September 22

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 American-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
• 1964 - Bonnie Hunt, actress
• 1967 - Félix Savón, Cuban boxer
• 1969 - Mara Stephens, actor
• 1971 - Märtha Louise, Princess of Norway
• 1975 - Mystikal, rap music singer
• 1976 - Ronaldo, football player
• 1987 - Tom Felton, actor

Deaths

• 1521 - Selim I, Ottoman Sultan
• 1554 - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer
• 1828 - Shaka Zulu, Zulu leader
• 1852 - William Tierney Clark, civil engineer
• 1957 - Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral in World War II
• 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

See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December - more historical anniversaries

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