September 22

September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years). There are
100 days remaining.

Events

   * 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
   * 1863 - 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)
   * 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
   * 1975 - Mystikal, rap music singer
   * 1976 - Ronaldo, football player
   * 1987 - Tom Fenton, actor

Deaths

   * 1554 - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer
   * 1828 - Shaka Zulu, Zulu leader
   * 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

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

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