USAir Flight 405 crashes shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, leading to a number of studies into the effect that ice has on aircraft. Date: March 22, 1992 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1992 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Intel Corporation ships the first Pentium chips (80586), featuring a 60 MHz clock speed, 100+ MIPS, and a 64 bit data path. Date: March 22, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returns to earth after setting a record of 438 days in space. Date: March 22, 1995 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1995 📅 On This Day (Today)
NASA's Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on its 16th mission, STS-76. Date: March 22, 1996 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1996 📅 On This Day (Today)
Comet Hale–Bopp reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU. Date: March 22, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
Tara Lipinski, aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion. Date: March 22, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ahmed Yassin, co-founder and leader of the Palestinian Sunni Islamist group Hamas, two bodyguards, and nine civilian bystanders are killed in the Gaza Strip when hit by Israeli Air Force Hellfire missiles. Date: March 22, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅…
Three Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague from the U.S., Tom Fox. Date: March 22, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day…
At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand. Date: March 22, 2013 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 2013 📅 On This Day (Today)
Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station. Date: March 22, 2016 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 2016 📅 On This Day (Today)