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On this day — March 22

A hand-curated thread of what happened on this date, across centuries.

2026

Disaster

Air Canada Express Flight 8646

a Bombardier CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation, collided with a fire truck while landing at LaGuardia Airport in New York City. Two fatalities were reported, both being the captain and the co-pilot. This marked the first fatal accident involving a CRJ-900.

2024

Milestone

At least 145 people are killed and 551 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia.

2021

Milestone

Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Boulder

Colorado.

2020

Milestone

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew

in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.

2020

Milestone

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a national lockdown and the country's first ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.

2019

Politics

The Special Counsel investigation on the 2016 United States presidential election concludes when Robert Mueller submits his report to the United States Attorney General.

2019

Milestone

Two buses crash in Kitampo

a town north of Ghana's capital Accra, killing at least 50 people.

2017

Politics

A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.

2017

Politics

Syrian civil war

Five hundred members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are airlifted south of the Euphrates by United States Air Force helicopters, beginning the Battle of Tabqa.

2016

Milestone

Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station.

2013

Disaster

At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand.

2006

Milestone

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.

2004

Disaster

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.

1997

Milestone

Tara Lipinski

aged 14 years and nine months, becomes the youngest women's World Figure Skating Champion.

1997

Milestone

Air Canada Express Flight 8646

At least 145 people are killed and 551 injured in a bombing and mass shooting at the Crocus City Hall in Krasnogorsk, Russia.

Ten people are killed in a mass shooting in Boulder

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country's largest ever self-imposed curfew

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announces a national lockdown and the country's first ever self-imposed curfew, in an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19.

The Special Counsel investigation on the 2016 United States presidential election concludes when Robert Mueller submits his report to the United States Attorney General.

Two buses crash in Kitampo

A terrorist attack in London near the Houses of Parliament leaves four people dead and at least 20 injured.

Syrian civil war

Three suicide bombers kill 32 people and injure 316 in the 2016 Brussels bombings at the airport and at the Maelbeek/Maalbeek metro station.

At least 37 people are killed and 200 are injured after a fire destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees near Ban Mae, Thailand.

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.

Ahmed Yassin

Tara Lipinski

Comet Hale–Bopp reaches its closest approach to Earth at 1.315 AU.