March 22nd (2012) was a Thursday. It's the 81st day of the year (82nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 284 days left to the end of the year.
March 22nd Famous Deaths for 2012
» Joe Blanchard, American football player and wrestler (b. 1928)
» C. K. Chandrappan, Indian politician (b. 1935)
» Johnny McCauley, Irish-English singer-songwriter (b. 1925)
» John Payton, American lawyer and activist (b. 1946)
» Matthew White Ridley, 4th Viscount Ridley, English academic and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Northumberland (b. 1925)
» Mickey Sullivan, American baseball player and coach (b. 1932)
» David Waltz, American computer scientist (b. 1943)
» Neil L. Whitehead, English anthropologist and author (b. 1956)
March 22nd Holidays in History
» Christian Feast Day:
» Basil of Ancyra
» Darerca of Ireland
» Epaphroditus
» Jonathan Edwards (theologian) e.g Jonathan Edwards (Calendar of Saints (Lutheran) called Lutheranism)
» Saint Lea known as Lea of Rome
» Nicholas Owen (martyr) or Nicholas Owen
» Paul of Narbonne
» March 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
» Earliest day on which Earth Hour can fall, while March 28 is the latest; celebrated on the fourth Saturday in March. (International observances e.g International)
» Earliest day on which Easter called Easter Sunday can fall (last in 1818, will not happen again until 2285), while April 25 is the latest. (Christianity)
» Emancipation Day Puerto Rico named Emancipation Day or 'Día de la Abolición de la Esclavitud' (Puerto Rico)
» Public holidays in Albania or Nevruz Day (Albania)