What happened on March 22 ?

1212 - Emperor Go-Horikawa of Japan (d. 1234)

1366 - Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (d. 1399)

1459 - Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1519)

1503 - Antonio Francesco Grazzini, Italian writer (d. 1583)

1599 - Anthony van Dyck, Flemish painter (d. 1641)

1609 - King John II Casimir of Poland (d. 1672)

1663 - August Hermann Francke, German protestant minister (d. 1727)

1712 - Edward Moore, English writer (d. 1757)

1720 - Nicolas-Henri Jardin, French architect (d. 1799)

1723 - Charles Carroll, American lawyer and delegate to the Continental Congress (d. 1783)

1797 - King Wilhelm I of Germany (d. 1888)

1812 - Stephen Pearl Andrews, abolitionist (d. 1886)

1817 - Bahá'u'lláh, Persian prophet of the Bahá'í Faith (d. 1892)

1817 - Braxton Bragg, American Confederate general (d. 1876)

1818 - John Ainsworth Horrocks, English-born explorer of South Australia (d. 1846)

1860 - Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (d. 1940)

1868 - Robert Millikan, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1953)

1878 - Michel Théato, Luxembourg athlete (d. 1919)

1880 - Ernie Quigley, Canadian-American sports official (d. 1960)

1887 - Chico Marx, American comedian and actor (d. 1961)

1896 - He Long, Chinese marshal (d. 1969)

1901 - Greta Kempton, American artist (d. 1991)

1907 - Lucia dos Santos, Portuguese nun (d. 2005)

1908 - Louis L'Amour, American author (d. 1988)

1909 - Gabrielle Roy, Canadian author (d. 1983)

1912 - Wilfrid Brambell, Irish actor (d. 1985)

1912 - Karl Malden, American actor

1913 - Tom McCall, Governor of Oregon (d. 1983)

1915 - Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and writer

1918 - Cheddi Jagan, President of Guyana (d. 1997)

1920 - Werner Klemperer, German actor (d. 2000)

1920 - Ross Martin, Polish-American actor (d. 1981)

1924 - Allen Neuharth, American businessman and writer

1923 - Marcel Marceau, French mime

1928 - Carrie Donovan, American fashion editor (d. 2001)

1928 - Ed Macauley, American basketball player

1930 - Derek Bok, American lawyer and educator

1930 - Pat Robertson, American televangelist

1930 - Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist

1931 - Burton Richter, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1931 - William Shatner, Canadian actor

1933 - May Britt, Swedish actress

1933 - Abolhassan Banisadr, President of Iran

1934 - Orrin Hatch, U.S. Senator from Utah

1935 - M. Emmet Walsh, American actor

1936 - Ron Carey, labor leader

1936 - Roger Whittaker, British singer

1937 - Armin Hary, German athlete

1940 - Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian actor (d. 1996)

1940 - Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player

1941 - Jeremy Clyde, British actor and singer

1941 - Bruno Ganz, Swiss actor

1941 - Billy Collins, American Poet

1943 - George Benson, American musician

1943 - Keith Relf, British musician (The Yardbirds) (d. 1976)

1946 - Rudy Rucker, American author

1948 - Wolf Blitzer, American television journalist

1948 - Andrew Lloyd Webber, British composer

1949 - Fanny Ardant, French actress

1952 - Bob Costas, American sports commentator and talk show host

1955 - Pete Sessions, American politician

1955 - Lena Olin, Swedish actress

1956 - Generosa Ammon, widow of Ted Ammon (d. 2003)

1957 - Stephanie Mills, American actress, singer

1959 - Matthew Modine, American actor

1959 - Mike Brey, College Basketball coach

1966 - Artis Pabriks, Latvian Minister of Foreign Affairs

1967 - Mario Cipollini, Italian cyclist

1970 - Leontien van Moorsel, Dutch cyclist

1970 - Andreas Johnson, Swedish singer

1972 - Shawn Bradley, Former American basketball player

1972 - Elvis Stojko, Canadian figure skater

1973 - Juninho, Brazilian football player

1974 - Marcus Camby, American basketball player

1974 - Kidada jones, American actress, model, fashion designer

1976 - Teun de Nooijer, Dutch field hockey player

1976 - Reese Witherspoon, American actress

1979 - Aaron North, American guitarist

1988 - David Radford, American Idol contestant