March 22 facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

March 22nd is a special day filled with many important events throughout history! From ancient battles to modern scientific breakthroughs and cultural milestones, this date has seen a lot of action. It's a day when leaders were chosen, new inventions were made, and big changes happened around the world.

Historical Events
Famous Births
- Born Before 1900
- Born After 1900
Notable Deaths
- Died Before 1900
- Died After 1900
Holidays and Observances
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Historical Events

Ancient Times and Middle Ages

106 AD – The Bostran era, a special calendar used in the Roman province of Arabia Petraea, officially began.
235 – The Roman emperor Severus Alexander died, which started a very difficult period for the Roman Empire known as the Crisis of the Third Century.
871 – Æthelred of Wessex, an English king, was defeated by a large Danish army at the Battle of Marton.
1185 – In Japan, the Taira clan's forces were defeated by the Minamoto clan at the Battle of Yashima.
1312 – Pope Clement V officially ended the Order of the Knights Templar, a powerful group of knight monks, with a special order called Vox in excelso.
1508 – Ferdinand II of Aragon, the King of Spain, appointed Amerigo Vespucci as the chief navigator for the Spanish Empire.

1600s to 1900s

1621 – The Pilgrims living in Plymouth Colony signed an important peace treaty with Massasoit, the leader of the Wampanoag people.
1622 – During the Second Anglo-Powhatan War, Algonquian groups attacked English settlers near Jamestown, Virginia, leading to many deaths.
1631 – The Massachusetts Bay Colony made it illegal to own cards, dice, and gaming tables.
1638 – Anne Hutchinson was forced to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony because of her different religious beliefs.
1739 – Nader Shah took over Delhi in India and looted the city, taking valuable treasures like the jewels from the famous Peacock Throne.
1765 – The British Parliament passed the Stamp Act, which put a direct tax on its American colonies. This made the colonists very angry.
1784 – The famous Emerald Buddha statue was moved with a grand ceremony to its current home in Wat Phra Kaew in Thailand.
1792 – In the Battle of Croix-des-Bouquets, enslaved Black people won an important victory in the first major battle of the Haitian Revolution.
1794 – The Slave Trade Act of 1794 made it illegal to export enslaved people from the United States and stopped American citizens from preparing ships to import enslaved people.
1829 – In the London Protocol, the UK, France, and Russia officially set the borders for Greece.
1849 – The Austrians defeated the Piedmontese army at the Battle of Novara.
1871 – In North Carolina, William Woods Holden became the first governor of a U.S. state to be removed from office through impeachment.
1873 – The Spanish National Assembly ended slavery in Puerto Rico.
1894 – The Stanley Cup ice hockey competition was played for the very first time in Montreal, Canada.
1895 – Brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière publicly showed their new film technology for the first time.
1896 – Charilaos Vasilakos won the first modern Olympic marathon race, finishing in three hours and 18 minutes.

