom Poti |website=NHL |access-date=January 10, 2022}}</ref>
*  1977   &ndash; [[Anabel Rodríguez Ríos]], Venezuelan film director and screenwriter<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anabel Rodríguez Ríos |url=https://www.sensacine.com.mx/actores/actor-897187/biografia/ |access-date=28 March 2021 |agency=SensaCine México}}</ref>
*  1978   &ndash; [[Josh Heupel]],  American football player and coach<ref name="p833">{{cite web |last=Harralson |first=Dan |title=Josh Heupel celebrates birthday |website=Vols Wire |publisher=USA Today |date=2021-03-22 |url=https://volswire.usatoday.com/2021/03/22/josh-heupel-celebrates-birthday-tennessee-vols-football/ |access-date=2024-11-14}}</ref>
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Michalis Kouinelis]], Greek hip hop singer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ishow.gr/person.asp?guid=D0DA628C-86FD-4274-B842-BE60913C8804 |title=Μιχάλης Κουϊνέλης βιογραφία, βιογραφικό - iShow.gr}}</ref>
*  1979   &ndash; [[Aaron North]], American guitarist 
*  1979   &ndash; [[Juan Uribe]], Dominican baseball player
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Tiffany Dupont]], American actress<ref name="AP"/>
*  1981   &ndash; [[Arne Gabius]], German runner
*  1981   &ndash; [[Mims (rapper)|Mims]], American rapper<ref>{{cite web |last1=Madden |first1=Sidney |title=Happy Birthday, Mims! |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/happy-birthday-mims/ |publisher=[[XXL (magazine)|XXL]] |access-date=10 March 2023 |date=22 March 2016}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Deng Gai]], South Sudanese basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Deng Gai |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/101184/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Enrico Gasparotto]], Italian cyclist
*  1982   &ndash; [[Michael Janyk]], Canadian skier
*  1982   &ndash; [[Michael Morse]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Michael Morse |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/michael-morse-434604 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Piá (footballer, born 1982)|Piá]], Brazilian footballer
*  1982   &ndash; [[Mike Smith (ice hockey, born 1982)|Mike Smith]], Canadian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Mike Smith |url=https://www.nhl.com/player/mike-smith-8469608 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1982   &ndash; [[Constance Wu]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cruz |first1=Clarissa |title=See the cover of Crazy Rich Asians star Constance Wu's upcoming memoir Making a Scene |url=https://ew.com/books/first-look-constance-wu-memoir/ |publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |access-date=10 March 2023 |date=22 March 2022}}</ref>
*[[1983]] &ndash; [[Thomas Davis Sr.]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Thomas Davis Sr. |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/8429/thomas-davis-sr |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; [[Piotr Trochowski]], German footballer
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Mayola Biboko]], Belgian footballer
*  1985   &ndash; [[Jakob Fuglsang]], Danish cyclist<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/cycling/jakob-fuglsang_prs158341/person.shtml |title=Jakob Fuglsang |website=Eurosport |access-date=January 10, 2022}}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Justin Masterson]], American baseball player<ref>{{Baseballstats |mlb=475416}}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Kelli Waite]], Australian swimmer<ref>{{cite web |title=Profile of Kelli Waite |url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=2571 |publisher=Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games |access-date=10 January 2022 |archive-date=10 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110114939/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ath=2571 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Dexter Fowler]], American baseball player<ref>{{baseballstats|mlb=451594}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Ike Davis]], American baseball player
*  1987   &ndash; [[Liam Doran]], British rallycross driver<ref>{{cite web |title=Liam Doran |url=http://www.global-rallycross.com/drivers/liam-doran/ |access-date=19 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130618085653/http://www.global-rallycross.com/drivers/liam-doran/ |archive-date=18 June 2013 |url-status=usurped}}</ref>
