Historical Events In September - 22

1953  Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia on September - 22.   

1953  On this day in history william Brann, cricketer (3 Tests for S Africa), dies   

1954  Bkln Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 NY Giants in his 1st game on September - 22.   

1955  Commercial TV begins in England on this day in history.   

1955  Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 on September - 22.   

1955  (ITV) Commercial TV begins in England on September - 22.   

1957  On this day in history "Maverick" premieres   

1958  KTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting on September - 22.   

1959  Chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant on September - 22.   

1959  Benjamin Peret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60 on September - 22.   

1960  On September - 22 mali (without Senegal) gains independence from France (National Day)   

1960  Mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France on this day in history.   

1960  On September - 22 melanie Klein, Austria/British psycho analyst, dies at 78   

1961  On September - 22 peace Corps established   

1961  Antonio Albertondo (Argentina) at 42, completes 1st "double" crossing swim of English Channel in 43 hrs 10 min on this day in history.   

1961  Marion Davies, actress (Not So Dumb, 5 & 10), dies of cancer at 64 on September - 22.   

1962  On this day in history bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall   

1963  On this day in history czechoslovakian premier Sikory deposed by Josef Lenart)   

1963  Fred Le Roux, cricketer (S Afr all-rounder in only Test), dies on September - 22.   

1964  On this day in history "Fiddler on the Roof" opens on Broadway, runs 3,242 performances   

1964  "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 3242 perfs on this day in history.   

1966  On September - 22 only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game   

1969  On this day in history adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico, dies at 59   

1970  On September - 22 pres Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses   

1971  On this day in history joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67   

1972  Robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history "A Little Night Music" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway   

1973  Henry Kissinger, sworn in as America's first Jewish Secretary of State on September - 22.   

1975  On this day in history sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford in SF Calif   

1975  On this day in history franz Salmhofer, composer, dies at 75   

1978  On this day in history israeli PM Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit   

1978  Lina Carstens, actress (Homeland, Broken Jug), dies at 85 on September - 22.   

1980  On this day in history iraqi troops seize part of Iran in a border dispute; war begins   

1980  On September - 22 john & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffen Records   

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1290  Bilbo Baggins, (in Shire Reconning) was born on September - 22.   

1515  Anna van Kleef, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII was born on September - 22.   

1547  On September - 22 birth of philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (d. 1590)   

1601  On this day in history birth of anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III   

1606  On September - 22 birth of li Zicheng, Chinese rebel (d. 1645)   

1680  Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747) was born on this day in history.   

1694  On September - 22 birth of lord Chesterfield, letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar (1752)   

1715  On this day in history birth of jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (d. 1786)   

1072  Death of Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and scholar-official (b. 1007) on September - 22.   

1197  On this day in history petrus Cantor, French theologist (Verbum Abbreviatum), dies   

1253  Dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1286  On this day in history mugaku Sogen, Zen Rinzai line founder of Engakuji temple, dies at 60   

1345  On this day in history death of henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester (b. 1281)   

1392  On September - 22 death of aleid van Poelgeest, lover of earl Albrecht of Bavaria, murdered at 22   

1399  Death of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366) on this day in history.   

1408  Johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8), dies on this day in history.