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Highlights of September 22
- 2014 — The NASA spacecraft MAVEN entered into orbit around Mars to study the planet's atmosphere. Read more
- 2013 — Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, was attacked by two suicide bombers who killed 127 people. Read more
- 2003 — Dolphin, the first emulator for the GameCube that could run commercial video games, was released. Read more
- 1994 — The Nordhordland Bridge (pictured), crossing Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Vestland, and Norway's second-longest bridge, officially opened. Read more
- 1993 — A tugboat towing a barge collided with a rail bridge in Mobile, Alabama, U.S., deforming the tracks and causing the derailment of a passenger train eight minutes later, which killed 47 people and injured an additional 103. Read more
- 1979 — An American Vela satellite detected an unidentified flash of light near the Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, thought to be a nuclear weapons test. Read more
- 1975 — Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford, but failed due to unfamiliarity with her weapon. Read more
- 1957 — François Duvalier (pictured), nicknamed Papa Doc, was elected President of Haiti as a populist before consolidating power and ruling as a dictator for the rest of his life. Read more
- 1948 — Led by Gail Halvorsen, the United States Air Force began Operation "Little Vittles", delivering candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift. Read more
- 1939 — A joint military parade by the troops of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union took place in Brest-Litovsk to celebrate their partition of Poland. Read more
- 1934 — One of Britain's worst mining accidents took place when an explosion at Gresford Colliery in Wales killed 266 men. Read more
- 1922 — After nine days, the great fire of Smyrna was extinguished (aftermath pictured), having caused at least ten thousand deaths. Read more
- 1914 — First World War: The German submarine U-9 sank three Royal Navy cruisers, resulting in approximately 1,450 deaths. Read more
- 1914 — World War I: German naval forces bombarded Papeete in French Polynesia and sank a French gunboat. Read more
- 1869 — Das Rheingold, the first of four operas in Der Ring des Nibelungen by the German composer Richard Wagner (pictured), was first performed in Munich. Read more
- 1726 — Bach led the first performance of his cantata Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17, in Leipzig. Read more
- 1586 — Eighty Years' War: Spanish forces defeated an Anglo-Dutch army at the Battle of Zutphen.* 1789 – The office of United States Postmaster General was formally established. Read more
- 1236 — Livonian Crusade: The Livonian Brothers of the Sword were soundly defeated by pagan Samogitian and Semigallian troops at the Battle of Saule. Read more
Events
- 2024 — Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected as the 9th President Of Sri Lanka. Read more
- 2013 — At least 75 people are killed in a suicide bombing at a Christian church in Peshawar, Pakistan. Read more
- 2006 — Twenty-three people were killed in a maglev train collision in Lathen, Germany. Read more
- 1995 — An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed. Read more
- 1995 — The Nagerkovil school bombing is carried out by the Sri Lanka Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil schoolchildren. Read more
- 1993 — A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed. Read more
- 1993 — A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia. Read more
- 1991 — The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time. Read more
- 1981 — During a military exercise, a Turkish Air Force Northrop F-5 crashes in Babaeski as a result of pilot error, killing one crew member and also 65 soldiers on the ground. Read more
- 1980 — Iraq invades Iran, sparking the nearly eight year Iran–Iraq War. Read more
- 1979 — A bright flash, resembling the detonation of a nuclear weapon, is observed near the Prince Edward Islands. Its cause is never determined. Read more
- 1976 — Red Dye No. 4 is banned by the US Food and Drug Administration after it is discovered that it causes tumors in the bladders of dogs. Read more
- 1975 — Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by the Secret Service. Read more
- 1966 — Twenty-four people are killed when Ansett-ANA Flight 149 crashes in Winton, Queensland, Australia. Read more
- 1965 — The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 between India and Pakistan over Kashmir ends after the United Nations calls for a ceasefire and after a last engagement near Dograi. Read more
- 1960 — The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation. Read more
- 1957 — In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president. Read more
- 1953 — The Four Level Interchange, first stack interchange in the world opened in Los Angeles. Read more
- 1948 — Gail Halvorsen officially starts parachuting candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift. Read more
- 1948 — Israeli-Palestine conflict: The All-Palestine Government is established by the Arab League. Read more