*  1987   &ndash; [[Jairo Mora Sandoval]], Costa Rican environmentalist (died 2013)
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[Chris Ivory]], American football player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chris Ivory |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/13587/chris-ivory |publisher=[[ESPN]] |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Ruben Popa]], Romanian footballer
*  1989   &ndash; [[J. J. Watt]], American football player<ref>{{Football stats |nflnew=J-J-Watt}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Dominique Fishback]], American actress<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1992]] &ndash; [[Roston Chase]], Barbadian cricketer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/391832.html  |website=ESPNcricinfo |title=Roston Chase}}</ref>
*  1992   &ndash; [[Edy Tavares]], Cape Verdean basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Edy Tavares |url=https://www.nba.com/stats/player/204002/career |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Edwin Díaz]], Puerto Rican baseball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Edwin O Díaz |url=https://www.mlb.com/player/edwin-o-diaz-621242 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |access-date=10 March 2023}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Taurean Prince]], American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Taurean Prince |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1627752/taurean-prince |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Aliaksandra Sasnovich]], Belarusian tennis player<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/317790/aliaksandra-sasnovich |title=WTAtennis.com Profile: Aliaksandra Sasnovich |publisher=[[Women's Tennis Association]] |access-date=16 October 2022}}</ref>
*  1994   &ndash; [[Ha Sung-woon]], South Korean singer<ref>{{cite web |title='4월 제대' 하성운, '3월의 가수' 선정…군 복무 중에도 여전한 인기[TEN차트] |url=https://tenasia.hankyung.com/article/2024031405554 |work=TenAsia |date=22 March 2024 |access-date=26 February 2025 |language=ko}}</ref>
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Nick Robinson (American actor)|Nick Robinson]], American actor<ref name="UPI"/>
*[[1997]] &ndash; [[Alex Meret]], Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theitaliantimes.it/2021/06/11/alex-meret-eta-altezza-biografia-stipendio |title=Alex Meret: età e altezza, biografia, carriera e stipendio, fidanzata - The Italian Times |date=11 June 2021 |access-date=16 June 2023 |language=it}}</ref>
*  1997   &ndash; [[Chimezie Metu]], Nigerian-American basketball player<ref>{{cite web |title=Chimezie Metu |url=https://www.nba.com/player/1629002/chimezie-metu |publisher=[[National Basketball Association]] |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Dimitrios Meliopoulos]], Greek footballer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://uk.soccerway.com/players/dimitrios-meliopoulos/465817/ |title=Greece - D. Meliopoulos - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway}}</ref>
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Artūrs Šilovs]], Latvian ice hockey player<ref>{{cite web |title=Arturs Silovs |url=https://www.nhl.com/canucks/player/arturs-silovs-8481668 |publisher=[[National Hockey League]] |access-date=21 March 2024}}</ref>

==Deaths==
===Pre-1600===
* [[235]] &ndash; [[Severus Alexander]], Roman emperor (born 208) 
* [[880]] &ndash; [[Carloman of Bavaria]], Frankish king
*[[1144]] &ndash; [[William of Norwich]], child murder victim
*[[1322]] &ndash; [[Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster]], English politician, [[Lord High Steward|Lord High Steward of England]] (born 1278)
*[[1418]] &ndash; [[Dietrich of Nieheim]], German bishop and historian (born 1345)
*[[1421]] &ndash; [[Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence]], English soldier and politician, [[Lord High Steward|Lord High Steward of England]] (born 1388)
*[[1454]] &ndash; [[John Kemp]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]
*[[1471]] &ndash; [[George of Poděbrady]] (born 1420)

===1601–1900===
*[[1544]] &ndash; [[Johannes Magnus]], Swedish archbishop and theologian (born 1488)
*[[1602]] &ndash; [[Agostino Carracci]], Italian painter and educator (born 1557)
