September 22
Today is the 265th day of 2021, there are 100 days left in the year. The autumnal equinox arrives at 3:20 p.m. ET.
1761 - Britain's King George III and his wife, Charlotte, were crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1776 - Capt. Nathan Hale, age 21, was hanged by the British as a 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.
1949 - The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb.
1950 - Omar N. Bradley was promoted to the rank of five-star general, joining an elite group that included Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall and Henry H. "Hap" Arnold.
1961 - The Interstate Commerce Commission issued rules prohibiting racial discrimination on interstate buses.
1964 - The musical "Fiddler on the Roof" opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 3,242 performances.
1975 - Sara Jane Moore failed in an attempt to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel.
1980 - The Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war.
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. (A tugboat pilot lost in fog pushed a barge into the railroad bridge, knocking the tracks 38 inches out of line just minutes before the train arrived.)
1995 - Time Warner struck a $7.5 billion deal to buy Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
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.
2005 - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to approve John Roberts as the next chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
2008 - The U.S. Mint unveiled the first changes to the penny in 50 years, with Abraham Lincoln's portrait still on the front, but new designs replacing the Lincoln Memorial on the back.
2011 - American diplomats led a walkout at the U.N. General Assembly as Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fiercely attacked the United States and major West European nations as “arrogant powers” ruled by greed and eager for military adventurism.
2011 - Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Germany on his first state visit to his homeland.
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.
2016 - It was disclosed that computer hackers had swiped personal information from at least 500 million Yahoo accounts in what was believed to have been the biggest digital break-in at an email provider.
2017 - Sen. John McCain declared his opposition to the GOP’s last-ditch effort to repeal and replace “Obamacare,” the second time in three months McCain had emerged as the destroyer of his party’s signature promise to voters.
2020 - The U.N. General Assembly convened for its first-ever virtual meeting, as Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged nations to tackle the coronavirus and the “economic calamity” it had unleashed, as well as the risk of a new Cold War between the United States and China.
2020 - Overriding the mayor’s veto, Seattle’s City Council voted to reduce the police budget and reallocate some money to community programs.
Birthdays
22 - Erin Pitt (actress)
24 - Lexi Wood (model)
26 - Juliette Goglia (actress)
34 - Teyonah Parris (actress)
34 - Tom Felton (actor)
36 - Tatiana Maslany (actress)
39 - Katie Lowes (actress)
39 - Billie Piper (actress)
40 - Ashley Eckstein (actress)
43 - Daniella Alonso (actress)
46 - Mireille Enos (actress)
48 - James Hillier (actor)
59 - Rob Stone (actor)
60 - Bonnie Hunt (actress)
60 - Catherine Oxenberg (actress)
61 - Scott Baio (actor)
63 - Joan Jett (singer)
63 - Andrea Bocelli (singer)
64 - Nick Cave (singer)
65 - June Forester (singer)
65 - Debby Boone (singer)
67 - Shari Belafonte (actress)
76 - Paul Le Mat (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 22
1911 - Cy Young wins the 511th and final game of his major league pitching career.
1912 - Eddie Collins of the Philadelphia Athletics becomes the only player in major league history to steal six bases in a game twice in a career.
1920 - A grand jury in Chicago convenes to investigate charges that eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired to throw the 1919 World Series.
1927 - Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the "long count" fight in front of more than 104,000 people in Chicago.
1934 - The NHL approved a new rule that allowed the awarding of penalty shots.
1956 - Nebraska opens the season with new coach Pete Elliott in a 34-6 win over South Dakota.
1962 - The Bob Devaney era begins for Nebraska football as the Huskers open the season under their new coach with a 53-0 win over South Dakota.
1968 - Cesar Tovar became the second major league baseball player to play all nine positions in one game.
1969 - Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hit his 600th career home run.
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 players in MLB history with 300 steals, 300 home runs and 2,000 hits.
1991 - Head coach Don Shula of the Miami Dolphins records his 300th career win.
1993 - Nolan Ryan, at age 46, pitches in his final MLB game.
2004 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants ties his own MLB record by being intentionally walked four times in a 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.
