Historical Events In September - 22

1953  Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia on September - 22.  

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

1954  Bkln Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 NY Giants in his 1st game on September - 22.  

1955  On this day in history commercial TV begins in England  

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

1955  On this day in history (ITV) Commercial TV begins in England  

1957  "Maverick" premieres on this day in history.  

1958  KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting on September - 22.  

1959  On September - 22 chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant  

1959  Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1960  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 September - 22.  

1963  Czechoslovakian premier Sikory deposed by Josef Lenart) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1966  On September - 22 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 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 this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history franz Salmhofer, composer, dies at 75  

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

1978  Lina Carstens, actress (Homeland, Broken Jug), dies at 85 on September - 22.  

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

1980  On September - 22 john & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffen Records  

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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 September - 22.  

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

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 this day in history 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  Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (d. 1786) was born on this day in history.  

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

1197  Petrus Cantor, French theologist (Verbum Abbreviatum), dies on September - 22.  

1253  Dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53 on September - 22.  

1286  Mugaku Sogen, Zen Rinzai line founder of Engakuji temple, dies at 60 on September - 22.  

1345  Death of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester (b. 1281) on September - 22.  

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 September - 22.  

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