*[[1685]] &ndash; [[Emperor Go-Sai]] of Japan (born 1638)
*[[1687]] &ndash; [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]], Italian-French composer and conductor (born 1632)
*[[1758]] &ndash; [[Jonathan Edwards (theologian)|Jonathan Edwards]], English minister, theologian, and philosopher (born 1703)
*[[1820]] &ndash; [[Stephen Decatur]], American commander (born 1779)
*[[1832]] &ndash; [[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe]], German novelist, poet, playwright, and diplomat (born 1749)
*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Étienne Bobillier]], French mathematician and academic (born 1798)
*[[1864]] &ndash; [[Konstanty Kalinowski]], writer, journalist, lawyer and revolutionary (born 1838)
*[[1881]] &ndash; [[Samuel Courtauld (industrialist)|Samuel Courtauld]], English businessman (born 1793)
*[[1896]] &ndash; [[Thomas Hughes]], English lawyer and politician (born 1822)

===1901–present===
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Song Jiaoren]], Chinese educator and politician (born 1882)
*  1913   &ndash; [[Ruggero Oddi]],  Italian physiologist and anatomist (born 1864)
*[[1924]] &ndash; [[William Macewen]], Scottish surgeon and neuroscientist (born 1848)
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy]], Irish lawyer and politician (born 1851)
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[Frederick Cuming (cricketer)|Frederick Cuming]], English cricketer (born 1875)
*  1942 &ndash; [[William Donne (cricketer)|William Donne]], English captain and cricketer (born 1875)
*  1942 &ndash; [[María Collazo]], Uruguayan journalist and activist (born 1884)<ref>{{Cite web |title=COLLAZO, Maria - [Dictionnaire international des militants anarchistes] |url=https://www.militants-anarchistes.info/spip.php?article9397 |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=www.militants-anarchistes.info}}</ref>
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[D. S. Senanayake]], 1st [[Prime Minister of Sri Lanka]] (born 1883)
*[[1955]] &ndash; [[Ivan Šubašić]], Croatian lawyer and politician, 23rd [[Prime Minister of Yugoslavia]] (born 1892)
*[[1958]] &ndash; [[Mike Todd]], American film producer (born 1909)
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[José Antonio Aguirre (politician)|José Antonio Aguirre]], Spanish lawyer and politician, 1st [[President of the Basque Country]] (born 1904)
*[[1966]] &ndash; [[John Harlin]], American mountaineer and pilot (born 1935)
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[Johannes Villemson]], Estonian-American runner (born 1893)
*  1971   &ndash; [[Nella Walker]], American actress and vaudevillian (born 1886)
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Peter Revson]], American race car driver (born 1939)
*  1974   &ndash; [[Orazio Satta Puliga]], Italian automobile designer (born 1910)
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[John McLaughlin (artist)|John Dwyer McLaughlin]], American painter (born 1898)
*[[1977]] &ndash; [[A. K. Gopalan]], Indian educator and politician (born 1904)
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Karl Wallenda]], German-American acrobat and tightrope walker, founded [[The Flying Wallendas]] (born 1905)
*[[1979]] &ndash; [[Ben Lyon]], American actor and studio executive (born 1901)
*[[1981]] &ndash; [[Jumbo Elliott (coach)|James Elliott]], American runner and coach (born 1915)
*  1981   &ndash; [[Gil Puyat]],  Filipino businessman and politician, 13th [[President of the Senate of the Philippines]] (born 1907)
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Raoul Ubac]], French painter, sculptor, photographer, and engraver (born 1910)<ref>{{cite web |title=Ubac, Raoul |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00186619 |access-date=2022-03-07 |website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |year=2011 |language=en |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00186619 |isbn=978-0-19-977378-7 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Warren |first=Lynne |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cFVsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1569 |title=Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography, 3-Volume Set |date=2005-11-15 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-20543-0 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1985   &ndash; [[Spyros Vassiliou]], Greek painter, printmaker, illustrator, and stage designer (born 1903)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://artifex.gr/ |title=artifex – διαχείριση και προστασία αρχείου Σπύρου Βασιλείου και των περιοδικών The Athenian και To Ρόδι |publisher=Artifex.gr |date= |access-date=2022-08-05}}</ref> 