- 1941 — The Holocaust in Ukraine: On the Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murders 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed. Read more
- 1939 — World War II: A joint German–Soviet military parade in Brest-Litovsk is held to celebrate the successful invasion of Poland. Read more
- 1934 — The Gresford disaster in Wales kills 266 miners and rescuers. Read more
- 1919 — The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States. Read more
- 1914 — A German submarine sinks three British cruisers over a seventy-minute period, killing almost 1,500 sailors. Read more
- 1910 — The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain. Read more
- 1896 — Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history (later surpassed by her great-great-granddaughter Elizabeth II on 9 September 2015). Read more
- 1892 — A locomotive shunting falls into a hole in the ground, leading to the burial of the locomotive. Read more
- 1891 — The first hydropower plant of Finland is commissioned along the Tammerkoski rapids in Tampere, Pirkanmaa. Read more
- 1885 — Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to the Irish Home Rule movement. Read more
- 1866 — The Battle of Curupayty is Paraguay's only significant victory in the Paraguayan War. Read more
- 1862 — A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released by Abraham Lincoln. Read more
- 1857 — The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard. Read more
- 1823 — Joseph Smith claims to have found the golden plates after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried. Read more
- 1792 — Primidi Vendémiaire of year one of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being. Read more
- 1789 — The office of United States Postmaster General is established. Read more
- 1789 — Battle of Rymnik: Alexander Suvorov's Russian and allied army defeats superior Ottoman Empire forces. Read more
- 1776 — Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during the American Revolution. Read more
- 1761 — George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Read more
- 1726 — Bach leads the first performance of his cantata Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17, in Leipzig. Read more
- 1711 — The first attacks of the Tuscarora War begin in present-day North Carolina. Read more
- 1692 — Martha Corey, Mary Eastey, Alice Parker, Mary Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmot Redd, Margaret Scott, and Samuel Wardwell are hanged, the last of those to be executed in the Salem witch trials. Read more
- 1586 — Eighty Years' War: A Spanish force led by the Marquis del Vasto successfully fights its way past a joint English/Dutch ambush in the Battle of Zutphen. Read more
- 1499 — The Treaty of Basel concludes the Swabian War. Read more
- 1359 — An Aragonese cavalry force defeats a superior Castilian cavalry force in the Battle of Araviana during the War of the Two Peters. Read more
- 1236 — The Samogitians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Saule. Read more
- 904 — The warlord Zhu Quanzhong kills Emperor Zhaozong, the penultimate emperor of the Tang dynasty, after seizing control of the imperial government. Read more
Born on September 22
- 2009 — Coco Yoshizawa, Japanese skateboarder Read more
- 2004 — Jessie Murph, American singer and songwriter Read more
- 2000 — Louise Christie, British rhythm gymnast Read more
- 2000 — Stephen Crichton, Samoan rugby league footballer Read more
- 2000 — Seungmin, South Korean singer Read more
- 1999 — Curry Barker, American filmmaker and actor Read more
- 1999 — Kim Yo-han, South Korean singer and actor Read more
- 1999 — Kim You-jung, South Korean actress Read more
- 1995 — Nayeon, South Korean singer Read more
- 1994 — Carlos Correa, Puerto Rican-American baseball player Read more
- 1994 — Jinyoung, South Korean singer, actor, songwriter Read more
- 1994 — Haason Reddick, American football player Read more
- 1994 — Alexander Wennberg, Swedish ice hockey player Read more
- 1992 — Philip Hindes, English track cyclist Read more
- 1991 — Kenny Bromwich, New Zealand rugby league player Read more
- 1990 — Denard Robinson, American football player Read more
- 1989 — Jon Bass, American actor Read more
- 1989 — Kim Hyo-yeon, South Korean singer, dancer, and actress Read more
- 1989 — Sabine Lisicki, German tennis player Read more
- 1988 — Sana Saeed, Indian actress and model Read more
- 1987 — Derick Brassard, Canadian ice hockey player Read more
- 1987 — Stefan Denifl, Austrian cyclist Read more
- 1987 — Tom Felton, English actor Read more
- 1987 — Zdravko Kuzmanović, Serbian footballer Read more
- 1987 — Teyonah Parris, American actress Read more
- 1985 — Jerma985, American internet personality Read more
- 1985 — Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer Read more
- 1985 — Jamie Mackie, Scottish footballer Read more
- 1985 — Tatiana Maslany, Canadian actress Read more
- 1985 — Ibragim Todashev, Russian-American mixed martial artist (died 2013) Read more
- 1984 — Thiago Silva, Brazilian footballer Read more
- 1983 — Glenn Loovens, Dutch professional footballer Read more
- 1982 — Katie Lowes, American actress Read more
- 1982 — Billie Piper, English actress and singer Read more
- 1982 — Maarten Stekelenburg, Dutch footballer Read more
