September 22 (original) (raw)
September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years). There are 100 days remaining.
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Events
- 66 – Emperor Nero creates the legion I Italica
- 1598 - Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter
- 1692 - Last person hanged for witchcraft in the United States
- 1776 - Nathan Hale hanged for spying during American Revolution
- 1784 - Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska
- 1789 - Position of United States Postmaster General established
- 1862 - A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released
- 1893 - The first Americann-built automobile, built by the Duryea Brothers, is displayed
- 1927 - Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney
- 1949 - Soviet Union detonates its first nuclear weapon
- 1960 - Mali gains independence from France
- 1961 - Peace Corps is formed
- 1975 - Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Gerald Ford
- 1980 - Iraq invades Iran
Births
- 1791 - Michael Faraday, scientist († 1867)
- 1880 - Dame Christabel Pankhurst, women's suffrage activist
- 1885 - Erich von Stroheim, actor, writer, director († 1957)
- 1895 - Paul Muni, Academy Award winning actor († 1967)
- 1902 - John Houseman, actor and director († 1988)
- 1918 - Henryk Szeryng, violinist († 1988)
- 1920 - William H. Riker, political scientist
- 1924 - Rosamunde Pilcher, novelist
- 1927 - Tommy Lasorda, baseball manager
- 1932 - Ingemar Johansson, boxing champion
- 1934 - Lute Olson, college basketball coach
- 1943 - Toni Basil, singer, dancer, choreographer
- 1946 - King Sunny Ade, reggae singer
- 1951 - David Coverdale, singer
- 1952 - Paul Le Mat, actor
- 1954 - Shari Belafonte, singer
- 1956 - Debby Boone, singer
- 1957 - Nick Cave, musician
- 1958 - Joan Jett, musician
- 1958 - Andrea Bocelli, singer
- 1959 - Tai Babilonia, figure skating star
- 1961 - Scott Baio, actor
- 1969 - Mara Stephens, actor
- 1971 - M�rtha Louise, Princess of Norway
- 1975 - Mystikal, rap music singer
- 1976 - Ronaldo, football player
- 1987 - Tom Felton, actor
Deaths
- 1554 - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer
- 1828 - Shaka Zulu, Zulu leader
- 1852 - William Tierney Clark, civil engineer
- 1961 - Marion Davies, actress
- 1987 - Dan Rowan, actor, comedian
- 1989 - Irving Berlin, songwriter
- 1996 - Dorothy Lamour, actress
- 1999 - George C. Scott, actor
- 2001 - Isaac Stern, violinist
- 2003 - Hugo Young, British journalist, columnist and political commentator
Holidays
- In ancient Greece, the ninth and final day of the Eleusinian mysteries, when the initiates made offerings to the dead.
- In ancient Latvia, the first day of Mikeli, the Catching of Jumis
September 21 � September 23 � August 22 � October 22 � more historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December - more historical anniversaries