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| March 22nd, 2008 | Event | The French Swimmer Alain Bernard sets the world record of 47.50 for the 100 m freestyle long course after winning the European LC Championships 2008. |
| March 22nd, 2006 | Event | ETA, armed Basque separatist group, declares permanent ceasefire. |
| March 22nd, 2006 | Event | BC Ferries M/V Queen of the North runs aground on Gil Island British Columbia and sinks; 101 on board, 2 presumed deaths. |
| March 22nd, 2006 | Event | Three Christian Peacemaker Teams Hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days captivity and the death of their colleague, American Tom Fox. |
| March 22nd, 2004 | Event | Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist militant group Hamas, and bodyguards are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force AH-64 Apache fired Hellfire missiles. |
| March 22nd, 1997 | Event | Tara Lipinski, age 14 years and 10 months, becomes the youngest champion of the women s world figure skating competition. |
| March 22nd, 1997 | Event | The Comet Hale-Bopp has its closest approach to earth. |
| March 22nd, 1995 | Event | Cosmonaut Valeriy Polyakov returns after setting a record for 438 days in space. |
| March 22nd, 1993 | Event | The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path. |
| March 22nd, 1989 | Event | Clint Malarchuk of the Buffalo Sabres suffers a near-fatal injury when another player accidentally slits his throat. |
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