September 22

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on September 22. From 1900 until now. September 22 is under the sign of Virgo. Famous birthdays on this day include Ségolène Royal (1953), Nick Cave (1957) and Andrea Bocelli (1958). Several movies were released around September 22 over the years, such as The Departed in 2006 directed by Martin Scorsese and The Maltese Falcon in 1941 directed by John Huston.
But much more happened on September 22 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Saint Emmeramus
Saint Florentius
In ancient Latvia, the first day of Mikeli, the Catching of Jumis.
In ancient Greece, the ninth and final day of the Eleusinian Mysteries, when the initiates made offerings to the dead.
Saint Jonas
RC Saints - It has been or still is the feast day of the following saints: Saints Digna & Emerita
In Europe and in cities throughout the world, Car Free Day.
Mali - Independence Day (from France, 1960)
Bulgaria - Independence Day 1908
French Republican Calendar - Raisin (Grape) Day, first day in the Month of VendTmiaire
Saint Thomas of Villanueva
Saint Sanctinus
Saint Salaberga
Saint Phocas
Saint Maurice
Saint Lolanus
Saint Lioba
Saint Lauto
Autumnal equinox in the Northern hemisphere, Vernal equinox in the Southern hemisphere 1996, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012 (by UT).
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Events

2018 2018 Ahvaz military parade attack: Four unknown gunmen, wearing military uniforms, open fire during a military parade to commemorate the Iran–Iraq War in Ahvaz, Khuzestan, Iran, killing 25 people and wounding up to 60. Both the Islamic State and Ahvaz National Resistance claim responsibility. (Reuters)
2017 Transport in London: Transport for London announces that it will not issue Uber a new private hire license. (BBC)
2016 Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen: The death toll from a Saudi-led Arab coalition airstrike which hit a house in a residential area in western Yemen has risen to 26 people. (Reuters)
2015 2015 Burkinabé coup d'état: The army of Burkina Faso arrives in Ouagadougou to seek the surrender of the Presidential Guard that staged the coup. (BBC)The coup leaders free President Michel Kafando and Prime Minister Yacouba Isaac Zida after the army entered the capital, Ouagadougou. Negotiations seeking a peaceful resolution between the chief of the army and the leader of presidential guard continue. (DW Akademie)
2014 German conglomerate Siemens AG announces plans to acquire American oilfield equipment maker Dresser-Rand Group Inc for US$7.6 billion. (Reuters via Yahoo!)
2013 Two suicide bombers attack a church in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, killing at least 78 people. (BBC)
2012 2012 diplomatic missions attacks
2011 At least five people are killed in a bus bombing in Pakistan's Bajaur Agency. (Xinhua)
2010 Singer Eddie Fisher, teen idol in the 1950s ("Thinking of You", "Oh! My Pa-Pa"), dies at age 82 in Berkeley, California.
2009 American Mesac Damas is extradited from Haiti to stand trial for the murders of his six family members in Florida, United States.NBC-2
2008 Microsoft unveils plans to spend US$40 billion buying back its shares from investors, the biggest single buy-back plan in history.
2007 Turkish Foreign Minister Ali Babacan condemns US support of the PKK terrorist group, which is behind attacks on Turkish forces.(PressTV) (TurkishWeekly)
2006 The U.S. military officially retires the F-14 Tomcat, famous from the movie ''Top Gun''. (AP)
2005 Australia agrees to fund Indonesia's response to avian influenza by providing anti-viral drugs to protect health workers in the event of a pandemic and contributing to a World Health Organisation team being sent to Jakarta. The Federal Opposition foreign affairs spokesman, Kevin Rudd, urged the Australian Government to further co-operate with regional states by calling for a regional summit on the issue. (ABC) (ABC)
2004 In the USA, ABC airs the premiere of the TV series Lost.
2003 David Hempleman-Adams becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open-air, wicker-basket hot air balloon.
2002 The German federal election leaves Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, his Social Democrats and the Greens in power.
