What day of the week was March 22, 2006?

The day of the week March 22nd, 2006 fell on was a Wednesday. There were 25 days until Easter Sunday.

Pierre Clostermann the French engineer, pilot, and politician (b. 1921) died on this day in 2006. As did Pío Leyva the Cuban singer and author (b. 1917) , Kurt von Trojan the Australian author (b. 1937) .

Three Christian Peacemaker Team hostages are freed by British forces in Baghdad after 118 days of captivity and the murder of their colleague the American Tom Fox.