Page 6: Historical Events In September - 22

1953  Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia on this day in history.   

1953  William Brann, cricketer (3 Tests for S Africa), dies on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history bkln Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 NY Giants in his 1st game   

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  On this day in history (ITV) Commercial TV begins in England   

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  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  On September - 22 mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France   

1960  Melanie Klein, Austria/British psycho analyst, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1961  Peace Corps established on September - 22.   

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

1962  Bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall on this day in history.   

1963  Czechoslovakian premier Sikory deposed by Josef Lenart) on September - 22.   

1963  Fred Le Roux, cricketer (S Afr all-rounder in only Test), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1966  On this day in history only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game   

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

1970  Pres Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history 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  Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford in SF Calif on this day in history.   

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

1978  On this day in history israeli PM Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit   

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

1980  Iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins on September - 22.   

1980  John & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffen Records on September - 22.   

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

1515  Anna van Kleef, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.   

1547  Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (d. 1590) was born on this day in history.   

1601  On September - 22 birth of anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III   

1606  Li Zicheng, Chinese rebel (d. 1645) was born on September - 22.   

1680  Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.   

1694  On September - 22 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  Death of Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and scholar-official (b. 1007) on this day in history.   

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

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

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 September - 22.   

1399  On September - 22 death of thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366)   

1408  On September - 22 johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8), dies