1900s to Today

1906 – The first ever rugby union match between the England and France teams was played in Paris.
1913 – Phan Xích Long, who claimed to be the Emperor of Vietnam, was arrested for planning a revolt against French rule. His supporters still carried out the revolt the next day.
1916 – Yuan Shikai stepped down as Emperor of China, bringing back the Republic and returning to his role as President.
1920 – Soldiers from the Azeri and Turkish armies, along with Kurdish groups, attacked the Armenian people in Shushi (Nagorno Karabakh).
1933 – Nazi Germany opened its first concentration camp, Dachau.
1934 – The first Masters Tournament in golf was held at Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.
1939 – Germany took control of Memel from Lithuania.
1942 – During World War II, the Royal Navy of the UK fought against Italy's navy in the Second Battle of Sirte in the Mediterranean Sea.
1943 – In World War II, the entire village of Khatyn in present-day Republic of Belarus was burned down.
1945 – During World War II, the city of Hildesheim, Germany, was heavily damaged by a British air raid, even though it had little military importance.
1945 – The Arab League, a group of Arab states, was formed when its charter was signed in Cairo, Egypt.
1946 – The United Kingdom granted full independence to Transjordan.
1960 – Scientists Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes received the first patent for a laser, a device that produces a strong beam of light.
1963 – The Beatles released their very first album, Please Please Me.
1970 – Chicano residents in San Diego, California took over an area under the Coronado Bridge, which led to the creation of Chicano Park.
1972 – The United States Congress sent the Equal Rights Amendment to the states for them to approve it.
1975 – A fire at the Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant in Decatur, Alabama, caused a dangerous drop in cooling water levels.
1978 – Karl Wallenda of The Flying Wallendas, a famous acrobat, died after falling from a tightrope in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
1982 – NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia launched from the Kennedy Space Center on its third mission, STS-3.
1988 – The United States Congress voted to overrule President Ronald Reagan's decision on the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987, making it law.
1992 – USAir Flight 405 crashed shortly after taking off from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to studies about how ice affects airplanes.
1992 – The Democratic Party of Albania won a large majority in the parliamentary election, marking a shift after the fall of communism.
1993 – The Intel Corporation released its first Pentium computer chips, which were very fast for their time.
1995 – Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returned to Earth after spending a record-breaking 438 days in space.
1996 – NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis launched on its 16th mission, STS-76.
1997 – Tara Lipinski, at just 14 years old, became the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.
1997 – Comet Hale–Bopp came closest to Earth, at a distance of 1.315 AU (Astronomical Units).
2017 – A terrorist attack happened in London near the Houses of Parliament, resulting in several deaths and injuries.
2017 – During the Syrian civil war, 500 members of the Syrian Democratic Forces were airlifted by United States Air Force helicopters, starting the Battle of Tabqa.
2019 – The Special Counsel investigation into the 2016 United States presidential election finished when Robert Mueller gave his report to the United States Attorney General.
2020 – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew to help stop the spread of COVID-19.
2020 – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced a national lockdown and the country's first ever self-imposed curfew to fight the spread of COVID-19.
2024 – At least 137 people were killed and 180 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia.

Famous Births

Many notable people were born on March 22nd, including emperors, artists, scientists, and actors.

Born Before 1900

841 – Bernard Plantapilosa, a Frankish nobleman.
875 – William I, Duke of Aquitaine, a powerful French duke.
1212 – Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan.
1367 – Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, an English politician.
1394 – Ulugh Beg, a Persian astronomer and mathematician.
1459 – Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, a powerful ruler in Europe.
1499 – Johann Carion, a German astrologer and historian.
1517 – Gioseffo Zarlino, an Italian composer.
1519 – Catherine Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk, an English noblewoman.
1582 – John Williams, an Archbishop of York.
1599 – Anthony van Dyck, a famous Flemish-English painter.
1609 – John II Casimir Vasa, a Polish king.
1615 – Katherine Jones, Viscountess Ranelagh, a British scientist.
1663 – August Hermann Francke, a German clergyman and scholar.
1684 – William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath, an English politician.
1712 – Edward Moore, an English poet and playwright.
1720 – Nicolas-Henri Jardin, a French architect.
1723 – Charles Carroll, an American lawyer and politician.
1728 – Anton Raphael Mengs, a German painter.
1785 – Adam Sedgwick, an English scientist.
1797 – William I, German Emperor.
1808 – Caroline Norton, an English feminist and author.
1808 – David Swinson Maynard, an American physician.
1812 – Stephen Pearl Andrews, an American author and activist.
1814 – Thomas Crawford, an American sculptor.
1817 – Braxton Bragg, an American general.
1818 – John Ainsworth Horrocks, an English-Australian explorer.
1822 – Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, an Ottoman historian and statesman.
1841 – Anastassios Christomanos, a Greek scientist.
1842 – Mykola Lysenko, a Ukrainian pianist and composer.
1846 – Randolph Caldecott, an English illustrator.
1846 – James Timberlake, an American police officer.
1852 – Otakar Ševčík, a Czech violinist.
1852 – Hector Sévin, a French cardinal.
1855 – Dorothy Tennant, a British painter.
1857 – Paul Doumer, a French politician and 14th President of France.
1866 – Jack Boyle, an American baseball player.
1868 – Robert Andrews Millikan, an American physicist and Nobel Prize winner.
1869 – Emilio Aguinaldo, a Filipino general and 1st President of the Philippines.
1869 – Tom McInnes, a Scottish-English footballer.
1873 – Ernest Lawson, a Canadian-American painter.
1880 – Ernest C. Quigley, a Canadian-American football player and coach.
1884 – Arthur H. Vandenberg, an American politician.
1884 – Lyda Borelli, an Italian actress.
1885 – Aryeh Levin, a Polish-Lithuanian rabbi.
1886 – August Rei, an Estonian lawyer and politician.
1887 – Chico Marx, a famous American actor and comedian.
1890 – George Clark, an American race car driver.
1892 – Charlie Poole, an American country banjo player.
1892 – Johannes Semper, an Estonian poet.
1896 – He Long, a Chinese general and politician.
1896 – Joseph Schildkraut, an Austrian-American actor.
1899 – Ruth Page, an American ballerina and choreographer.

