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September 22
1761 - Britain's King George III and his wife, Charlotte, were crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1776 - Nathan Hale was hanged by the British as a spy during the Revolutionary War.
1789 - Congress authorized the office of Postmaster General.
1792 - The first French Republic was proclaimed.
1862 - President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, proposing to free all slaves of rebel states as of Jan. 1, 1863.
1949 - The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb.
1950 - Omar N. Bradley was promoted to the rank of five-star general, General of the Army, joining an elite group that included Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall and Henry H. "Hap" Arnold.
1961 - The Interstate Commerce Commission issued rules prohibiting racial discrimination on interstate buses.
1964 - The musical "Fiddler on the Roof" opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 3,242 performances.
1975 - Sara Jane Moore failed in an attempt to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel.
1980 - The Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war.
1985 - Rock and country music artists participated in "FarmAid," a concert staged in Champaign, Illinois, to help the nation's farmers.
1989 - Songwriter Irving Berlin died in New York City at age 101.
1993 - Forty-seven people were killed when an Amtrak passenger train fell off a bridge and crashed into Big Bayou Canot near Mobile, Alabama. (A tugboat pilot lost in fog pushed a barge into the railroad bridge, knocking the tracks 38 inches out of line just minutes before the train arrived.)
1994 - The sitcom "Friends" debuted on NBC.
1995 - An AWACS plane carrying U.S. and Canadian military personnel crashed on takeoff from Elmendorf Air Force Base near Anchorage, Alaska, killing all 24 people aboard.
1995 - Time Warner struck a $7.5 billion deal to buy Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
2004 - "Lost" premiered on ABC.
2005 - John Roberts' nomination as chief justice cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 13-5 vote.
2008 - The U.S. Mint unveiled the first changes to the penny in 50 years, with Abraham Lincoln's portrait still on the front, but new designs replacing the Lincoln Memorial on the back.
2009 - Al-Qaida released a 106-minute-long video predicting President Obama's downfall at the hands of the Muslim world.
2014 - The United States and five Arab nations launched airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria, sending waves of planes and Tomahawk cruise missiles against an array of targets.
2018 - Negotiations between the Senate Judiciary Committee and Christine Blasey Ford on the conditions for her possible testimony continued, with committee chairman Chuck Grassley saying the panel would go ahead and vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh if no agreement could be worked out for Ford to testify about what she said was a sexual assault by Kavanaugh.
Birthdays
20 - Erin Pitt (actress)
22 - Lexi Wood (model)
24 - Juliette Goglia (actress)
32 - Teyonah Parris (actress)
32 - Tom Felton (actor)
34 - Tatiana Maslany (actress)
37 - Katie Lowes (actress)
37 - Billie Piper (actress)
38 - Ashley Drane Eckstein (actress)
40 - Michael Graziadei (actor)
41 - Daniella Alonso (actress)
44 - Mireille Enos (actress)
46 - James Hillier (actor)
53 - Ruth Jones (actress)
54 - Dan Bucatinsky (actor)
57 - Rob Stone (actor)
58 - Bonnie Hunt (actress)
58 - Catherine Oxenberg (actress)
59 - Scott Baio (actor)
61 - Joan Jett (singer)
62 - Lynn Herring (actress)
63 - June Forester (singer)
63 - Debby Boone (singer)
65 - Shari Belafonte (actress)
74 - Paul Le Mat (actor)
77 - David Stern (former NBA commissioner)
79 - Anna Karina (actress)
92 - Tommy Lasorda (baseball player/manager)
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Today in Sports History - September 22
1911 - Cy Young records the 511th and final victory of his pitching career.
1920 - A Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that eight White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series.
1927 - Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the "long count" fight in Chicago
1934 - The NHL approved a new rule that allowed the awarding of penalty shots.
1935 - The Boston Braves lose a National League record 110th game of the year (they would go on to lose 115).
1968 - Cesar Tovar became the second major league baseball player to play all nine positions in one game.
1969 - Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hit his 600th career home run during a game against the San Diego Padres.
1987 - Wade Boggs of the Boston Red Sox ties an American League record of 200 hits for 5 straight seasons.
1990 - Andre Dawson joins Willie Mays as the only two players in major league history with 300 steals, 300 home runs and 2,000 hits.
1991 - Coach Don Shula of the Miami Dolphins records his 300th career victory.
1993 - Nolan Ryan, at age 46, pitches his final major league game.
2004 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) is walked intentionally four times in a nine-inning game, tying a major league record.
2006 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) tied Hank Aaron's National League home run record when he hit is 733rd.
