Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years). There are 100 days remaining. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays Events 66 – Emperor Nero creates the legion I Italica 1598 - Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter 1692 - Last person hanged for witchcraft in the United States 1776 - Nathan Hale hanged for spying during American Revolution 1784 - Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska 1789 - Position of United States Postmaster General established 1862 - A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released 1893 - The first Americann-built automobile, built by the Duryea Brothers, is displayed 1927 - Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney 1949 - Soviet Union detonates its first nuclear weapon 1960 - Mali gains independence from France 1961 - Peace Corps is formed 1975 - Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Gerald Ford 1980 - Iraq invades Iran Births 1791 - Michael Faraday, scientist († 1867) 1880 - Dame Christabel Pankhurst, women's suffrage activist 1885 - Erich von Stroheim, actor, writer, director († 1957) 1895 - Paul Muni, Academy Award winning actor († 1967) 1902 - John Houseman, actor and director († 1988) 1918 - Henryk Szeryng, violinist († 1988) 1920 - William H. Riker, political scientist 1924 - Rosamunde Pilcher, novelist 1927 - Tommy Lasorda, baseball manager 1932 - Ingemar Johansson, boxing champion 1934 - Lute Olson, college basketball coach 1943 - Toni Basil, singer, dancer, choreographer 1946 - King Sunny Ade, reggae singer 1951 - David Coverdale, singer 1952 - Paul Le Mat, actor 1954 - Shari Belafonte, singer 1956 - Debby Boone, singer 1957 - Nick Cave, musician 1958 - Joan Jett, musician 1958 - Andrea Bocelli, singer 1959 - Tai Babilonia, figure skating star 1961 - Scott Baio, actor 1969 - Mara Stephens, actor 1971 - Märtha Louise, Princess of Norway 1975 - Mystikal, rap music singer 1976 - Ronaldo, football player 1987 - Tom Felton, actor Deaths 1554 - Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Spanish explorer 1828 - Shaka Zulu, Zulu leader 1852 - William Tierney Clark, civil engineer 1961 - Marion Davies, actress 1987 - Dan Rowan, actor, comedian 1989 - Irving Berlin, songwriter 1996 - Dorothy Lamour, actress 1999 - George C. Scott, actor 2001 - Isaac Stern, violinist 2003 - Hugo Young, British journalist, columnist and political commentator Holidays 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 September 21 · September 23 · August 22 · October 22 · more historical anniversaries See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December - more historical anniversaries This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.