Historical Events on March 22.

1.  World Water Day

2.  1890, 22nd March: Ram Chandra Chatterjee became the first Indian to fly in a balloon and land in a parachute. 

3.  1917, 22nd March: America became the first country to recognize the new government of Russia.

4.  1942, 22nd March: The Cripps Mission came to India under the leadership of Sir Stafford Cripps.

5.  1945, 22nd March: The Arab League was founded. 

6.  1947, 22nd March: Lord Mountbatten came to India as the last Viceroy of India.

7.  1956: Anti-apartheid leader Martin Luther King jailed in the US for opposing racist legislation.

8.  1969, 22nd March: Inauguration of Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited.

9.  1977, 22nd March: Indira Gandhi resigned as Prime Minister.

10.  1999, 22nd March: Shekhar Kapoor’s film Elizabeth received the Oscar for Best Makeup.

11.  2020, 22nd March: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the country’s largest-ever self-imposed curfew (Janata Curfew), to fight the spread of COVID-19.

Famous Birthdays & Birth Anniversaries on March 22.

1.  1797: Wilhelm I, the King of Prussia and the first German Emperor.

2.  1869: Emilio Aguinaldo, the first and the youngest President of the Philippines and the first president of a constitutional republic in Asia.

3.  1908: Tribhuvandas Luhar, a Gujarati poet and author from India.

4.  1924: Al Neuharth, the founder of USA Today, the Freedom Forum, and its Newseum. 

5.  1933: Sayyid Banisadr, the first President of Iran.

6.  1935: Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan, an Indian poet. 

Death Anniversaries of famous people on March 22.

1.  1832: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, a German writer, and statesman.

2.  1952: D. S. Senanayake, the first Prime Minister of Shri Lanka, considers as the Father of the Nation.

3.  1977: A. K. Gopalan, an Indian communist leader.

4.  2004: V. M. Tarkunde, a prominent Indian lawyer, civil rights activist, and humanist leader.

5.  2005: Gemini Ganesan, an Indian actor.