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Notable anniversaries in history for today: March 22
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of William Henry Chase Whiting; Major General (Confederate Army).
- 150th: 1874 - Young Men's Hebrew Association is founded in New York City, New York.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Al Neuharth; newspaper founder (today usa).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Bill Wendell in New York City, New York, USA; TV announcer (Late Night With David Letterman).
- 100th: 1924 - R G Nivelle, French General (Verdun), dies at age 67.
- 90th: 1934 - First Masters golf championship begins in Augusta, Georgia, USA.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Leslie Turnberg; President (Royal College of Physicians).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Orrin G Hatch; American politician (Senator-Republican-Utah, 1977-).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Sheila Cameron; Queen's Council, Vicar-General (Province of Canterbury).
- 90th: 1934 - Fire destroys Hakodate, Japan (kills 1,500, injures 1,000).
- 80th: 1944 - Pucheu, French Internal minister to Vichy, executed.
- 80th: 1944 - 600+ US 8th Air Force bombers attack Berlin, Germany.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Jeremy Clyde in Buckinghamshire, England; rocker (Chad and Jeremy - "Yesterday's Gone").
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of R P Mardling; headmaster (Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of T S "Tony" McPhee; rocker (Sad Go Round).
- 70th: 1954 - First shopping mall opened in Southfield, Michigan, USA.
- 60th: 1964 - Addison Richards, actor (Colonel - Pentagon), dies at age 76.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Jeffrey Wagner in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; Australasia golfer.
- 60th: 1964 - Carol Mann wins LPGA Women's Western Golf Open Invitational.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Kim Yun-Jung; Miss Korea-Universe (1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Marcus Camby; NBA forward (Toronto Raptors).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Tuomas Gronman; NHL defenseman (Team Finland Olympics-Bronze-1998, Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 50th: 1974 - Peter Revson. US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at age 35.
- 40th: 1984 - New York Islanders' Bryan Trottier ties NHL record scores 5 seconds into game.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Dan Hartman at age 42; US singer/songwriter (Love Sensations).
- 30th: 1994 - Dutch Ambassador to US christens a new tulip (the Hillary Clinton).
- 30th: 1994 - Igor Aleinikov, Russian director (tractors, air crash), dies at age 32.
- 30th: 1994 - Luther Diamond, radio personality, dies at age 89.
- 30th: 1994 - Mark Foster swims world record 50 metre butterfly (23.68 seconds).
- 30th: 1994 - South African Government/African National Congress take power in Ciskei homeland.
- 30th: 1994 - Soyuz TM-21 lands.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Walter Lantz at age 93 of heart failure; cartoonist and animator (Woody Woodpecker).
- 25th: 1999 - U.S. pro-euthanasia doctor Jack Kevorkian goes on trial for murder in Pontiac, Michigan.
- 20th: 2004 - Palestinians protest in the streets after an Israeli helicopter gunship fires a missile at the entourage of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City, killing him and seven others.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Ahmed Yassin, Palestinian co-founder of Hamas.
- 15th: 2009 - In Puebla, Mexico, round 2 of the FIA World Touring Car Championship is held. Race 1 is won by Rickard Rydell; race 2 is won by Yvan Muller.
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