September, 22nd in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Monday 22, 2003:
David Hempleman-Adams becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open-air, wicker-basket hot air balloon.

Monday 22, 1997:
Bentalha massacre in Algeria; over 200 villagers killed.

Thursday 22, 1994:
Friends premieres on NBC.

Wednesday 22, 1993:
A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.

Sunday 22, 1991:
The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time, by the Huntington Library.

Sunday 22, 1985:
The Plaza Accord was signed in New York City.

Monday 22, 1980:
Iraq invades Iran.

Saturday 22, 1979:
The South Atlantic Flash is observed near Bouvet Island, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.

Monday 22, 1975:
Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by Oliver Sipple.

Tuesday 22, 1970:
Tunku Abdul Rahman resigns as Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Wednesday 22, 1965:
The war between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the UN calls for a cease-fire.

Thursday 22, 1960:
Mali gains independence from France.

Thursday 22, 1955:
In Great Britain, the television channel ITV goes live for the first time.

Saturday 22, 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.

Wednesday 22, 1937:
Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco.

Thursday 22, 1927:
Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.

Tuesday 22, 1908:
The independence of Bulgaria is recognised.

Friday 22, 1893:
The first American-built automobile, built by the Duryea Brothers, is displayed.

Wednesday 22, 1869:
Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold debuts in Munich.

Monday 22, 1862:
Slavery in the United States: A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.

Saturday 22, 1792:
primidi Vendemière of year I of the French Republican Calendar

Tuesday 22, 1789:
The position of United States Postmaster General established.

Wednesday 22, 1784:
Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska.

Sunday 22, 1776:
Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution.

Monday 22, 1692:
Last people hanged for witchcraft in the United States.

Tuesday 22, 1598:
Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter.

Monday 22, 1236:
The Lithuanians and Semigallians beat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in Battle of ?iauliai.

Wednesday 22, 66:
Emperor Nero creates the legion I Italica.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/22-september/on-this-day.html


People born on September 22

1987:
Tom Felton, English actor (b: September 22, 1987) (Biography of Tom Felton)

1982:
Billie Piper, English singer and actress (b: September 22, 1982) (Biography of Billie Piper)

1981:
Rocco Baldelli, baseball player (b: September 22, 1981) (Biography of Rocco Baldelli)
Adam Lazzara, American musician (Taking Back Sunday) (b: September 22, 1981) (Biography of Adam Lazzara)

1978:
Harry Kewell, Australian footballer (b: September 22, 1978) (Biography of Harry Kewell)

1976:
Ronaldo, Brazilian footballer (b: September 22, 1976) (Biography of Ronaldo)

1975:
Mystikal, American rapper (b: September 22, 1975) (Biography of Mystikal)

1974:
Bob Sapp, American boxer and kickboxer (b: September 22, 1974) (Biography of Bob Sapp)

1971:
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (b: September 22, 1971) (Biography of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway)
Chesney Hawkes, British singer (b: September 22, 1971) (Biography of Chesney Hawkes)

1970:
Mike Matheny, baseball player (b: September 22, 1970) (Biography of Mike Matheny)

1968:
Mike Richter, American hockey player (b: September 22, 1968) (Biography of Mike Richter)

1967:
Félix Savón, Cuban boxer (b: September 22, 1967) (Biography of Félix Savón)

1966:
Stefan Rehn, Swedish footballer (b: September 22, 1966) (Biography of Stefan Rehn)

1965:
Tony Drago, Maltese snooker player (b: September 22, 1965) (Biography of Tony Drago)

1962:
Diogo Mainardi, Brazilian writer (b: September 22, 1962) (Biography of Diogo Mainardi)

1961:
Scott Baio, American actor (b: September 22, 1961) (Biography of Scott Baio)
Bonnie Hunt, American actress (b: September 22, 1961) (Biography of Bonnie Hunt)

1959:
Tai Babilonia, American figure skater (b: September 22, 1959) (Biography of Tai Babilonia)

1958:
Joan Jett, American musician (b: September 22, 1958) (Biography of Joan Jett)
Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor (b: September 22, 1958) (Biography of Andrea Bocelli)
Neil Cavuto, American television commentator (b: September 22, 1958) (Biography of Neil Cavuto)

1957:
Nick Cave, Australian musician (b: September 22, 1957) (Biography of Nick Cave)

1956:
Debby Boone, American singer (b: September 22, 1956) (Biography of Debby Boone)
Masayuki Suzuki, Japanese singer (Rats & Star) (b: September 22, 1956) (Biography of Masayuki Suzuki (singer))

1954:
Shari Belafonte, American singer (b: September 22, 1954) (Biography of Shari Belafonte)

1952:
Bob Goodlatte, U.S. Congressman from Virginia (b: September 22, 1952) (Biography of Bob Goodlatte)
Paul Le Mat, American actor (b: September 22, 1952) (Biography of Paul Le Mat)

1951:
David Coverdale, English singer (b: September 22, 1951) (Biography of David Coverdale)

