Historical Events In September - 22

1921  On this day in history estonia & Lithuania admitted to League of Nations   

1922  Chen Ning Yang, China, US physicist/disproved parity (Nobel 1957) on this day in history.   

1923  On September - 22 dannie Abse, Welsh poet and writer   

1923  On this day in history marquess of Ripon, game hunter, dies, after shooting 52nd grouse   

1924  Abdulrahman Mohamed Babu, politician on this day in history.   

1925  Yank Ben Paschal hits 2 inside-the-park-homers on this day in history.   

1925  Virginia Capers, Sumter SC, actress (White Mama, Original Intent) on this day in history.   

1926  Belgian crown prince Leopold & Swedish princess Astrid get engaged on this day in history.   

1926  William O Smith, composer on September - 22.   

1927  On September - 22 famous "Long count" fight (Dempsey loses boxing title to Tunney)   

1927  Eligio [Kika] De La Garza, (Rep-D-Texas, 1965- ) on this day in history.   

1927  Giannotto Bastianelli, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history eugene Roche, Boston MA, actor (Foul Play, Slaughterhouse Five)   

1931  On September - 22 the birth of Fay Weldon, British author   

1932  Hungarian govt of Károlyi falls on September - 22.   

1934  On September - 22 an explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers.   

1935  Boston Braves lose NL record 110th game of year en route to 115 on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history karl Schroder, composer, dies at 86   

1937  On this day in history forest fire kills 14 & injures 50 in Cody Wyoming   

1941  British signal officer Bill Hudson lands in Montenegro on September - 22.   

1942  On this day in history meulenberg robs of church bells   

1943  On this day in history u.S. destroyers and landing craft land Australian troops at Finschhafen, New Guinea.   

1943  British dwarf submarines attack Tirpitz on September - 22.   

1944  Boulogne reoccupied by Allies on this day in history.   

1944  On September - 22 "Cab" Calloway, British scout, dies in battle of Oosterbeek   

1945  Stan Musial gets 5 hits off 5 pitchers on 5 consecutive pitches on September - 22.   

1946  Evelyn Dick charged with butchering husband on this day in history.   

1947  Dodgers clinch NL pennant on September - 22.   

1949  USSR detonates its first atomic bomb on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history uSSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb   

1949  On this day in history sam Wood, US communist fighter/director (Night at Opera), dies at 66   

1950  Omar N Bradley promoted to rank of 5-star general on this day in history.   

1950  Nobel peace prize awarded to Ralph J Bunche (1st black winner) on this day in history.   

1952  Cor Ruys, actor (Princess Stage), dies at 62 on September - 22.   

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1290  On this day in history birth of bilbo Baggins, (in Shire Reconning)   

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

1547  Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (d. 1590) was born on September - 22.   

1601  Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III was born on this day in history.   

1606  Li Zicheng, Chinese rebel (d. 1645) was born on this day in history.   

1680  On this day in history birth of barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)   

1694  Lord Chesterfield, letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar (1752) was born on September - 22.   

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

1072  On September - 22 death of ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and scholar-official (b. 1007)   

1197  On September - 22 petrus Cantor, French theologist (Verbum Abbreviatum), dies   

1253  On this day in history dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53   

1286  Mugaku Sogen, Zen Rinzai line founder of Engakuji temple, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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

1392  On this day in history death of aleid van Poelgeest, lover of earl Albrecht of Bavaria, murdered at 22   

1399  On this day in history death of thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366)   

1408  Johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8), dies on this day in history.