September 22 is the 266th day of the year. There are 100 days remaining until the end of the year.
1862 President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation to become effective on January 1, 1863
1910 The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain. For good measure, here’s a picture of the Duke of York that is probably not being shown in Brighton.
1927 Famous "Long Count" fight (Dempsey loses boxing title to Tunney in 10)
1950 MO-boy Omar N. Bradley is promoted to rank of General of the Army with 5 stars on the Michelin scale.
1950 Nobel peace prize awarded to Ralph J Bunche for negotiating the 1949 Arab-Israeli Armistice
1964 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater New York City for 3242 performances. Here are the understudies fiddling on the roof.
1964 "Man from U.N.C.L.E", a spine-tingling thriller about gay secret agent lovers, Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin battling the forces of lust and evil, premieres on NBC-TV
1975 Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford in San Francisco, California. She will be paroled in 2007 after it is determined she is no longer a threat to President Ford who, conveniently for her, dies a year earlier)
1980 Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway. What a friend we have in Saddam...
1991 The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time by the Huntington Library after ham-fisted censors cut out all the good parts.
1995 An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed. Al Qaeda trained seagulls are suspected.
2006 The F-14 Tomcat retires from the United States Navy without being asked or telling
February 20 is the 51st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 305 days remaining until the end of time.
1942 Lieutenant Edward "Butch" O'Hare becomes America's first World War II flying ace. As a reward, he now helps thousands of people get off every day. Do you know how? <Chicago's O'Hare International Airport is named after him>
1944 Batman and Robin, a comic strip about the loving relationship between an older man and an orphan who doesn't have a dog, premieres in newspapers
1974 Cher files for separation from Sonny
1924 Gloria Vanderbilt, Original "Poor Little Rich Girl" heiress/actress/fashion designer/mother of Anderson Cooper
1927 Roy Cohn, completely despicable gay US asshole/McCarthy era prosecutor/lawyer/otherwise creepy guy
