41st year - Nº 81 Sunday, 22 March 2026

BIRTH(+)FACT(᙮)DEATH(-)
41st year - Nº 81 Sunday, 22 March 2026

22 March / Today's 28 Events:

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(+) 427 years ago Monday 22nd of March 1599 Baroque painter Anthony van Dyck is born in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 194 years ago Wollte Er Mehr Licht Thursday 22nd of March 1832 Poet, writer and botanist Johann Wolfgang von Goethe dies of heart failure at the age of 83 in Brauhausgasse 10, Weimar, Thüringen, Germany.

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(+) 169 years ago Sunday 22nd of March 1857 13th President of the Third Republic and 14th President of France Paul Doumer, originally Joseph Athanase Doumerc is born in Aurillac, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France.

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(+) 113 years ago Saturday 22nd of March 1913 Actor Karl Malden, originally Mladen George Sekulovich is born in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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(-) 113 years ago Saturday 22nd of March 1913 Murderers Charles and George Humphery are executed by hanging at the age of 52 and 39 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

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(+) 105 years ago Tuesday 22nd of March 1921 Writer Jean Bruce, originally Jean Brochet aka Jean Alexandre, Jean Alexandre Brochet, Jean-Martin Rouan or Joyce Lindsay known for the adventures of secret agent Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath aka OSS117 is born in Beauvoir, Pays de la Loire, France.

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(+) 103 years ago Thursday 22nd of March 1923 Mime artist Marcel Marceau, originally Marcel Mangel aka Bip the Clown is born in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France.

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(+) 95 years ago He Was Set to Boldly Go Where no Man Had Gone Before Sunday 22nd of March 1931 Actor William Shatner aka Captain Kirk is born in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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(x) 93 years ago Machte Arbeit Frei Wednesday 22nd of March 1933 The first Konzentrationslager is inaugurated by 33-year-old Reichsführer of the Schutzstaffel (SS) Heinrich Luitpold Himmler with the arrival of about 200 prisoners from Stadelheim Prison in München and the Landsberg fortress in Konzentrationslager Dachau, Dachau, Bayern, Germany.

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(+) 90 years ago It Was a New World in the Morning Sunday 22nd of March 1936 Singer-songwriter Roger Whittaker is born in Thika, Kiambu County, Kenya.

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(+) 89 years ago Monday 22nd of March 1937 Composer Angelo Daniel Badalamenti known for the Twin Peaks soundtracks is born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States.

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(+) 85 years ago Kam Er Vom Himmel über Zürich Saturday 22nd of March 1941 Actor Bruno Ganz is born in Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland.

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(-) 84 years ago Sunday 22nd of March 1942 Jean-Marc Van Bever is murdered by doctor and serial killer Marcel Petiot aka The Triangular Chamber of Death Murderer in 21 Rue Le Sueur, XVIe, Paris, Île-de-France, France.

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(x) 83 years ago Monday 22nd of March 1943 156 inhabitants including 75 children are burned alive or gunned down by the German Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118 in Khatyn, Minsk Oblast, Russia. Earlier that day a German convoy was attacked by Soviet partisans near Koziri village just 6 km away from Khatyn, resulting in the deaths of four police officers of Schutzmannschaft Battalion 118.

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(+) 62 years ago Sunday 22nd of March 1964 Victim of Dennis Nilsen aka Killing for Company Stephen Dean Holmes is born in Hampstead, London, Greater London, United Kingdom.

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(+) 58 years ago Friday 22nd of March 1968 Murderer Odell Odell is born in Wichita Falls, Texas, United States.

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(+) 58 years ago Friday 22nd of March 1968 Multiple murderer Dustin Lee Honken is born in Britt, Iowa, United States.

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(+) 57 years ago Saturday 22nd of March 1969 Murderer Alva Eziel Curry is born in Austin, Texas, United States.

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(-) 57 years ago Wurde Er in Frauenkleidern Aufgefunden Saturday 22nd of March 1969 Writer Gerhard Fritsch dies of autoerotic asphyxiation at the age of 45 in Wien, Wien, Austria. Fritsch was found hanging in women's clothes, which had been a common practice for him to do.

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(x) 48 years ago Wednesday 22nd of March 1978 Jeffrey Rignall is raped, drugged, whipped and tortured by serial killer John Wayne Gacy aka The Killer Clown in 8213 West Summerdale Avenue, Cook, Chicago, Illinois, United States. When Rignall next regained consciousness he woke up under a statue in Chicago's Lincoln Park.

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(-) 48 years ago Wednesday 22nd of March 1978 Karen Schilt is abducted, sexually assaulted and tortured by serial killer Richard Cottingham aka The Torso Killer in Ledgewood Terrace Apartments, Liberty Street, Little Ferry, New Jersey, United States. Schilt was found in the parking lot the next day by patrolman Raymond Auger.

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(x) 45 years ago Sunday 22nd of March 1981 24-year-old Irish republican hunger striker Raymond McCreesh, originally Réamonn Mac Raois starts hungerstriking in Maze Prison, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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(x) 45 years ago Sunday 22nd of March 1981 24-year-old Irish republican hunger striker Patsy O'Hara, originally Pádraig Ó hEadhra starts hungerstriking in Maze Prison, Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.

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(-) 37 years ago Wednesday 22nd of March 1989 Murderer Leon Rutherford King is executed by lethal injection at the age of 45 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States.

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(-) 32 years ago Tuesday 22nd of March 1994 Cartoonist, animator and film director Walter Benjamin Lantz known for creating Woody Woodpecker dies of heart failure at the age of 95 in Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, Burbank, California, United States.

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(x) 29 years ago Saturday 22nd of March 1997 State policeman Olivier Motte discovers eight trash bags with female torsos, arms and legs, considered to be victims of Unidentified serial killer Le Dépeceur de Mons aka The Trash Bag Killer in Rue Emile Vandervelde, Cuesmes, Hainaut, Belgium.

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(-) 20 years ago Wednesday 22nd of March 2006 Child killer Robert Madrid Salazar is executed by lethal injection at the age of 28 in Huntsville Prison, 815 12th Street, Huntsville, Texas, United States. Salazar's last meal request was for a dozen tamales, six brownies, refried beans with chorizo, two rollo candies, six hard shell tacos with lettuce, three big red sodas, ketchup, hot sauce, six jalapeno peppers, tomatoes, cheese and extra ground beef.

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19 years ago The Eyes had it Thursday 22nd of March 2007 Loafs of bread in an automated vending machine waiting to be bought in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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