- 1981 — Ashley Eckstein, American actress Read more
- 1981 — Janne Niskala, Finnish ice hockey player Read more
- 1981 — Alexei Ramírez, Cuban baseball player Read more
- 1981 — Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer-songwriter Read more
- 1981 — Ingrid Vetlesen, Norwegian soprano Read more
Died on September 22
- 2024 — Roy Clay, American computer scientist (born 1929) Read more
- 2024 — Fredric Jameson, American academic and literary critic (born 1934) Read more
- 2023 — Altemio Sanchez, Puerto Rican serial killer and rapist (born 1958) Read more
- 2022 — Carlos Balá, Argentine actor and comedian (born 1925) Read more
- 2022 — Hilary Mantel, British author (born 1952) Read more
- 2022 — Pal Singh Purewal, Punjabi engineer, author, scholar, and teacher (born 1931/1932) Read more
- 2020 — Neil Brannon, American politician (born 1940) Read more
- 2018 — Chas Hodges, English musician and singer (born 1943) Read more
- 2018 — Edna Molewa, South African politician (born 1957) Read more
- 2016 — Delphine Medjo, Cameroonian politician (born 1941) Read more
- 2015 — Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1925) Read more
- 2014 — Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese footballer and manager (born 1923) Read more
- 2014 — Sahana Pradhan, Nepalese politician, Nepalese Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1927) Read more
- 2014 — Erik van der Wurff, Dutch pianist, composer, and conductor (born 1945) Read more
- 2014 — Hans E. Wallman, Swedish director, producer, and composer (born 1936) Read more
- 2013 — Gary Brandner, American author and screenwriter (born 1930) Read more
- 2013 — Jane Connell, American actress and singer (born 1925) Read more
- 2013 — David H. Hubel, Canadian-American neurophysiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926) Read more
- 2013 — Álvaro Mutis, Colombian-Mexican author and poet (born 1923) Read more
- 2013 — Hans Erich Slany, German industrial designer, founded TEAMS Design (born 1926) Read more
- 2013 — Luciano Vincenzoni, Italian screenwriter (born 1926) Read more
- 2012 — Hector Abhayavardhana, Sri Lankan theorist and academic (born 1919) Read more
- 2012 — Irving Adler, American mathematician, author, and academic (born 1913) Read more
- 2012 — Juan H. Cintrón García, Puerto Rican businessman and politician, 126th Mayor of Ponce (born 1919) Read more
- 2012 — Grigory Frid, Russian pianist and composer (born 1915) Read more
- 2012 — Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Dutch psychiatrist and academic (born 1914) Read more
- 2011 — Knut Steen, Norwegian sculptor (born 1924) Read more
- 2010 — Jackie Burroughs, British-born Canadian actress (born 1939) Read more
- 2010 — Eddie Fisher, American singer (born 1928) Read more
- 2010 — Vyacheslav Tsaryov, Russian footballer (born 1971) Read more
- 2009 — Edward Delaney, Irish sculptor (born 1930) Read more
- 2008 — Thomas Dörflein, German zookeeper (born 1963) Read more
- 2008 — Petrus Schaesberg, German painter, historian, and educator (born 1967) Read more
- 2007 — ʻAlí-Muhammad Varqá, last Hand of the Cause of God in the Baháʼí Faith (born 1911) Read more
- 2007 — Marcel Marceau, French mime and actor (born 1923) Read more
- 2006 — Edward Albert, American actor (born 1951) Read more
- 2006 — Carla Benschop, Dutch basketball player and educator (born 1950) Read more
- 2004 — Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (born 1927) Read more
- 2004 — Ray Traylor Jr., American professional wrestler better-known as the Big Boss Man (born 1963) Read more
- 2003 — Gordon Jump, American actor (born 1932) Read more
Holidays & observances
American Business Women's Day (United States); Baltic Unity Day (Lithuania, Latvia); Christian feast days:
Digna and Emerita; Christian feast days:
Emmeram of Regensburg; Christian feast days:
Felix and Constantia; Christian feast days:
Ignatius of Santhià (Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti); Christian feast days:
Laud of Coutances; Christian feast days:
Paul Chong Hasang (one of The Korean Martyrs); Christian feast days:
Phocas (the Gardener, or of Sinope); Christian feast days:
Phocas, Bishop of Sinope; Christian feast days:
Sadalberga; Christian feast days:
Septimius of Iesi (this date since 1623); Christian feast days:
Theban Legion, including:
Candidus; Christian feast days:
Theban Legion, including:
Maurice (Western Christianity); Christian feast days:
Philander Chase (Episcopal Church); Christian feast days:
September 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics); Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere:
Autumnal Equinox Day (Japan); Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere:
Mabon in the Northern Hemisphere, Ostara in the Southern Hemisphere. (Neopagan Wheel of the Year); Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere:
The first day of Miķeļi (Latvia); Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire in 1908.; Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Mali from France in 1960.; Resistance Fighting Day (Estonia)
Events, births and deaths from Wikipedia contributors, “September 22”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Lists are selections; the full record lives at the source.