September 22
1776 - Nathan Hale was hanged as a British spy during the Revolutionary War.
1789 - Congress authorized the office of Postmaster-General.
1792 - The French Republic was proclaimed.
1862 - President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, proposing to free all slaves of rebel states as of Jan. 1, 1863 if the states did not end the fighting and rejoin the union.
1949 - The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb.
1961 - The Interstate Commerce Commission issued rules prohibiting racial discrimination on interstate buses.
1975 - Sara Jane Moore attempted to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel, but missed.
1980 - The Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scare war.
1985 - Rock and country music artists participated in “Farm Aid,” a concert staged in Champaign, Illinois, to help the nation’s farmers.
1989 - Songwriter Irving Berlin died in New York City at age 101.
1993 - Forty-seven people were killed when an Amtrak passenger train fell off a bridge and crashed into Big Bayou Canot near Mobile, Alabama.
1995 - An AWACS plane carrying U.S. and Canadian military personnel crashed on takeoff from Elmendorf Air Force Base near Anchorage, Alaska, killing all 24 people aboard.
2014 - The United States and five Arab nations launched airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria, sending waves of planes and Tomahawk cruise missiles against an array of targets.
2017 - As the scale of the damage from Hurricane Maria started to become clearer, Puerto Rican officials said they could not contact more than half of the communities in the U.S. territory, where all power had been knocked out to the island’s 3.4 million people.
2020 - U.S. deaths from the coronavirus topped 200,000, by far the highest confirmed death toll from the virus in the world at that point, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University.
Birthdays
28 - Juliette Goglia (actress)
36 - Teyonah Parris (actress)
36 - Tom Felton (actor)
38 - Tatiana Maslany (actress)
41 - Katie Lowes (actress)
41 - Billie Piper (actress)
42 - Ashley Eckstein (actress)
45 - Daniella Alonso (actress)
53 - Dave Hernandez (musician)
58 - Dan Bucatinsky (actor)
61 - Rob Stone (actor)
62 - Bonnie Hunt (actress)
62 - Catherine Oxenberg (actress)
63 - Scott Baio (actor)
65 - Joan Jett (singer)
65 - Andrea Bocelli (singer)
67 - June Forester (singer)
67 - Debby Boone (singer)
69 - Shari Belafonte (actress)
78 - Paul Le Mat (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 22
1911 - Pitcher Cy Young, 44, gained his 511th and final career victory as he hurled a 1-0 shutout for the Boston Rustlers against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field.
1920 - A Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired to fix the 1919 World Series.
1927 - In Chicago, IL, Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous "long-count" fight.
1934 - The NHL approved a new rule that allowed the awarding of penalty shots.
1956 - Nebraska opens the season under new head coach Pete Elliott with a 34-6 win over South Dakota.
1962 - Bob Devaney makes his head coaching debut at Nebraska, leading the Huskers to a 53-0 win over South Dakota.
1968 - Cesar Tovar of the Minnesota Twins became the second major league baseball player to play all nine positions in one game.
1969 - Willie Mays hit his 600th career home run, joining Babe Ruth as the only the second player to achieve the feat.
1973 - #2 Nebraska defeats #14 North Carolina State 31-14.
1979 - #7 Nebraska defeats Cockeye 24-21.
1984 - #1 Nebraska defeats UCLA 42-3.
1990 - #8 Nebraska defeats Minnesota 56-0.
1990 - Andre Dawson joins Willie Mays as the only player to have 300 home runs, 300 stolen bases and 2,000 hits.
1991 - Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula records his 300th career victory.
1993 - Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers, at age 46, makes his final career pitching appearance.
2004 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants is intentionally walked a record four times in a nine inning game.
2006 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) tied Hank Aaron's National League home run record when he hit is 733rd.
2007 - #24 Nebraska defeats Ball State 41-40.
2012 - #25 Nebraska defeats Idaho State 73-7.
2018 - #19 Michigan defeats Nebraska 56-10.
