What Happened on September 22
Historical Events
- 1692 Last people hanged for witchcraft (8) in the US, 19 hanged overall, with six other deaths during Salem Witch Trials
- 1792 French First Republic formed by the National Convention, stripping the French king of his powers
- 1862 US President Abraham Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, threatening to free all enslaved people in the rebel southern states if those states fail to re-join the Union by January 1, 1863 [1]
- 1965 India and Pakistan cease-fire goes into effect, ending the Indo-Pakistani War
- 1980 Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway
- More Historical Events
Sep 22 in Film & TV
- 1994 "Friends" TV sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman debuts on NBC, starring Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer
Sep 22 in Music
- 1869 Richard Wagner's opera "Das Rheingold" (the 1st piece of his "Ring" cycle) premieres in Munich, Germany
Sep 22 in Sport
- 1920 Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series
Did You Know?
Robert Walpole becomes the first British "Prime Minister" (actually First Lord of the Treasury) to live at 10 Downing Street
On September 22, 1735
Anne of Cleves
Michael Faraday
Charlotte Cooper
Wilhelm Keitel
Andrea Bocelli
Billie PiperWould You Believe?
Benjamin Franklin publishes a hoax letter "An Edict by the King of Prussia" in the Public Advertiser, criticising Britain's colonial policies in the American colonies
On September 22, 1773
Famous Weddings
- 1794 Physicist Alessandro Volta (49) weds Teresa Peregrini
- 1854 Future railroad magnate Mark Hopkins Jr. marries Mary Sherwood
- 1940 "Adventures of Superman" actor George Reeves (26) weds Ellanora Needles at the Church of Our Savior in San Gabriel, California
Famous Divorces
- 2000 Actress Patsy Kensit (32) divorces Oasis singer Liam Gallagher (28) due to unreasonable behaviour after 3 years of marriage
More Weddings & Divorces
Guru Nanak
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Nathan Hale
Irving Berlin
George C. Scott
Yogi BerraArticles, Photos and Quiz
Britain's First-Ever TV Ad
The first advertisement on British television appeared on this day showing a tube of ‘tingling fresh’ toothpaste in a block of ice. But all was not as it seemed
September 22, 1955
Weekly Quiz for September 16-22
Which famous American automobile manufacturer was founded by William C. Durant in 1908? In 1893, which country was the 1st in the world to grant women the vote?
