Today in History – September 22nd

Published September 22, 2012 |

66, Roman Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica.
1236, The Lithuanians and Semigallians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Saule.
1499, Treaty of Basel: Switzerland becomes an independent state.
1515, Anne of Cleves, English noblewoman (d. 1557) was born.
1598, English playwright Ben Jonson kills an actor in a duel and is indicted for manslaughter.
1692, Last people hanged for witchcraft in Britain’s North American colonies.
1711, The Tuscarora War begins in present-day North Carolina.
1761, George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
1776, Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution.
1789, The office of US Postmaster General is established.
1791, Michael Faraday, English scientist (d. 1867) was born.
1829, Tu Duc, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1883) was born.
1857, The Russian warship Lefort capsizes and sinks during a storm in the Gulf of Finland, killing all 826 aboard.
1862, Slavery in the US: a preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.
1866, Battle of Curupaity in the Paraguayan War.
1869, Richard Wagner’s opera Das Rheingold premieres in Munich.
1885, Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule.
1888, 1st issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
1896, Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
1908, The Bulgarian Declaration of Independence is proclaimed.
1927, Jack Dempsey loses the “Long Count” boxing match to Gene Tunney.
1937, Spanish Civil War: Pena Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco.
1939, Joint victory parade of Wehrmacht and Red Army in Brest-Litovsk at the end of the Invasion of Poland.
1955, In the UK, the television channel ITV goes live for 1st time.
1957, In Haiti, Francois Duvalier is elected president.
1960, The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
1975, Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate US President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by Oliver Sipple.
1980, Iraq invades Iran.
1989, Irving Berlin, American songwriter (b. 1888) died.
1991, The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for 1st time by the Huntington Library.
1994, The television sitcom Friends, about six young adults living in New York City, debuts on NBC.
1999, George C. Scott, American actor (b. 1927) died.
2003, Gordon Jump, American actor (b. 1932) died.
2007, Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (b. 1923) died.
2010, Eddie Fisher, American singer (b. 1928) died.

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