1776 - Nathan Hale was hanged as a British spy during the Revolutionary War.
1789 - Congress authorized the office of Postmaster-General.
1792 - The French Republic was proclaimed.
1862 - President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, proposing to free all slaves of rebel states as of Jan. 1, 1863 if the states did not end the fighting and rejoin the union.
1949 - The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb.
1961 - The Interstate Commerce Commission issued rules prohibiting racial discrimination on interstate buses.
1975 - Sara Jane Moore attempted to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel, but missed.
1980 - The Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scare war.
1985 - Rock and country music artists participated in “Farm Aid,” a concert staged in Champaign, Illinois, to help the nation’s farmers.
1989 - Songwriter Irving Berlin died in New York City at age 101.
1993 - Forty-seven people were killed when an Amtrak passenger train fell off a bridge and crashed into Big Bayou Canot near Mobile, Alabama.
1995 - An AWACS plane carrying U.S. and Canadian military personnel crashed on takeoff from Elmendorf Air Force Base near Anchorage, Alaska, killing all 24 people aboard.
2014 - The United States and five Arab nations launched airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria, sending waves of planes and Tomahawk cruise missiles against an array of targets.
2017 - As the scale of the damage from Hurricane Maria started to become clearer, Puerto Rican officials said they could not contact more than half of the communities in the U.S. territory, where all power had been knocked out to the island’s 3.4 million people.
2020 - U.S. deaths from the coronavirus topped 200,000, by far the highest confirmed death toll from the virus in the world at that point, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University.
Birthdays
28 - Juliette Goglia (actress)
36 - Teyonah Parris (actress)
36 - Tom Felton (actor)
38 - Tatiana Maslany (actress)
41 - Katie Lowes (actress)
41 - Billie Piper (actress)
42 - Ashley Eckstein (actress)
45 - Daniella Alonso (actress)
53 - Dave Hernandez (musician)
58 - Dan Bucatinsky (actor)
61 - Rob Stone (actor)
62 - Bonnie Hunt (actress)
62 - Catherine Oxenberg (actress)
63 - Scott Baio (actor)
65 - Joan Jett (singer)
65 - Andrea Bocelli (singer)
67 - June Forester (singer)
67 - Debby Boone (singer)
69 - Shari Belafonte (actress)
78 - Paul Le Mat (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 22
1911 - Pitcher Cy Young, 44, gained his 511th and final career victory as he hurled a 1-0 shutout for the Boston Rustlers against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field.
1920 - A Chicago grand jury convenes to investigate charges that eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired to fix the 1919 World Series.
1927 - In Chicago, IL, Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous "long-count" fight.
1934 - The NHL approved a new rule that allowed the awarding of penalty shots.
1956 - Nebraska opens the season under new head coach Pete Elliott with a 34-6 win over South Dakota.
1962 - Bob Devaney makes his head coaching debut at Nebraska, leading the Huskers to a 53-0 win over South Dakota.
1968 - Cesar Tovar of the Minnesota Twins became the second major league baseball player to play all nine positions in one game.
1969 - Willie Mays hit his 600th career home run, joining Babe Ruth as the only the second player to achieve the feat.
1973 - #2 Nebraska defeats #14 North Carolina State 31-14.
1979 - #7 Nebraska defeats Cockeye 24-21.
1984 - #1 Nebraska defeats UCLA 42-3.
1990 - #8 Nebraska defeats Minnesota 56-0.
1990 - Andre Dawson joins Willie Mays as the only player to have 300 home runs, 300 stolen bases and 2,000 hits.
1991 - Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula records his 300th career victory.
1993 - Nolan Ryan of the Texas Rangers, at age 46, makes his final career pitching appearance.
2004 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants is intentionally walked a record four times in a nine inning game.
2006 - Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) tied Hank Aaron's National League home run record when he hit is 733rd.
2007 - #24 Nebraska defeats Ball State 41-40.
2012 - #25 Nebraska defeats Idaho State 73-7.
2018 - #19 Michigan defeats Nebraska 56-10.