2001 A ship and a barge collide at Barbour's Cut in La Porte, Texas, USA, leaking about 137,000 litres of fuel oil into the channel.
1997 Elton John releases Diana tribute Candle in the Wind 1997
1996 4th Solheim Cup: US beats Europe 17-11 at St. Pierre Wales
1995 American millionaire Steve Forbes announces his candidacy for the 1996 Republican presidential nomination.
1994 Rasmussen government in Denmark, resigns
1993 Nolan Ryan, 46, pitches his last game
1992 Heavy storm in South France, 34 die
1991 ABN and AMRO Dutch banks merge
1990 Andre Dawson steals his 300th base and is only player other than Willie Mays to have 300 home runs, 300 steals and 2,000 hits.
1989 Cards outfielder Leon Durham suspended for 60 days due to drugs
1988 Canada begins production of a $5 silver Maple Leaf bullion coin
1987 Dow-Jones index rises record 75.23 points
1986 35 countries signs disarmament accord in Stockholm
1985 37th Emmy Awards: Cagney and Lacey, Cosby Show and Tyne Daly win
1984 Brussels Princess Astrid marries Archduke Lorenz of Austrian-Este
1983 Everly Brothers reunite after 10 years (Royal Albert Hall)
1980 Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway
1979 Israel performs nuclear test at Indian Ocean
1978 Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit.
1977 West German RAF terrorist kills policeman in Utrecht
1975 World Football League folds.
1973 Little Night Music opens at Majestic Theater on Broadway
1972 Dictator Idi Amin throws 8,000 Asians out of Uganda
1970 US President Richard Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses.
1969 Music Scene debuts on ABC-TV
1968 Iraq adopts constitution
1966 KMEB TV channel 10 in Wailuku, HI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 India and Pakistan ceases-fire goes into effect
1964 Fiddler on the Roof opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 3242 performances
1963 Czechoslovakian Premier Sikory deposed by Josef Lenart)
1962 Bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall
1961 Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at age 42, completes the first round trip crossing swim of the English Channel in 43 hours, 10 minutes.
1960 Mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France
1959 Chicago White Sox clinch the American League pennant.
1958 KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting
1957 Maverick premieres
1955 (ITV) Commercial TV begins in England
1954 Brooklyn Dodgers' Karl Spooner strikes out 15 New York Giants' players in his first game.
1953 Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia
1950 Nobel peace prize awarded to Ralph J Bunche (1st black winner)
1949 USSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb
1947 Dodgers clinch NL pennant
1946 Evelyn Dick charged with butchering husband
1945 Stan Musial gets five hits off five pitchers on five consecutive pitches.
1944 Operation Market Garden: Polish paratroopers land at Driel
1943 British dwarf submarines attack Tirpitz
1942 Meulenberg robs of church bells
1941 British signal officer Bill Hudson lands in Montenegro
1939 Joint victory parade of Wehrmacht and Red Army in Brest-Litovsk at the end of the Invasion of Poland.
1937 Forest fire kills 14 and injures 50 in Cody Wyoming.
1935 Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115
1934 An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers.
1931 United Kingdom abandons gold standard.
1927 Yanks Earle Coombs hits 3 triples
1926 Belgian crown Prince Leopold and Swedish Princess Astrid get engaged
1921 Estonia and Lithuania admitted to League of Nations
1920 Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series
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.
1915 Red Sox ask Braves for use of their larger park for World Series
1914 1 German submarine sinks 3 British ironclads, 1,459 die
1913 Coal mine explosion kills 263 at Dawson New Mexico.
1912 Eddie Collins repeats record of stealing 6 bases in a game (9 / 7 / 12)
1911 Cy Young beats Pittsburgh 1-0 for his final career victory, number 511
1910 Saskatchewan Rugby Football Union forms
1908 Bulgaria declares independence from Ottoman Empire (Turkey)
1906 Race riot in Atlanta Georgia, kills 21
1905 11th US Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 314 at Myopia Club, Massachusetts
1903 Italo Marchiony granted patent for the ice cream cone.
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