Today is the 265th day of 2021, there are 100 days left in the year. The autumnal equinox arrives at 3:20 p.m. ET.
1761 - Britain's King George III and his wife, Charlotte, were crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1776 - Capt. Nathan Hale, age 21, was hanged by the British as a 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.
1949 - The Soviet Union detonated its first atomic bomb.
1950 - Omar N. Bradley was promoted to the rank of five-star general, joining an elite group that included Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall and Henry H. "Hap" Arnold.
1961 - The Interstate Commerce Commission issued rules prohibiting racial discrimination on interstate buses.
1964 - The musical "Fiddler on the Roof" opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 3,242 performances.
1975 - Sara Jane Moore failed in an attempt to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel.
1980 - The Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war.
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. (A tugboat pilot lost in fog pushed a barge into the railroad bridge, knocking the tracks 38 inches out of line just minutes before the train arrived.)
1995 - Time Warner struck a $7.5 billion deal to buy Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
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.
2005 - The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 13-5 to approve John Roberts as the next chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
2008 - The U.S. Mint unveiled the first changes to the penny in 50 years, with Abraham Lincoln's portrait still on the front, but new designs replacing the Lincoln Memorial on the back.
2011 - American diplomats led a walkout at the U.N. General Assembly as Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fiercely attacked the United States and major West European nations as “arrogant powers” ruled by greed and eager for military adventurism.
2011 - Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Germany on his first state visit to his homeland.
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.
2016 - It was disclosed that computer hackers had swiped personal information from at least 500 million Yahoo accounts in what was believed to have been the biggest digital break-in at an email provider.
2017 - Sen. John McCain declared his opposition to the GOP’s last-ditch effort to repeal and replace “Obamacare,” the second time in three months McCain had emerged as the destroyer of his party’s signature promise to voters.
2020 - The U.N. General Assembly convened for its first-ever virtual meeting, as Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged nations to tackle the coronavirus and the “economic calamity” it had unleashed, as well as the risk of a new Cold War between the United States and China.
2020 - Overriding the mayor’s veto, Seattle’s City Council voted to reduce the police budget and reallocate some money to community programs.
Birthdays
22 - Erin Pitt (actress)
24 - Lexi Wood (model)
26 - Juliette Goglia (actress)
34 - Teyonah Parris (actress)
34 - Tom Felton (actor)
36 - Tatiana Maslany (actress)
39 - Katie Lowes (actress)
39 - Billie Piper (actress)
40 - Ashley Eckstein (actress)
43 - Daniella Alonso (actress)
46 - Mireille Enos (actress)
48 - James Hillier (actor)
59 - Rob Stone (actor)
60 - Bonnie Hunt (actress)
60 - Catherine Oxenberg (actress)
61 - Scott Baio (actor)
63 - Joan Jett (singer)
63 - Andrea Bocelli (singer)
64 - Nick Cave (singer)
65 - June Forester (singer)
65 - Debby Boone (singer)
67 - Shari Belafonte (actress)
76 - Paul Le Mat (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 22
1911 - Cy Young wins the 511th and final game of his major league pitching career.
1912 - Eddie Collins of the Philadelphia Athletics becomes the only player in major league history to steal six bases in a game twice in a career.
1920 - A grand jury in Chicago convenes to investigate charges that eight members of the Chicago White Sox conspired to throw the 1919 World Series.
1927 - Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the "long count" fight in front of more than 104,000 people in Chicago.
1934 - The NHL approved a new rule that allowed the awarding of penalty shots.
1956 - Nebraska opens the season with new coach Pete Elliott in a 34-6 win over South Dakota.
1962 - The Bob Devaney era begins for Nebraska football as the Huskers open the season under their new coach with a 53-0 win over South Dakota.
1968 - Cesar Tovar became the second major league baseball player to play all nine positions in one game.
1969 - Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hit his 600th career home run.
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 players in MLB history with 300 steals, 300 home runs and 2,000 hits.
1991 - Head coach Don Shula of the Miami Dolphins records his 300th career win.
1993 - Nolan Ryan, at age 46, pitches in his final MLB game.
2004 - Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants ties his own MLB record by being intentionally walked four times in a 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.
