Page 6: 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  On this day in history bkln Dodger Karl Spooner strikes out 15 NY Giants in his 1st game   

1955  On this day in history commercial TV begins in England   

1955  On this day in history heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9   

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

1957  "Maverick" premieres on this day in history.   

1958  On September - 22 kTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting   

1959  On this day in history chicago White Sox clinch AL pennant   

1959  On this day in history benjamin Peret, French writer/poet (Le grand jeu), dies at 60   

1960  On this day in history mali (without Senegal) gains independence from France (National Day)   

1960  Mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France on September - 22.   

1960  Melanie Klein, Austria/British psycho analyst, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history 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  On this day in history marion Davies, actress (Not So Dumb, 5 & 10), dies of cancer at 64   

1962  Bob Dylan plays NYC Carnegie Hall on September - 22.   

1963  Czechoslovakian premier Sikory deposed by Josef Lenart) on this day in history.   

1963  On September - 22 fred Le Roux, cricketer (S Afr all-rounder in only Test), dies   

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

1964  On September - 22 "Fiddler on the Roof" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 3242 perfs   

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

1969  Adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1970  Pres Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses on this day in history.   

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

1972  On this day in history robert KJE Antonissen, South African literary, dies at 53   

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 this day in history.   

1975  Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford in SF Calif on this day in history.   

1975  Franz Salmhofer, composer, dies at 75 on September - 22.   

1978  Israeli PM Menachem Begin returns home after Camp David summit on September - 22.   

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  John & Yoko sign a recording contract with Geffen Records on September - 22.   

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1290  On this day in history birth of bilbo Baggins, (in Shire Reconning)   

1515  Anna van Kleef, queen of England/4th wife of Henry VIII was born on this day in history.   

1547  Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (d. 1590) was born on September - 22.   

1601  Anna van Oostenrijk, queen of France/daughter of Philip III was born on this day in history.   

1606  Li Zicheng, Chinese rebel (d. 1645) was born on September - 22.   

1680  Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747) was born on September - 22.   

1694  Lord Chesterfield, letter writer; introduced Gregorian calendar (1752) was born on this day in history.   

1715  Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (d. 1786) was born on this day in history.   

1072  Death of Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and scholar-official (b. 1007) on this day in history.   

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 September - 22.   

1286  Mugaku Sogen, Zen Rinzai line founder of Engakuji temple, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1345  On September - 22 death of henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester (b. 1281)   

1392  Death of Aleid van Poelgeest, lover of earl Albrecht of Bavaria, murdered at 22 on this day in history.   

1399  On September - 22 death of thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366)   

1408  Johannes VII Palaeologus, Byzantine Emperor (1376-77, 90/1404-8), dies on September - 22.