September 22
September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). There are 100 days remaining.
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.
- 1586 - The battle of Zutphen occurs.
- 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.
- 1866 - Decisive battle of Curupaity in the War of the Triple Alliance.
- 1869 - Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold debuts in Munich.
- 1885 - Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule e.g. "Ulster will fight and Ulster will be right".
- 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.
- 1944 - World War II, Red Army entered Tallinn.
- 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 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.
- 1999 - The West Wing premieres on NBC
- 2002 - The Cincinnati Reds lose their final game at legendary Cinergy Field to the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-3.
- 2003 - David Hempleman-Adams becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open-air, wicker-basket hot air balloon.
- 2004 - Lost premieres on ABC
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)
- 1715 - Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (d. 1786)
- 1717 - Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (d. 1783)
- 1722 - John Home, Scottish writer (d. 1808)
- 1741 - Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (d. 1811)
- 1743 - Quintin Craufurd, British author
- 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
- 1876 - André Tardieu, Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)
- 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)
- 1900 - Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (d. 1985)
- 1901 - Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1997)
- 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 - Charles Keeping, British illustrator (d. 1988)
- 1924 - Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist
- 1927 - Tommy Lasorda, baseball manager
- 1928 - James Lawson, American minister and civil rights activist
- 1931 - Fay Weldon, British feminist
- 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
- 1949 - Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist and author (d. 1999)
- 1950 - Kirka, Finnish singer
- 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 - Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor
- 1958 - Neil Cavuto, American television commentator
- 1958 - Joan Jett, American musician
- 1959 - Tai Babilonia, American figure skater
- 1961 - Scott Baio, American actor
- 1961 - Bonnie Hunt, American actress
- 1962 - Diogo Mainardi, Brazilian writer
- 1965 - Andy Cairns, Irish musician
- 1965 - Tony Drago, Maltese snooker player
- 1966 - Stefan Rehn, Swedish footballer
- 1967 - Félix Savón, Cuban boxer
- 1968 - Mike Richter, American hockey player
- 1969 - Chris Powell, English footballer
- 1970 - Mike Matheny, Baseball player
- 1970 - Rupert Penry-Jones, English actor
- 1971 - Chesney Hawkes, British singer
- 1971 - Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
- 1974 - Bob Sapp, American boxer and kickboxer
- 1975 - Svilen Noev, Bulgarian singer-songwriter
- 1975 - Mystikal, American rapper
- 1976 - Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
- 1978 - Harry Kewell, Australian footballer
- 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)
- 1399 - Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366)
- 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)
- 1872 - Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (b. 1801)
- 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)
- 2004 - The Big Boss Man, Professional wrestler
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.
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. (However, this date as given in The Lord of the Rings was in the fictional Shire Calendar and therefore does not correspond exactly to the Gregorian date.)
External links
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