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September 22 is the 265th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (266th in leap years). There are 100 days remaining. It is frequently the last day of the summer season in the Northern Hemisphere, and the last day of the winter season in the Southern Hemisphere.
[edit] Events
- 66 - Emperor Nero creates the legion I Italica.
- 1236 - The Lithuanians and Semigallians defeat 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 Vendémiaire of year 1 of the French Republican Calendar
- 1822 - Dom Pedro I declares Brazil independent from Portugal over the shores of the Ipiranga in São Paulo.
- 1851 - The city of Des Moines, Iowa was incorporated as Fort Des Moines.
- 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.
- 1896 - Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
- 1908 - The independence of Bulgaria is recognised.
- 1927 - Jack Dempsey loses the Long Count boxing match to Gene Tunney.
- 1934 - An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers.
- 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco.
- 1941 - On Jewish New Year Day, German SS murder 6.000 Jews in Vinnytsya, Ukraine. Those were the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed.
- 1944 - World War II, Red Army enters 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 - The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
- 1965 - The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 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 or Vela Incident is observed near Bouvet Island, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.
- 1980 - Iraq invades Iran.
- 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.
- 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.
- 2006 - The F-14 Tomcat retires from the United States Navy.
- 2006 - A German maglev train crashes, killing 23.
- 2006 - Hezbollah celebrates "Divine Victory" over Israel in a massive demonstration in Beirut.
[edit] 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 (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
- 1765 - Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician (d. 1822)
- 1788 - Theodore Edward Hook, English author (d. 1841)
- 1791 - Michael Faraday, English scientist (d. 1867)
- 1819 - Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (d. 1897)
- 1829 - Tự Đức, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1883)
- 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)
- 1882 - Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal (d. 1946)
- 1885 - Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-born actor(d. 1957)
- 1885 - Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951)
- 1891 - Hans Albers, German actor and singer (d. 1960)
- 1895 - Paul Muni, Polish-born actor (d. 1967)
- 1896 - Henry Segrave, British racing driver (d. 1930)
- 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 scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
- 1902 - John Houseman, Romanian-born actor (d. 1988)
- 1903 - Joseph Valachi, American gangster (d. 1971)
- 1904 - Ellen Church, American stewardess (d. 1965)
- 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)
- 1918 - Hans Scholl, member of The White Rose (d. 1943)
- 1920 - Eric Baker, British human rights activist (d. 1976)
- 1920 - William H. Riker, American political scientist (d. 1993)
- 1920 - Bob Lemon, Major League Baseball pitcher (d. 2000)
- 1920 - Anders Lassen, Danish military officer (d. 1945)
- 1922 - Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-born physicist, Nobel 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
- 1927 - Gordon Astall, English footballer
- 1928 - James Lawson, American minister and civil rights activist
- 1929 - Serge Garant, Québécois conductor (d. 1986)
- 1931 - Fay Weldon, British feminist
- 1931 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (d. 2003)
- 1931 - Manzoor Ahmad, Pakistani philosopher
- 1932 - Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer
- 1934 - Lute Olson, American basketball coach
- 1936 - Maurice Evans, English football player and manager (d. 2000)
- 1938 - Gene Mingo, American football player
- 1940 - Anna Karina, Danish born actress
- 1942 - Dan Baker, American public address announcer
- 1942 - David Stern, American basketball commissioner
- 1943 - Toni Basil, American singer
- 1946 - King Sunny Ade, Nigerian singer
