Historical Events In September - 22

1953  On September - 22 islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia   

1953  William Brann, cricketer (3 Tests for S Africa), dies on September - 22.   

1954  Bkln Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 NY Giants in his 1st game on this day in history.   

1955  Commercial TV begins in England on this day in history.   

1955  Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 on September - 22.   

1955  On September - 22 (ITV) Commercial TV begins in England   

1957  On September - 22 "Maverick" premieres   

1958  On this day in history kTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting   

1959  Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant on this day in history.   

1959  Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60 on September - 22.   

1960  On September - 22 mali (without Senegal) gains independence from France (National Day)   

1960  Mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France on September - 22.   

1960  Melanie Klein, Austria/British psycho analyst, dies at 78 on September - 22.   

1961  On September - 22 peace Corps established   

1961  Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hrs 10 min on September - 22.   

1961  Marion Davies, actress (Not So Dumb, 5 & 10), dies of cancer at 64 on September - 22.   

1962  On this day in history bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall   

1963  On this day in history czechoslovakian premier Sikory deposed by Josef Lenart)   

1963  Fred Le Roux, cricketer (S Afr all-rounder in only Test), dies on September - 22.   

1964  "Fiddler on the Roof" opens on Broadway, runs 3,242 performances on September - 22.   

1964  On September - 22 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 3242 perfs   

1966  On September - 22 only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game   

1969  On September - 22 adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico, dies at 59   

1970  Pres Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses on September - 22.   

1971  Joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67 on September - 22.   

1972  Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary, dies at 53 on September - 22.   

1973  "A Little Night Music" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway on this day in history.   

1973  On September - 22 henry Kissinger, sworn in as America's first Jewish Secretary of State   

1975  On September - 22 sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford in SF Calif   

1975  On September - 22 franz Salmhofer, composer, dies at 75   

1978  Israeli PM Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit on this day in history.   

1978  Lina Carstens, actress (Homeland, Broken Jug), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins   

1980  On this day in history john & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffen Records   

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1290  Bilbo Baggins, (in Shire Reconning) was born on this day in history.   

1515  On this day in history birth of anna van Kleef, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII   

1547  On this day in history birth of philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (d. 1590)   

1601  On this day in history birth of anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III   

1606  On this day in history birth of li Zicheng, Chinese rebel (d. 1645)   

1680  On September - 22 birth of barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)   

1694  On this day in history birth of lord Chesterfield, letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar (1752)   

1715  On this day in history birth of jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (d. 1786)   

1072  On this day in history death of ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and scholar-official (b. 1007)   

1197  On this day in history petrus Cantor, French theologist (Verbum Abbreviatum), dies   

1253  Dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1286  On this day in history mugaku Sogen, Zen Rinzai line founder of Engakuji temple, dies at 60   

1345  Death of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester (b. 1281) on this day in history.   

1392  Death of Aleid van Poelgeest, lover of earl Albrecht of Bavaria, murdered at 22 on this day in history.   

1399  Death of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366) on this day in history.   

1408  Johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8), dies on September - 22.