September 22
September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). There are 100 days remaining. Template:SeptemberCalendar
Events
- 66 - Emperor Nero creates the legion I Italica.
- 1236 - The Lithuanians and Semigallians beat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in Battle of Šiauliai.
- 1598 - Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter.
- 1692 - Last people hanged for witchcraft in the United States.
- 1776 - Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution.
- 1784 - Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska.
- 1789 - The position of United States Postmaster General established.
- 1792 - primidi Vendemière of year I of the French Republican Calendar
- 1862 - Slavery in the United States: A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.
- 1869 - Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold debuts in Munich.
- 1893 - The first American-built automobile, built by the Duryea Brothers, is displayed.
- 1908 - The independence of Bulgaria is recognised.
- 1927 - Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
- 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco.
- 1951 - The first live sporting event seen coast-to-coast in the United States, a college football game between Duke and the University of Pittsburgh, is televised on NBC.
- 1955 - In Great Britain, the television channel ITV goes live for the first time.
- 1960 - Mali gains independence from France.
- 1965 - The war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the UN calls for a cease-fire.
- 1970 - Tunku Abdul Rahman resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia.
- 1975 - Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by Oliver Sipple.
- 1979 - The South Atlantic Flash is observed near Bouvet Island, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.
- 1980 - Iraq invades Iran.
- 1985 - The Farm Aid concert takes place in Champaign, Illinois, United States.
- 1985 - The Plaza Accord was signed in New York City.
- 1991 - The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time, by the Huntington Library.
- 1993 - A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
- 1994 - Friends premieres on NBC.
- 1997 - Bentalha massacre in Algeria; over 200 villagers killed.
- 2003 - David Hempleman-Adams becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open-air, wicker-basket hot air balloon.
Births
- 1515 - Anne of Cleves, queen of Henry VIII of England (d. 1557)
- 1547 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (d. 1590)
- 1593 - Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (d. 1650)
- 1601 - Anne of Austria, queen of Louis XIII of France (d. 1666)
- 1606 - Li Zicheng, Chinese rebel (d. 1645)
- 1680 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)
- 1694 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman and man of letters (d. 1773)
- 1741 - Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (d. 1811)
- 1788 - Theodore Edward Hook, English author (d. 1841)
- 1791 - Michael Faraday, English scientist (d. 1867)
- 1819 - Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (d. 1897)
- 1829 - Tu Duc, Emperor of Vietnam
- 1878 - Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1967)
- 1880 - Dame Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragist (d. 1958)
- 1885 - Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-born actor, writer, and director (d. 1957)
- 1885 - Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951)
- 1895 - Paul Muni, Polish-born actor (d. 1967)
- 1898 - Katherine Alexander, American actress (d. 1981)
- 1900 - William Spratling, American silversmith (d. 1967)
- 1902 - John Houseman, Romanian-born actor and producer (d. 1988)
- 1904 - Joseph Valachi, American gangster (d. 1971)
- 1905 - Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (d. 1964)
- 1912 - Martha Scott, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1915 - Arthur Lowe, British actor (d. 1982)
- 1918 - Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (d. 1988)
- 1920 - William H. Riker, American political scientist (d. 1993)
- 1922 - Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1923 - Dannie Abse, Welsh poet and writer
- 1924 - Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist
- 1924 - Charles Keeping, British illustrator (d. 1988)
- 1927 - Tommy Lasorda, baseball manager
- 1928 - James Lawson, American minister and civil rights activist
- 1931 - Fay Weldon, British feminist author
- 1931 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (d. 2003)
- 1932 - Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer
- 1934 - Lute Olson, American basketball coach
- 1938 - Gene Mingo, American football player
- 1942 - David Stern, American basketball commissioner
- 1943 - Toni Basil, American singer, dancer, and choreographer
- 1946 - King Sunny Ade, Nigerian singer
- 1947 - Robert Morace, American writer
- 1948 - Denis Burke, Australian politician
- 1948 - Jim Byrnes, American actor and musician
- 1951 - David Coverdale, English singer
- 1952 - Bob Goodlatte, U.S. Congressman from Virginia
- 1952 - Paul Le Mat, American actor
- 1954 - Shari Belafonte, American singer
- 1956 - Debby Boone, American singer
- 1956 - Masayuki Suzuki, Japanese singer (Rats & Star)
- 1957 - Nick Cave, Australian musician
- 1958 - Joan Jett, American musician
- 1958 - Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor
- 1959 - Tai Babilonia, American figure skater
- 1961 - Scott Baio, American actor
- 1961 - Bonnie Hunt, American actress
- 1962 - Diogo Mainardi, Brazilian writer
- 1965 - Tony Drago, Maltese snooker player
- 1966 - Stefan Rehn, Swedish footballer
- 1967 - Félix Savón, Cuban boxer
- 1968 - Mike Richter, American hockey player
- 1970 - Mike Matheny, baseball player
- 1971 - Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
- 1971 - Chesney Hawkes, British singer
- 1974 - Bob Sapp, American boxer and kickboxer
- 1975 - Mystikal, American rapper
- 1976 - Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
- 1978 - Harry Kewell, Australian footballer
- 1981 - Rocco Baldelli, baseball player
- 1981 - Adam Lazzara, American musician (Taking Back Sunday)
- 1982 - Billie Piper, English singer and actress
- 1987 - Tom Felton, English actor
Deaths
- 1253 - Dogen, Japanese Zen Buddhist (b. 1200)
- 1345 - Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester (b. 1281)
- 1520 - Selim I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1465)
- 1554 - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer
- 1566 - Johannes Agricola, German protestant reformer (b. 1494)
- 1607 - Alessandro Allori, Italian painter (b. 1535)
- 1658 - Georg Philipp Harsdorffer, German poet (b. 1607)
- 1662 - John Biddle, English theologian (b. 1615)
- 1703 - Vincenzo Viviani, Italian mathematician and scientist (b. 1622)
- 1774 - Pope Clement XIV (b. 1705)
- 1777 - John Bartram, American botanist (b. 1699)
- 1828 - Shaka Zulu, Zulu leader
- 1852 - William Tierney Clark, English civil engineer (b. 1783)
- 1873 - Friedrich Frey-Herosé, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1801)
- 1881 - Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (b. 1831)
- 1956 - Frederick Soddy, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
- 1957 - Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
- 1961 - Marion Davies, American actress (b. 1897)
- 1987 - Dan Rowan, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
- 1989 - Irving Berlin, American songwriter (b. 1888)
- 1993 - Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor (b. 1903)
- 1996 - Dorothy Lamour, American actress (b. 1914)
- 1999 - George C. Scott, American actor (b. 1927)
- 2001 - Isaac Stern, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1920)
- 2002 - Jan de Hartog, Dutch-born writer (b. 1914)
- 2002 - Mike Webster, American football player (b. 1952)
- 2003 - Gordon Jump, American television actor (b. 1932)
- 2003 - Hugo Young, British journalist (b. 1938)
Holidays and observances
- 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.
- RC Saints - It has been or still is the feast day of the following saints:
Also see September 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Bulgaria - Independence Day 1908
- Mali - Independence Day (from France, 1960)
- In Europe and in cities throughout the world, Car Free Day.
- In Conifer and Evergreen, Colorado Face Day a new fall celebration starting in 2005, honoring the wonderous word "face".
Astronomical phenomena
- Autumnal equinox in the Northern hemisphere, Vernal equinox in the Southern hemisphere 1996, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012 (by UT).
Feasts in Fiction
- Hobbit Day, the birthday of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, is observed by fans of J.R.R. Tolkien.
External links
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