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 Vendémiaire 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.
1896 - Queen Victoria surpassed 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 took place at Gresford Colliery in Wales which led to the death of 266 miners and rescuers.
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 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.

Births

1515 - Anne of Cleves, queen consort 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, wife 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)
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)
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 scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
1902 - John Houseman, Romanian-born actor (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 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
1931 - Fay Weldon, British feminist
1931 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (d. 2003)
1932 - Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer
1932 - Dr. Md. Fazle Rabbee, Bangladeshi cardiologist
1934 - Lute Olson, American basketball coach
1936 - Maurice Evans, English football player and manager (d. 2000)
1938 - Gene Mingo, American football player
1942 - David Stern, American basketball commissioner
1943 - Toni Basil, American singer
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
1961 - Vince Coleman, American baseball player
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 - 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
1970 - Emmanuel Petit, French footballer
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 - Ed Joyce, Irish/English cricketer
1978 - Harry Kewell, Australian footballer
1979 - Matt Sharp, American Musician (Weezer), (The Rentals)
1980 - Fernanda Tavares, Brazilian supermodel
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

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