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Birthday September 22, 1694 Lord Chesterfield, introduced Gregorian calendar to Eng (1752) |
Birthday September 22, 1791 Michael Faraday, discovered principle of electric motor |
Birthday September 22, 1878 Shigeru Yoshida, Japanese PM (most of 1946-54) |
Birthday September 22, 1885 Erich von Stroheim, early film director |
Birthday September 22, 1902 John Houseman, Actor (Paperchase, Ghost Story) |
Birthday September 22, 1912 Alfred G Vanderbilt, sportsman |
Birthday September 22, 1914 Martha Scott, Actress |
Birthday September 22, 1922 Chen Ning Yang, Chinese physicist, disproved parity (Nobel 1957) |
Birthday September 22, 1927 Tom Lasorda, baseball manager (LA Dodgers) |
Birthday September 22, 1940 Anna Karina |
Birthday September 22, 1949 Harold Carmichael, NFL wide receiver (Philadelphia Eagles) |
Birthday September 22, 1954 Shari Belafonte-Harper, in NY |
Birthday September 22, 1956 Debby Boone, in Hackensack NJ - had her life lit up |
Birthday September 22, 1960 Joan Jett, in Phila (Blackhearts) |
Birthday September 22, 1960 Scott Baio, (Joanie loves Chachi) |
Birthday September 22, 1961 Catherine Oxenberg |
History September 22, 1554 Coronado dies, without finding the fabled cities of gold |
History September 22, 1598 Playwright Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter |
History September 22, 1756 Nassau Hall opens at Princeton University |
History September 22, 1776 Patriot executed for spying |
History September 22, 1776 American Patriot executed for spying |
History September 22, 1776 Nathan Hale is executed as a spy by the British |
History September 22, 1789 The US Post Office was established |
History September 22, 1792 Origin of French Republican Era |
History September 22, 1828 Shaka Zulu assassinated |
History September 22, 1862 Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation is announced |
History September 22, 1863 President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech |
History September 22, 1893 1st auto built in US (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield |
History September 22, 1903 Ice Cream Cone patented |
History September 22, 1903 Italo Marchiony granted a patent for the ice cream cone |
History September 22, 1908 Fred 'Bonehead' Merkle misses 2nd base costing NY Giants the pennant |
History September 22, 1914 German U-boat devastates British squadron |
History September 22, 1914 U-boat devastates British squadron |
History September 22, 1925 Yank Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park-homers |
History September 22, 1927 Dempsey loses on long count |
History September 22, 1927 Controversial long count mars Tunney- |
History September 22, 1927 Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples |
History September 22, 1927 Famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses boxing title to Tunney) |
History September 22, 1944 Boulogne reoccupied by Allies |
History September 22, 1945 Patton questions necessity of Germany's denazification |
History September 22, 1948 Stan Musial goes 5 for 5 off 5 different pitchers |
History September 22, 1953 The famous four-level opens in Los Angeles |
History September 22, 1960 Mali gains independence from France (National Day) |
History September 22, 1961 President Kennedy signs Peace Corps legislation |
History September 22, 1964 Goldwater attacks Johnson's Vietnam policy |
History September 22, 1964 The Man from UNCLE premiers |
History September 22, 1968 Zond 5 completes flight |
History September 22, 1971 Medina is acquitted of all charges |
History September 22, 1975 President Ford survives second assassination attempt |
History September 22, 1980 Iran-Iraq War |
History September 22, 1980 War between Iran & Iraq begins |
History September 22, 1980 So-called Midtown Stabber kills his first victim |
History September 22, 1985 The first Farm Aid concert is held in Champaign, Illinois |
History September 22, 1987 2nd regular-season National Football League player strike begins |
History September 22, 1993 Train derails in Alabama swamp |
History September 22, 1994 Friends debuts |