Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In September - 22
Monday, 03 November 2025
1980 The war between Iran and Iraq begins on September - 22. 
1980 USS Eisenhower and Midway continued contingency operations in the northern Arabian Sea as war erupted between Iraq and Iran on September - 22.
1983 On this day in history nASA launches Galaxy-B
1983 Zhu Jianhau (China) sets high jump record at 7'9 3/4" on this day in history.
1985 On this day in history michael Spinks beats Larry Holmes to become Heavyweight Boxing Champ
1985 Rock & country musicians participate in FarmAid in Champaign, Ill on this day in history.
1985 Axel Springer, German newspaper magnate (Bild Zeitung), dies at 73 on September - 22.
1987 Christopher Stryker, entertainer, dies at 27 on this day in history.
1988 South Korean coaches attack the New Zealand referee after disputing his decision, the Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in on this day in history.
1989 On September - 22 after Hurricane Hugo, Sailors and Marines provide assistance to Charleston, SC, through 10 October.
1989 On this day in history irving Berlin, composer (God Bless America), dies at 101
1990 Saudi Arabia expells many Jordanian & Yemeni envoys on this day in history.
1991 Calif University makes the Dead Sea Scrolls public on this day in history.
1991 On this day in history pandit Rambharos Gangaram Panday, Suriname religious leader, dies
1993 On September - 22 margaret MacDonald, maid to Queen Elizabeth, dies at 89
1994 Forest Cowles Bud Forrest Sagendorf, cartoonist, dies at 79 on September - 22.
1995 Albert Goodwin, historian, dies at 89 on September - 22.
1996 Dorothy Lamour, actress (Road to Bali, Road to Rio), dies at 81 on this day in history.
1997 Bryan Woods, soldier/clerk, dies at 76 on this day in history.
2006 A Transrapid Maglev train crashes into a maintenance vehicle on a test track in Germany, killing 23 and injuring 10; it is the first recorded fatal accident involving a Maglev on this day in history.
2012 On this day in history 7 pedestrians are killed by a drunk driver who hit a bus stop at 200km an hour in Moscow
2013 On this day in history 78 people are killed in a church suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan
2014 NASA's MAVEN space probe successfully arrives in orbit over Mars on this day in history.
2017 US President Donald Trump withdraws invitation to the White House for NBA champions Golden State Warriors after Stephen Curry says he doesn't want to attend on this day in history.
2018 On this day in history singer Rihanna is appointed as an ambassador for Barbados
2018 Four gunmen open fire on Revolutionary Guard soldiers at a parade in Ahvaz, Iran, killing 25 including civilians on September - 22.
2018 On September - 22 an attack at a military parade kills at least 29 people in Ahvaz, Iran.
2019 On September - 22 71st Emmy Awards: "Fleabag", " Game of Thrones ", "Chernobyl", Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Jharrel Jerome win
2019 On this day in history "Howdy, Modi!" US President Donald Trump holds a mass rally for Indian PM Narendra Modi in Houston, Texas
2019 On this day in history nearly three weeks after Hurricane Dorian makes landfall on The Bahamas, the official death toll stands at 52 and 1,300 are reported missing. Rescuers report the widespread stench of rotting bodies in the rubble.
2020 PM Boris Johnson announces that the UK has reached a 'perilous turning point' in the pandemic as he announces new restrictions on this day in history.
2020 On this day in history president Xi Jinping of China pledges at the UN that the country will adopt stronger climate targets including becoming carbon neutral by 2060
2023 US President Joe Biden announces a military aid package for Ukraine while meeting with the country's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House [1] on September - 22.