Born After 1900

1901 – Greta Kempton, an Austrian-American painter.
1902 – Johannes Brinkman, a Dutch architect.
1902 – Madeleine Milhaud, a French actress and composer.
1903 – Bill Holman, an American cartoonist.
1907 – James M. Gavin, an American general and diplomat.
1908 – Jack Crawford, an Australian tennis player.
1908 – Louis L'Amour, an American novelist.
1909 – Gabrielle Roy, a Canadian author.
1910 – Nicholas Monsarrat, an English author.
1912 – Wilfrid Brambell, an Irish actor.
1912 – Leslie Johnson, an English race car driver.
1912 – Karl Malden, an American actor.
1912 – Agnes Martin, a Canadian-American painter.
1913 – Tom McCall, an American politician and Governor of Oregon.
1913 – Lew Wasserman, an American talent agent.
1913 – James Westerfield, an American actor.
1914 – John Stanley, an American author and illustrator.
1914 – Donald Stokes, Baron Stokes, an English businessman.
1917 – Virginia Grey, an American actress.
1917 – Irving Kaplansky, a Canadian-American mathematician.
1917 – Paul Rogers, an English actor.
1918 – Cheddi Jagan, a Guyanese politician and President of Guyana.
1919 – Bernard Krigstein, an American illustrator.
1920 – James Brown, an American actor and singer.
1920 – Werner Klemperer, a German-American actor.
1920 – Lloyd MacPhail, a Canadian politician.
1920 – Ross Martin, an American actor.
1920 – Katsuko Saruhashi, a Japanese geochemist.
1920 – Fanny Waterman, an English pianist.
1921 – Nino Manfredi, an Italian actor and director.
1922 – John J. Gilligan, an American politician and Governor of Ohio.
1922 – Stewart Stern, an American screenwriter.
1923 – Marcel Marceau, a famous French mime artist.
1924 – Al Neuharth, an American journalist who founded USA Today.
1924 – Yevgeny Ostashev, a Russian test pilot.
1924 – Osman F. Seden, a Turkish director.
1924 – Bill Wendell, an American television announcer.
1927 – Marty Blake, an American basketball manager.
1927 – Nicolas Tikhomiroff, a Russian photographer.
1928 – Carrie Donovan, an American journalist.
1928 – E. D. Hirsch, an American author and critic.
1928 – Ed Macauley, an American basketball player.
1929 – Yayoi Kusama, a Japanese artist.
1929 – P. Ramlee, a Malaysian actor and director.
1930 – Derek Bok, an American lawyer and academic.
1930 – Pat Robertson, an American minister and broadcaster.
1930 – Stephen Sondheim, a famous American composer and songwriter.
1931 – Burton Richter, an American physicist and Nobel Prize winner.
1931 – William Shatner, a Canadian actor, famous for Star Trek.
1931 – Leslie Thomas, a Welsh author.
1932 – Els Borst, a Dutch physician and politician.
1932 – Larry Evans, an American chess player.
1933 – Abolhassan Banisadr, the first President of Iran.
1934 – May Britt, a Swedish actress.
1934 – Sheila Cameron, an English lawyer and judge.
1934 – Orrin Hatch, an American politician.
1935 – Galina Gavrilovna Korchuganova, a Russian test pilot.
1935 – Lea Pericoli, an Italian tennis player.
1935 – Frank Pulli, an American baseball umpire.
1935 – M. Emmet Walsh, an American actor.
1936 – Erol Büyükburç, a Turkish singer.
1936 – Ron Carey, an American trade union leader.
1936 – Roger Whittaker, a Kenyan-English singer.
1937 – Angelo Badalamenti, an American composer.
1937 – Armin Hary, a German sprinter.
1937 – Jon Hassell, an American trumpet player.
1937 – Foo Foo Lammar, a British drag queen.
1938 – Rein Etruk, an Estonian chess player.
1940 – George Edward Alcorn, Jr., an American physicist and inventor.
1940 – Dave Keon, a Canadian ice hockey player.
1940 – Haing S. Ngor, a Cambodian-American physician and author.
1941 – Billy Collins, an American poet.
1941 – Jeremy Clyde, an English singer.
1941 – Bruno Ganz, a Swiss actor.
1941 – Cassam Uteem, the 2nd President of Mauritius.
1942 – Jorge Ben Jor, a Brazilian singer.
1942 – Dick Pound, a Canadian lawyer.
1943 – George Benson, an American singer and guitarist.
1943 – Nazem Ganjapour, an Iranian footballer.
1943 – Keith Relf, an English singer and guitarist.
1945 – Eric Roth, an American screenwriter.
1946 – Don Chaney, an American basketball player and coach.
1946 – Rivka Golani, an Israeli viola player.
1946 – Rudy Rucker, an American mathematician and author.
1946 – Harry Vanda, a Dutch-Australian singer and guitarist.
1947 – George Ferguson, an English architect and politician.
1947 – James Patterson, an American author.
