Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 22
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This is a list of selected September 22 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.September 22: September Equinox (15:44 UTC, 2008); Independence Day in Bulgaria (1908) and Mali (1960); Car Free Day in Europe and Canada
- 1776 – Captain Nathan Hale, an American Revolutionary spy from the Continental Army, was hanged by British forces.
- 1792 – The epoch of the French Republican Calendar, marking the first day of the newly proclaimed French First Republic.
- 1823 – According to his own record of his early life, Latter Day Saint movement founder Joseph Smith, Jr. stated that he was directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where the Golden plates were stored.
- 1862 – Slavery in the United States: President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring the freedom of all slaves in Confederate territory by January 1, 1863.
- 1869 – Das Rheingold, the first of four operas in Der Ring des Nibelungen by German composer Richard Wagner (pictured), was first performed in Munich.
- 1965 – The United Nations Security Council unanimously passed a resolution calling for an unconditional ceasefire in the Indo-Pakistani War. The conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ended the following day.
More events: September 21 – September 22 – September 23
