How Many Days Until March 22?

This day in history: March 22

1. 1963

   Please Please Me, the first album recorded by the Beatles, was released.

2. 1984

   Teachers at a preschool in Manhattan Beach, California, were falsely charged with the sexual abuse of schoolchildren, leading to the longest and costliest criminal trial in United States history.

3. 1992

   USAir Flight 405 crashed in Flushing Bay shortly after takeoff from New York City's LaGuardia Airport, killing 27 people, and leading to studies into the effects of ice on aircraft.

4. 1995

   Russian cosmonaut Valeri Polyakov returned from the space station Mir aboard Soyuz TM-20 after 437 days in space, setting a record for the longest spaceflight.

5. 1997

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

6. 2013

   At least 37 people were killed after a fire in Thailand destroys a camp containing Burmese refugees.

7. 2014

   A massive landslide in Oso, Washington, killed 43 people after engulfing a rural neighborhood, the largest death toll for a standalone landslide in U.S. history.

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