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 Emancipation Proclamation, proposing to free all slaves of rebel states as of January 1, 1863.
1949 - The Soviet Union detonated 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-scale 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 - 47 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 had pushed a barge into the railroad bridge, knocking the tracks 38 inches out of line just minutes before the train arrived.)
1994 - The sitcom "Friends" debuted on NBC.
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.
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.
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.
2021 - At a virtual “vaccine summit” on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, President Joe Biden said the United States was doubling, to 1 billion doses, its purchases of Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots to share with the world.
Birthdays
25 - Lexi Wood (model)
27 - Juliette Goglia (actress)
35 - Teyonah Parris (actress)
35 - Tom Felton (actor)
37 - Tatiana Maslany (actress)
40 - Katie Lowes (actress)
40 - Billie Piper (actress)
41 - Ashley Eckstein (actress)
44 - Daniella Alonso (actress)
49 - James Hillier (actor)
60 - Rob Stone (actor)
61 - Bonnie Hunt (actress)
61 - Catherine Oxenberg (actress)
62 - Scott Baio (actor)
64 - Joan Jett (singer)
64 - Andrea Bocelli (singer)
65 - Nick Cave (singer)
66 - June Forester (singer)
66 - Debby Boone (singer)
68 - Shari Belafonte (actress)
77 - 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, in what came to be known as the "Black Sox" scandal.
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 - Pete Elliott begins his first and only season as Nebraska head football coach with a 34-6 win over South Dakota.
1962 - The Bob Devaney era begins as the new coach opens the season leading the Huskers to 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 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 home runs, 300 stolen bases and 2,000 hits.
1991 - Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula records his 300th career coaching victory.
1993 - Nolan Ryan, at age 46, makes his final major league pitching appearance.
2004 - Barry Bonds ties his own MLB record when he is walked intentionally four times in a 9-inning game.
2006 - Barry Bonds tied Hank Aaron's National League record with his 733rd career home run.
2007 - #24 Nebraska defeats Ball State 41-40.
2012 - #25 Nebraska defeats Idaho State 73-7.
2017 - President Donald Trump said NFL owners should fire players who kneel during the national anthem.
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 Emancipation Proclamation, proposing to free all slaves of rebel states as of January 1, 1863.
1949 - The Soviet Union detonated 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-scale 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 - 47 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 had pushed a barge into the railroad bridge, knocking the tracks 38 inches out of line just minutes before the train arrived.)
1994 - The sitcom "Friends" debuted on NBC.
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.
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.
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.
2021 - At a virtual “vaccine summit” on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, President Joe Biden said the United States was doubling, to 1 billion doses, its purchases of Pfizer’s COVID-19 shots to share with the world.
Birthdays
25 - Lexi Wood (model)
27 - Juliette Goglia (actress)
35 - Teyonah Parris (actress)
35 - Tom Felton (actor)
37 - Tatiana Maslany (actress)
40 - Katie Lowes (actress)
40 - Billie Piper (actress)
41 - Ashley Eckstein (actress)
44 - Daniella Alonso (actress)
49 - James Hillier (actor)
60 - Rob Stone (actor)
61 - Bonnie Hunt (actress)
61 - Catherine Oxenberg (actress)
62 - Scott Baio (actor)
64 - Joan Jett (singer)
64 - Andrea Bocelli (singer)
65 - Nick Cave (singer)
66 - June Forester (singer)
66 - Debby Boone (singer)
68 - Shari Belafonte (actress)
77 - 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, in what came to be known as the "Black Sox" scandal.
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 - Pete Elliott begins his first and only season as Nebraska head football coach with a 34-6 win over South Dakota.
1962 - The Bob Devaney era begins as the new coach opens the season leading the Huskers to 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 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 home runs, 300 stolen bases and 2,000 hits.
1991 - Miami Dolphins head coach Don Shula records his 300th career coaching victory.
1993 - Nolan Ryan, at age 46, makes his final major league pitching appearance.
2004 - Barry Bonds ties his own MLB record when he is walked intentionally four times in a 9-inning game.
2006 - Barry Bonds tied Hank Aaron's National League record with his 733rd career home run.
2007 - #24 Nebraska defeats Ball State 41-40.
2012 - #25 Nebraska defeats Idaho State 73-7.
2017 - President Donald Trump said NFL owners should fire players who kneel during the national anthem.
2018 - #19 Michigan defeats Nebraska 56-10.