1948:
Denis Burke, Australian politician (b: September 22, 1948) (Biography of Denis Burke)
Jim Byrnes, American actor and musician (b: September 22, 1948) (Biography of Jim Byrnes)

1947:
Robert Morace, American writer (b: September 22, 1947) (Biography of Robert Morace)

1946:
King Sunny Ade, Nigerian singer (b: September 22, 1946) (Biography of King Sunny Ade)

1943:
Toni Basil, American singer, dancer, and choreographer (b: September 22, 1943) (Biography of Toni Basil)

1942:
David Stern, American basketball commissioner (b: September 22, 1942) (Biography of David Stern)

1938:
Gene Mingo, American football player (b: September 22, 1938) (Biography of Gene Mingo)

1934:
Lute Olson, American basketball coach (b: September 22, 1934) (Biography of Lute Olson)

1932:
Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer (b: September 22, 1932) (Biography of Ingemar Johansson)

1931:
George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (b: September 22, 1931 ; d: January 26, 2003) (Biography of George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie)
Fay Weldon, British feminist author (b: September 22, 1931) (Biography of Fay Weldon)

1928:
James Lawson, American minister and civil rights activist (b: September 22, 1928) (Biography of James Lawson)

1927:
Tommy Lasorda, baseball manager (b: September 22, 1927) (Biography of Tommy Lasorda)

1924:
Charles Keeping, British illustrator (b: September 22, 1924 ; d: May 16, 1988) (Biography of Charles Keeping)
Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist (b: September 22, 1924) (Biography of Rosamunde Pilcher)

1923:
Dannie Abse, Welsh poet and writer (b: September 22, 1923) (Biography of Dannie Abse)

1922:
Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: September 22, 1922) (Biography of Chen Ning Yang)

1920:
William H. Riker, American political scientist (b: September 22, 1920 ; d: June 26, 1993) (Biography of William H. Riker)

1918:
Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (b: September 22, 1918 ; d: March 8, 1988) (Biography of Henryk Szeryng)

1915:
Arthur Lowe, British actor (b: September 22, 1915 ; d: April 15, 1982) (Biography of Arthur Lowe)

1912:
Martha Scott, American actress (b: September 22, 1912 ; d: May 28, 2003) (Biography of Martha Scott)

1905:
Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (b: September 22, 1905) (Biography of Eugen Sänger)

1904:
Joseph Valachi, American gangster (b: September 22, 1904 ; d: April 3, 1971) (Biography of Joseph Valachi)

1902:
John Houseman, Romanian-born actor and producer (b: September 22, 1902 ; d: October 31, 1988) (Biography of John Houseman)

1900:
William Spratling, American silversmith (b: September 22, 1900) (Biography of William Spratling)

1898:
Katherine Alexander, American actress (b: September 22, 1898 ; d: January 10, 1981) (Biography of Katherine Alexander)

1895:
Paul Muni, Polish-born actor (b: September 22, 1895 ; d: August 25, 1967) (Biography of Paul Muni)

1885:
Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-born actor, writer, and director (b: September 22, 1885 ; d: May 12, 1957) (Biography of Erich von Stroheim)
Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (b: September 22, 1885 ; d: June 13, 1951) (Biography of Ben Chifley)

1880:
Dame Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragist (b: September 22, 1880) (Biography of Christabel Pankhurst)

1878:
Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (b: September 22, 1878 ; d: October 20, 1967) (Biography of Yoshida Shigeru)

1829:
Tu Duc, Emperor of Vietnam (b: September 22, 1829) (Biography of Tu Duc)

1819:
Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (b: September 22, 1819 ; d: September 21, 1897) (Biography of Wilhelm Wattenbach)

1791:
Michael Faraday, English scientist (b: September 22, 1791 ; d: August 25, 1867) (Biography of Michael Faraday)

1788:
Theodore Edward Hook, English author (b: September 22, 1788 ; d: August 24, 1841) (Biography of Theodore Edward Hook)

1741:
Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (b: September 22, 1741 ; d: September 8, 1811) (Biography of Peter Simon Pallas)

1694:
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman and man of letters (b: September 22, 1694 ; d: March 24, 1773) (Biography of Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield)

1680:
Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (b: September 22, 1680 ; d: January 16, 1747) (Biography of Barthold Heinrich Brockes)

1606:
Li Zicheng, Chinese rebel (b: September 22, 1606) (Biography of Li Zicheng)

1601:
Anne of Austria, queen of Louis XIII of France (b: September 22, 1601) (Biography of Anne of Austria)

1593:
Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (b: September 22, 1593 ; d: June 19, 1650) (Biography of Matthäus Merian)

1547:
Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (b: September 22, 1547 ; d: November 29, 1590) (Biography of Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin)

1515:
Anne of Cleves, queen of Henry VIII of England (b: September 22, 1515 ; d: July 16, 1557) (Biography of Anne of Cleves)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/22-september/births.html