1947 – Maarten van Gent, a Dutch basketball player and coach.
1948 – Wolf Blitzer, an American journalist.
1948 – Andrew Lloyd Webber, a famous English composer.
1949 – Fanny Ardant, a French actress.
1949 – Brian Hanrahan, an English journalist.
1952 – Des Browne, a Scottish politician.
1952 – Bob Costas, an American sportscaster.
1953 – Kenneth Rogoff, an American economist and chess grandmaster.
1955 – Lena Olin, a Swedish actress.
1955 – Valdis Zatlers, the 7th President of Latvia.
1956 – Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
1957 – Jürgen Bucher, a German footballer.
1957 – Stephanie Mills, an American actress and singer.
1959 – Matthew Modine, an American actor.
1960 – Jim Covert, an American football player.
1961 – Simon Furman, a British comic book writer.
1962 – Nikos Kourbanas, a Greek footballer.
1963 – Deborah Bull, an English ballerina.
1963 – Pelle Eklund, a Swedish ice hockey player.
1963 – Susan Ann Sulley, an English pop singer.
1963 – Hannu Virta, a Finnish ice hockey player.
1963 – Martín Vizcarra, the 67th President of Peru.
1965 – Ice MC, a British rapper.
1966 – Todd Ewen, a Canadian ice hockey player.
1966 – Artis Pabriks, a Latvian politician.
1966 – António Pinto, a Portuguese runner.
1966 – Brian Shaw, an American basketball player and coach.
1967 – Mario Cipollini, an Italian cyclist.
1967 – Bernie Gallacher, a Scottish-English footballer.
1969 – Russell Maryland, an American football player.
1970 – Andreas Johnson, a Swedish singer.
1970 – Leontien van Moorsel, a Dutch cyclist.
1970 – Hwang Young-cho, a South Korean runner.
1971 – Keegan-Michael Key, an American actor and comedian.
1971 – Will Yun Lee, an American actor.
1972 – Shawn Bradley, a German-American basketball player.
1972 – Cory Lidle, an American baseball player.
1972 – Elvis Stojko, a Canadian figure skater.
1973 – Beverley Knight, an English singer.
1974 – Marcus Camby, an American basketball player.
1974 – Philippe Clement, a Belgian footballer.
1974 – Grigoria Golia, a Greek handball player.
1974 – Tuomas Grönman, a Finnish ice hockey player.
1974 – Geo Meneses, a Mexican singer.
1975 – Guillermo Díaz, an American actor.
1975 – Anne Dudek, an American actress.
1975 – Cole Hauser, an American actor.
1975 – Jiří Novák, a Czech-Monegasque tennis player.
1976 – Teun de Nooijer, a Dutch field hockey player.
1976 – Asako Toki, a Japanese singer.
1976 – Reese Witherspoon, a famous American actress.
1977 – John Otto, an American musician.
1977 – Joey Porter, an American football player.
1977 – Tom Poti, an American ice hockey player.
1977 – Anabel Rodríguez Ríos, a Venezuelan film director.
1979 – Michalis Kouinelis, a Greek hip hop singer.
1979 – Aaron North, an American guitarist.
1979 – Juan Uribe, a Dominican baseball player.
1981 – Tiffany Dupont, an American actress.
1981 – Arne Gabius, a German runner.
1981 – Mims, an American rapper.
1982 – Deng Gai, a South Sudanese basketball player.
1982 – Enrico Gasparotto, an Italian cyclist.
1982 – Michael Janyk, a Canadian skier.
1982 – Michael Morse, an American baseball player.
1982 – Piá, a Brazilian footballer.
1982 – Mike Smith, a Canadian ice hockey player.
1982 – Constance Wu, an American actress.
1983 – Thomas Davis Sr., an American football player.
1984 – Piotr Trochowski, a German footballer.
1985 – Mayola Biboko, a Belgian footballer.
1985 – Jakob Fuglsang, a Danish cyclist.
1985 – Justin Masterson, an American baseball player.
1985 – Kelli Waite, an Australian swimmer.
1986 – Dexter Fowler, an American baseball player.
1987 – Ike Davis, an American baseball player.
1987 – Liam Doran, a British rallycross driver.
1987 – Jairo Mora Sandoval, a Costa Rican environmentalist.
1988 – Chris Ivory, an American football player.
1989 – Ruben Popa, a Romanian footballer.
1989 – J. J. Watt, an American football player.
1991 – Dominique Fishback, an American actress.
1992 – Roston Chase, a Barbadian cricketer.
1992 – Edy Tavares, a Cape Verdean basketball player.
1994 – Edwin Díaz, a Puerto Rican baseball player.
1994 – Taurean Prince, an American basketball player.
1994 – Aliaksandra Sasnovich, a Belarusian tennis player.
1995 – Nick Robinson, an American actor.
1997 – Alex Meret, an Italian footballer.
1997 – Chimezie Metu, a Nigerian-American basketball player.
2000 – Dimitrios Meliopoulos, a Greek footballer.
2001 – Artūrs Šilovs, a Latvian ice hockey player.