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Olive Deering]], American actress (born 1918)
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Odysseas Angelis]], Greek general and politician (born 1912)
*[[1989]] &ndash; [[Peta Taylor]], English cricketer (born 1912)
*[[1990]] &ndash; [[Gerald Bull]], Canadian engineer and academic (born 1928)<ref>{{cite web |title=Gerald Bull &#124; The Canadian Encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/gerald-bull |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca |access-date=27 January 2020}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Léon Balcer]], Canadian lawyer and politician, 19th [[Solicitor General of Canada]] (born 1917)
*  1991   &ndash; [[Paul Engle]], American novelist, poet, playwright, and critic (born 1908)
*  1991   &ndash; [[Dave Guard]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist  (born 1934)
*  1991   &ndash; [[Gloria Holden]], English-American actress (born 1908)
*[[1993]] &ndash; [[Steve Olin]], American baseball player (born 1965)
*[[1994]] &ndash; [[Dan Hartman]], American singer-songwriter, and producer (born 1950)
*  1994   &ndash; [[Walter Lantz]], American animator, director, and producer (born 1899)
*[[1996]] &ndash; [[Don Murray (drummer)|Don Murray]], American drummer (born 1945)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Robert F. Overmyer]], American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (born 1936)
*  1996   &ndash; [[Billy Williamson (guitarist)|Billy Williamson]], American guitarist (born 1925)
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Max Beloff, Baron Beloff]], English historian and academic (born 1913)
*  1999   &ndash; [[David Strickland]], American actor (born 1969)
*[[2000]] &ndash; [[Carlo Parola]], Italian footballer and manager (born 1921)
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Stepas Butautas]], Lithuanian basketball player and coach (born 1925)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Sabiha Gökçen]], Turkish soldier and pilot (born 1913)
*  2001   &ndash; [[William Hanna]], American animator, director, producer, and voice actor, co-founded [[Hanna-Barbera]] (born 1910)
*  2001   &ndash; [[Robert Fletcher Shaw]], Canadian businessman, academic, and civil servant (born 1910)
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Rudolf Baumgartner]], Swiss violinist and conductor (born 1917)
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[Terry Lloyd]], English journalist (born 1952)
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Janet Akyüz Mattei]], Turkish-American astronomer and academic (born 1943)
*  2004   &ndash; [[Ahmed Yassin]], Co-founded [[Hamas]] (born 1937)
*2004 &ndash; [[V. M. Tarkunde]], Indian lawyer and civil rights activist (born 1909) 
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[Rod Price]], English guitarist and songwriter (born 1947)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Gemini Ganesan]], Indian film actor (born 1920)
*  2005   &ndash; [[Kenzō Tange]], Japanese architect, designed the [[Yoyogi National Gymnasium]] and [[Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum]] (born 1913)
*[[2006]] &ndash; [[Pierre Clostermann]], French soldier, pilot, and politician (born 1921)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Pío Leyva]], Cuban singer and author (born 1917)
*  2006   &ndash; [[Kurt von Trojan]], Austrian-Australian journalist and author (born 1937)
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[U. G. Krishnamurti]], Indian-Italian philosopher and educator (born 1918)
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Cachao López]], Cuban-American bassist and composer (born 1918)
*[[2010]] &ndash; [[James Black (pharmacologist)|James Black]], Scottish biologist and pharmacologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1924)
*  2010   &ndash; [[Özhan Canaydın]], Turkish basketball player and businessman (born 1943)
*[[2011]] &ndash; [[Artur Agostinho]], Portuguese journalist (born 1920)
