Major Events
- 1692 The last eight people – Martha Corey, Margaret Scott, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, and Mary Parker – are hanged for allegedly practicing witchcraft as a result of the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts Bay Colony; 19 are hanged overall, with six other deaths caused by the hysteria [1]
- 1792 French First Republic is formed by the National Convention, stripping the French king of his powers
- 1862 US President Abraham Lincoln issues the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, threatening to free all enslaved people in the rebel Southern states if those states fail to rejoin the Union by January 1, 1863 [1]
- 1965 Ceasefire between India and Pakistan goes into effect, ending the Indo-Pakistani War
- 1980 Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway
Sep 22 in Film & TV
Sep 22 in Music
- 1869 Richard Wagner‘s opera “Das Rheingold,” the first piece of his “Ring” cycle, premieres in Munich, Germany
Sep 22 in Sport
- 1920 Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that eight White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series
Fun Fact About September 22
Benjamin Franklin publishes a hoax letter, “An Edict by the King of Prussia,” in the Public Advertiser, criticizing Britain’s colonial policies in the American colonies
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