September 22: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

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 Vendemière 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.
• 1893 - The first American-built automobile, built by the Duryea Brothers, is displayed.
• 1908 - The independence of Bulgaria is recognised.
• 1927 - Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
• 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco.
• 1944 - World War II, Red Army entered Tallinn.
• 1945 - In South Vietnam, 1400 French soldiers released by the British from former Japanese internment camps enter Saigon and go on a deadly rampage, attacking Viet Minh and killing innocent civilians including children, aided by French civilians who joined the rampage.
• 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 Farm Aid concert takes place in Champaign, Illinois, United States.
• 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.
• 1994 - Friends premieres on NBC.
• 1997 - Bentalha massacre in Algeria; over 200 villagers killed.
• 1999 - The West Wing premieres on NBC
• 2003 - David Hempleman-Adams becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open-air, wicker-basket hot air balloon.
• 2004 - Katamari Damacy, the sleeper-hit by Namco is released in North America

• 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 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)
• 1885 - Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-born actor, writer, and director (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)
• 1901 - Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1997)
• 1902 - John Houseman, Romanian-born actor and producer (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 Prize 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
• 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
• 1934 - Lute Olson, American basketball coach
• 1938 - Gene Mingo, American football player
• 1942 - David Stern, American basketball commissioner
• 1943 - Toni Basil, American singer, dancer, and choreographer
• 1946 - King Sunny Ade, Nigerian singer
• 1947 - Robert Morace, American writer
• 1948 - Denis Burke, Australian politician
• 1948 - Jim Byrnes, American actor and musician
• 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
• 1962 - Diogo Mainardi, Brazilian writer
• 1965 - Andy Cairns, Irish musician
• 1965 - Tony Drago, Maltese snooker player
• 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
• 1971 - Chesney Hawkes, British singer
• 1971 - Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
• 1974 - Bob Sapp, American boxer and kickboxer
• 1975 - Mystikal, American rapper
• 1976 - Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer
• 1978 - Harry Kewell, Australian footballer
• 1981 - Rocco Baldelli, baseball player
• 1981 - Adam Lazzara, American musician (Taking Back Sunday)
• 1982 - Billie Piper, English singer and actress
• 1987 - Tom Felton, English actor

• 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)

• 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:
  • Saints Digna & Emerita
  • Saint Emmeramus
  • Saint Florentius
  • Saint Jonas
  • Saint Lauto
  • Saint Lioba
  • Saint Lolanus
  • Saint Maurice
  • Saint Phocas
  • Saint Salaberga
  • Saint Sanctinus
  • Saint Thomas of Villanueva

Also see September 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Bulgaria - Independence Day 1908
• Mali - Independence Day (from France, 1960)
• In Europe and in cities throughout the world, Car Free Day.
• In Conifer and Evergreen, Colorado Face Day a new fall celebration starting in 2005, honoring the word "face".

• Autumnal equinox in the Northern hemisphere, Vernal equinox in the Southern hemisphere 1996, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012 (by UT).

• Hobbit Day, the birthday of both Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, is observed by fans of J.R.R. Tolkien.

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