Notable Deaths

March 22nd is also a day when many important figures passed away, leaving behind their legacies.

Died Before 1900

235 – Severus Alexander, Roman emperor.
880 – Carloman of Bavaria, a Frankish king.
1322 – Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, an English politician.
1418 – Dietrich of Nieheim, a German bishop and historian.
1421 – Thomas of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Clarence, an English soldier.
1454 – John Kemp, an Archbishop of Canterbury.
1471 – George of Poděbrady, a King of Bohemia.
1544 – Johannes Magnus, a Swedish archbishop.
1602 – Agostino Carracci, an Italian painter.
1685 – Emperor Go-Sai of Japan.
1687 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, an Italian-French composer.
1758 – Jonathan Edwards, an English minister and philosopher.
1772 – John Canton, an English physicist.
1820 – Stephen Decatur, an American naval commander.
1832 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a famous German novelist and poet.
1840 – Étienne Bobillier, a French mathematician.
1864 – Konstanty Kalinowski, a writer and revolutionary.
1881 – Samuel Courtauld, an English businessman.
1896 – Thomas Hughes, an English lawyer and politician.

Died After 1900

1913 – Song Jiaoren, a Chinese educator and politician.
1913 – Ruggero Oddi, an Italian physiologist.
1924 – William Macewen, a Scottish surgeon.
1931 – James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, an Irish lawyer.
1942 – Frederick Cuming, an English cricketer.
1942 – William Donne, an English cricketer.
1945 – John Hessin Clarke, an American judge.
1952 – D. S. Senanayake, the first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.
1955 – Ivan Šubašić, a Croatian politician.
1958 – Mike Todd, an American film producer.
1960 – José Antonio Aguirre, the first President of the Basque Country.
1966 – John Harlin, an American mountaineer.
1971 – Johannes Villemson, an Estonian-American runner.
1971 – Nella Walker, an American actress.
1974 – Peter Revson, an American race car driver.
1974 – Orazio Satta Puliga, an Italian automobile designer.
1976 – John Dwyer McLaughlin, an American painter.
1977 – A. K. Gopalan, an Indian politician.
1978 – Karl Wallenda, a German-American acrobat.
1979 – Ben Lyon, an American actor.
1981 – James Elliott, an American runner and coach.
1981 – Gil Puyat, a Filipino businessman and politician.
1985 – Raoul Ubac, a French painter and sculptor.
1985 – Spyros Vassiliou, a Greek painter.
1986 – Olive Deering, an American actress.
1986 – Mark Dinning, an American singer.
1987 – Odysseas Angelis, a Greek general.
1989 – Peta Taylor, an English cricketer.
1990 – Gerald Bull, a Canadian engineer.
1991 – Léon Balcer, a Canadian politician.
1991 – Paul Engle, an American poet.
1991 – Dave Guard, an American singer.
1991 – Gloria Holden, an English-American actress.
1993 – Steve Olin, an American baseball player.
1994 – Dan Hartman, an American singer and producer.
1994 – Walter Lantz, an American animator, creator of Woody Woodpecker.
1996 – Don Murray, an American drummer.
