Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 22
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September 22: Rosh Hashanah, 5767 begins at sunset (Judaism, 2006); Independence Day in Bulgaria (1908) and Mali (1960); Car Free Day in Europe & Canada.
- 1776 - Captain Nathan Hale, an American Revolutionary spy from the Continental Army, was hanged by British forces.
- 1792 - France adopted the Republican Calendar.
- 1869 - Das Rheingold, the first of four operas in Der Ring des Nibelungen by German composer Richard Wagner (pictured), was first performed in Munich.
- 1980 - Iraq launched an invasion of Iran, starting the Iran-Iraq War.
Recent days: September 21 – September 20 – September 19