*  2011   &ndash; [[Victor Bouchard]], Canadian pianist and composer (born 1926)
*[[2012]] &ndash; [[Joe Blanchard]], American football player and wrestler (born 1928)
*  2012   &ndash; [[David Waltz]], American computer scientist and academic (born 1943)
*  2012   &ndash; [[Neil L. Whitehead]], English anthropologist and author (born 1956)
*[[2013]] &ndash; [[Vladimír Čech]], Czech actor and politician (born 1951)
*  2013   &ndash; [[Bebo Valdés]], Cuban-Swedish pianist and composer (born 1918)
*[[2014]] &ndash; [[Yashwant Vithoba Chittal]], Indian author (born 1928)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Mickey Duff]], Polish-English boxer and manager (born 1929)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Thor Listau]], Norwegian soldier and politician (born 1938)
*  2014   &ndash; [[Tasos Mitsopoulos]], Cypriot politician, [[List of Ministers of Defence of Cyprus|Cypriot Minister of Defence]] (born 1965)
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Arkady Arkanov]], Ukrainian-Russian actor and playwright (born 1933)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Horst Buhtz]], German footballer and manager (born 1923)
*  2015   &ndash; [[Norman Scribner]], American pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1936)
*[[2016]] &ndash; [[Rob Ford]], Canadian businessman and politician, 64th [[Mayor of Toronto]] (born 1969)
*  2016   &ndash; [[Rita Gam]], American actress (born 1927)
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Johan van Hulst]], Dutch politician, academic and author, [[Yad Vashem]] recipient (born 1911)
*[[2019]] &ndash; [[Scott Walker (singer)|Scott Walker]], British-American singer-songwriter (born 1943)<ref>{{cite web |title=Scott Walker obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/mar/25/scott-walker-obituary |website=the Guardian |access-date=24 June 2022 |language=en |date=25 March 2019}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; [[Laurent de Brunhoff]], French author and illustrator (born 1925)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Green |first1=Penelope |title=Laurent de Brunhoff, Artist Who Made Babar Famous, Dies at 98 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/22/books/laurent-de-brunhoff-dead.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=22 March 2024 |access-date=March 22, 2024}}</ref>
*[[2025]] &ndash; [[Jessica Aber]], American lawyer (born 1981)<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Lubin |first1=Rhian |last2=Baio |first2=Ariana |date=March 27, 2025 |title=Former US attorney Jessica Aber's cause of death is revealed by family |url=https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/jessica-aber-attorney-cause-of-death-b2721888.html |access-date=April 8, 2025 |website=[[The Independent]] |language=en}}</ref>
*2025 &ndash; [[Andy Peebles]], English radio DJ, television presenter and cricket commentator (born 1948)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lambert |first1=Guy |title=Former BBC Radio 1 DJ and presenter Andy Peebles dies aged 76 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq5zx32163po |website=[[BBC]] |date=23 March 2024 |access-date=March 23, 2024}}</ref>

==Holidays and observances==
*[[Bihar Day]] ([[Bihar]], India)<ref>{{cite web |title=Bihar Diwas marks public Holiday in Bihar |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2012/03/bihar-diwas-marks-public-holiday-in-bihar/ |publisher=news.biharprabha.com |access-date=22 March 2014}}</ref>
*Christian [[feast day]]:
**[[Basil of Ancyra]]
**[[Beatification|Blessed]] [[Clemens August Graf von Galen]]
**[[Darerca of Ireland]]
**[[Epaphroditus]]
**[[Jonathan Edwards (theologian)|Jonathan Edwards]] ([[Calendar of Saints (Lutheran)|Lutheranism]])
**[[Saint Lea|Lea of Rome]]
**[[Nicholas Owen (Jesuit)|Nicholas Owen]]
**[[Paul of Narbonne]]
**[[March 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]]
*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#Puerto Rico – March 22|Emancipation Day]] or ''Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud'' ([[Puerto Rico]])
*[[World Water Day]] ([[International observance|International]])<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/22/ BBC: On This Day]
* {{NYT On this day|month=3|day=22}}
* [https://www.onthisday.com/events/march/22 Historical Events on March 22]

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[[Category:Days of March]]