- 1946 - Larry Dierker, baseball player
- 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 (d. 2007)
- 1951 - David Coverdale, English singer
- 1952 - Bob Goodlatte, American politician
- 1952 - Paul Le Mat, American actor
- 1954 - Shari Belafonte, American singer
- 1954 - Randy Lanier, American racing driver
- 1956 - Debby Boone, American singer
- 1956 - Masayuki Suzuki, Japanese singer (Rats & Star)
- 1957 - Nick Cave, Australian musician
- 1957 - Giuseppe Saronni, Italian cyclist
- 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
- 1961 - Vince Coleman, American baseball player
- 1961 - Catherine Oxenberg, British actress
- 1962 - Diogo Mainardi, Brazilian writer
- 1965 - Andy Cairns, Irish musician
- 1965 - Tony Drago, Maltese snooker player
- 1966 - Moustafa Amar, Egyptian singer
- 1966 - Stefan Rehn, Swedish footballer
- 1967 - Rickard Rydell, Swedish racing driver
- 1967 - Félix Savón, Cuban boxer
- 1967 - Kim Watkins, Australian television presenter
- 1968 - Mike Richter, American hockey player
- 1969 - Chris Powell, English footballer
- 1969 - Matt Sharp, American musician (Weezer), (The Rentals)
- 1970 - Mike Matheny, baseball player
- 1970 - Rupert Penry-Jones, English actor
- 1970 - Emmanuel Petit, French footballer
- 1971 - Chesney Hawkes, British singer
- 1971 - Ian Hyland, TV critic
- 1971 - Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
- 1974 - Bob Sapp, American boxer and kickboxer
- 1975 - Ethan Moreau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 - Mystikal, American rapper
- 1975 - Svilen Noev, Bulgarian singer-songwriter
- 1976 - Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
- 1977 - U Chae Young, South Korean singer and actress
- 1978 - Ed Joyce, Irish-English cricketer
- 1978 - Harry Kewell, Australian footballer
- 1980 - Fernanda Tavares, Brazilian supermodel
- 1981 - Adam Lazzara, American musician (Taking Back Sunday)
- 1981 - Ashley Drane, American actress
- 1982 - Billie Piper, English singer and actress
- 1984 - Theresa Fu, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1984 - Laura Vandervoort, Canadian actress
- 1987 - Tom Felton, English actor
- 1988 - Bethany Dillon, American musician
[edit] 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)
- 1776 - Nathan Hale, hung by the British as a spy (b. 1755)
- 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)
- 1952 - Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, first President of Finland (b. 1865)
- 1956 - Frederick Soddy, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1877)
- 1957 - Toyoda Soemu, Japanese admiral (b. 1885)
- 1961 - Marion Davies, American actress (b. 1897)
- 1962 - Mir Ghotbeddin Mohammad Angha, 40th Oveyssi Sufi master (b. 1887)
- 1969 - Adolfo López Mateos, president of Mexico (b. 1909)
- 1981 - Harry Warren, American composer and lyricist (b. 1893)
- 1987 - Dan Rowan, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
- 1988 - Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst (b. 1914)
- 1989 - Irving Berlin, American songwriter (b. 1888)
- 1992 - Aurelio López, baseball player (b. 1948)
- 1993 - Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor (b. 1903)
- 1996 - Dorothy Lamour, American actress (b. 1914)
- 1996 - Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballet dancer and director (b. 1924)
- 1999 - George C. Scott, American actor (b. 1927)
- 2001 - Isaac Stern, Ukrainian violinist (b. 1920)
- 2002 - Jan de Hartog, Dutch-born writer (b. 1914)
- 2003 - Gordon Jump, American television actor (b. 1932)
- 2003 - Hugo Young, British journalist (b. 1938)
- 2004 - Ray Traylor, professional wrestler (b. 1962)
- 2006 - Edward Albert, American actor (b. 1951)
- 2006 - Carla Benschop, Dutch basketball player
[edit] Holidays and observances
- In 2006, Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year of 5767, begins at sunset.
- 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:
- French Republican Calendar - Raisin (Grape) Day, first day in the Month of Vendémiaire.
- Bulgaria - Independence Day(from The Otoman Empire) 1908.
- Mali - Independence Day (from France, 1960).
- In Europe and in cities throughout the world, Car Free Day.
- Hobbit Day, being the birthday of the fictitious Hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
Also see September 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
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