Historical Events In September - 22

1953  On September - 22 islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia  

1953  On this day in history william Brann, cricketer (3 Tests for S Africa), dies  

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

1955  On this day in history commercial TV begins in England  

1955  Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 on this day in history.  

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

1957  "Maverick" premieres on this day in history.  

1958  On September - 22 kTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting  

1959  On September - 22 chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant  

1959  On this day in history benjamin Peret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60  

1960  Mali (without Senegal) gains independence from France (National Day) on September - 22.  

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  On this day in history antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hrs 10 min  

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

1962  Bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall on September - 22.  

1963  On September - 22 czechoslovakian premier Sikory deposed by Josef Lenart)  

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

1964  On this day in history "Fiddler on the Roof" opens on Broadway, runs 3,242 performances  

1964  On this day in history "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 3242 perfs  

1966  Only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game on this day in history.  

1969  Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico, dies at 59 on September - 22.  

1970  On September - 22 pres Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses  

1971  On September - 22 joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67  

1972  On September - 22 robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary, dies at 53  

1973  On September - 22 "A Little Night Music" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway  

1973  Henry Kissinger, sworn in as America's first Jewish Secretary of State on this day in history.  

1975  On this day in history sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford in SF Calif  

1975  Franz Salmhofer, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1978  Israeli PM Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit on September - 22.  

1978  On this day in history lina Carstens, actress (Homeland, Broken Jug), dies at 85  

1980  On September - 22 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  Anna van Kleef, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII was born on September - 22.  

1547  On September - 22 birth of philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (d. 1590)  

1601  On September - 22 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  Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747) was born on September - 22.  

1694  On September - 22 birth of lord Chesterfield, letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar (1752)  

1715  On September - 22 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  Petrus Cantor, French theologist (Verbum Abbreviatum), dies on this day in history.  

1253  On September - 22 dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53  

1286  On September - 22 mugaku Sogen, Zen Rinzai line founder of Engakuji temple, dies at 60  

1345  On this day in history death of henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester (b. 1281)  

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

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.