1996 – Robert F. Overmyer, an American astronaut.
1996 – Billy Williamson, an American guitarist.
1999 – Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, an English historian.
1999 – David Strickland, an American actor.
2000 – Carlo Parola, an Italian footballer.
2001 – Stepas Butautas, a Lithuanian basketball player.
2001 – Sabiha Gökçen, a Turkish soldier and pilot.
2001 – William Hanna, an American animator who co-founded Hanna-Barbera.
2001 – Robert Fletcher Shaw, a Canadian businessman.
2002 – Rudolf Baumgartner, a Swiss violinist.
2003 – Terry Lloyd, an English journalist.
2004 – Janet Akyüz Mattei, a Turkish-American astronomer.
2004 – Ahmed Yassin, a co-founder of Hamas.
2004 – V. M. Tarkunde, an Indian lawyer and activist.
2005 – Rod Price, an English guitarist.
2005 – Gemini Ganesan, an Indian film actor.
2005 – Kenzō Tange, a Japanese architect.
2006 – Pierre Clostermann, a French soldier and politician.
2006 – Pío Leyva, a Cuban singer.
2006 – Kurt von Trojan, an Austrian-Australian journalist.
2007 – U. G. Krishnamurti, an Indian-Italian philosopher.
2008 – Cachao López, a Cuban-American bassist.
2010 – James Black, a Scottish biologist and Nobel Prize winner.
2010 – Özhan Canaydın, a Turkish basketball player.
2011 – Artur Agostinho, a Portuguese journalist.
2011 – Victor Bouchard, a Canadian pianist.
2012 – Joe Blanchard, an American wrestler.
2012 – John Payton, an American lawyer.
2012 – Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, an English academic.
2012 – Mickey Sullivan, an American baseball coach.
2012 – David Waltz, an American computer scientist.
2012 – Neil L. Whitehead, an English anthropologist.
2013 – Vladimír Čech, a Czech actor.
2013 – James Nabrit, an American lawyer.
2013 – Bebo Valdés, a Cuban-Swedish pianist.
2013 – Derek Watkins, an English trumpet player.
2013 – Ray Williams, an American basketball player.
2014 – Yashwant Vithoba Chittal, an Indian author.
2014 – Mickey Duff, a Polish-English boxer and manager.
2014 – Thor Listau, a Norwegian politician.
2014 – Tasos Mitsopoulos, a Cypriot politician.
2015 – Arkady Arkanov, a Ukrainian-Russian actor.
2015 – Horst Buhtz, a German footballer.
2015 – Norman Scribner, an American conductor.
2016 – Phife Dawg, an American rapper.
2016 – Rob Ford, a Canadian politician and Mayor of Toronto.
2016 – Rita Gam, an American actress.
2018 – Johan van Hulst, a Dutch politician and author.
2019 – Scott Walker, a British-American singer.
2024 – Laurent de Brunhoff, a French author and illustrator.

Holidays and Observances

Bihar Day (Bihar, India)
Christian feast day:
- Basil of Ancyra
- Blessed Clemens August Graf von Galen
- Darerca of Ireland
- Epaphroditus
- Jonathan Edwards (Lutheranism)
- Lea of Rome
- Nicholas Owen
- Paul of Narbonne
- March 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Earliest day on which Easter Sunday can fall (last in 1818, will not happen again until 2285), while April 25 is the latest. (Christianity)
Emancipation Day or Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud (Puerto Rico)
World Water Day (International)