1761 - Britain's King George III and his wife, Charlotte, were crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1776 - Nathan Hale was hanged by the British as a spy during the Revolutionary War.
1789 - Congress authorized the office of Postmaster General.
1792 - The first French Republic was proclaimed.
1862 - President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, proposing to free all slaves of rebel states as of Jan. 1, 1863.
1949 - The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb.
1950 - Omar N. Bradley was promoted to the rank of five-star general, General of the Army, joining an elite group that included Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall and Henry H. "Hap" Arnold.
1961 - The Interstate Commerce Commission issued rules prohibiting racial discrimination on interstate buses.
1964 - The musical "Fiddler on the Roof" opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 3,242 performances.
1975 - Sara Jane Moore failed in an attempt to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel.
1980 - The Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war.
1985 - Rock and country music artists participated in "FarmAid," a concert staged in Champaign, Illinois, to help the nation's farmers.
1989 - Songwriter Irving Berlin died in New York City at age 101.
1993 - Forty-seven people were killed when an Amtrak passenger train fell off a bridge and crashed into Big Bayou Canot near Mobile, Alabama. (A tugboat pilot lost in fog pushed a barge into the railroad bridge, knocking the tracks 38 inches out of line just minutes before the train arrived.)
1994 - The sitcom "Friends" debuted on NBC.
1995 - An AWACS plane carrying U.S. and Canadian military personnel crashed on takeoff from Elmendorf Air Force Base near Anchorage, Alaska, killing all 24 people aboard.
1995 - Time Warner struck a $7.5 billion deal to buy Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
2004 - "Lost" premiered on ABC.
2005 - John Roberts' nomination as chief justice cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 13-5 vote.
2008 - The U.S. Mint unveiled the first changes to the penny in 50 years, with Abraham Lincoln's portrait still on the front, but new designs replacing the Lincoln Memorial on the back.
2009 - Al-Qaida released a 106-minute-long video predicting President Obama's downfall at the hands of the Muslim world.
2014 - The United States and five Arab nations launched airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria, sending waves of planes and Tomahawk cruise missiles against an array of targets.
2018 - Negotiations between the Senate Judiciary Committee and Christine Blasey Ford on the conditions for her possible testimony continued, with committee chairman Chuck Grassley saying the panel would go ahead and vote on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh if no agreement could be worked out for Ford to testify about what she said was a sexual assault by Kavanaugh.
Birthdays
20 - Erin Pitt (actress)
22 - Lexi Wood (model)
24 - Juliette Goglia (actress)
32 - Teyonah Parris (actress)
32 - Tom Felton (actor)
34 - Tatiana Maslany (actress)
37 - Katie Lowes (actress)
37 - Billie Piper (actress)
38 - Ashley Drane Eckstein (actress)
40 - Michael Graziadei (actor)
41 - Daniella Alonso (actress)
44 - Mireille Enos (actress)
46 - James Hillier (actor)
53 - Ruth Jones (actress)
54 - Dan Bucatinsky (actor)
57 - Rob Stone (actor)
58 - Bonnie Hunt (actress)
58 - Catherine Oxenberg (actress)
59 - Scott Baio (actor)
61 - Joan Jett (singer)
62 - Lynn Herring (actress)
63 - June Forester (singer)
63 - Debby Boone (singer)
65 - Shari Belafonte (actress)
74 - Paul Le Mat (actor)
77 - David Stern (former NBA commissioner)
79 - Anna Karina (actress)
92 - Tommy Lasorda (baseball player/manager)
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Today in Sports History - September 22
1911 - Cy Young records the 511th and final victory of his pitching career.
1920 - A Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that eight White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series.
1927 - Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the "long count" fight in Chicago
1934 - The NHL approved a new rule that allowed the awarding of penalty shots.
1935 - The Boston Braves lose a National League record 110th game of the year (they would go on to lose 115).
1968 - Cesar Tovar became the second major league baseball player to play all nine positions in one game.
1969 - Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hit his 600th career home run during a game against the San Diego Padres.
1987 - Wade Boggs of the Boston Red Sox ties an American League record of 200 hits for 5 straight seasons.
1990 - Andre Dawson joins Willie Mays as the only two players in major league history with 300 steals, 300 home runs and 2,000 hits.
1991 - Coach Don Shula of the Miami Dolphins records his 300th career victory.
1993 - Nolan Ryan, at age 46, pitches his final major league game.
2004 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) is walked intentionally four times in a nine-inning game, tying a major league record.
2006 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) tied Hank Aaron's National League home run record when he hit is 733rd.
