Page 6: Historical Events In September - 22

1953  Islamic uprising in Atjeh at Indonesia on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history commercial TV begins in England   

1955  Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9 on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history (ITV) Commercial TV begins in England   

1957  "Maverick" premieres on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history kTVK TV channel 3 in Phoenix, AZ (ABC) begins broadcasting   

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

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

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

1960  On September - 22 mali (formerly French Sudan) declares independence from France   

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

1961  Peace Corps established on this day in history.   

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 September - 22 marion Davies, actress (Not So Dumb, 5 & 10), dies of cancer at 64   

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

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

1963  On this day in history fred Le Roux, cricketer (S Afr all-rounder in only Test), dies   

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

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

1966  On this day in history only 413 show up at a Yankee Stadium game   

1969  On September - 22 adolfo Lopez Mateos, president of Mexico, dies at 59   

1970  Pres Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses on September - 22.   

1971  Joseph Ford McGuinn, director, dies of heart attack at 67 on this day in history.   

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

1973  On September - 22 "A Little Night Music" opens at the Majestic Theater on Broadway   

1973  On this day in history henry Kissinger, sworn in as America's first Jewish Secretary of State   

1975  Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate President Ford in SF Calif on September - 22.   

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 this day in history.   

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 September - 22 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 this day in history.   

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

1606  Li Zicheng, Chinese rebel (d. 1645) was born on this day in history.   

1680  On this day in history birth of barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)   

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

1715  Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (d. 1786) was born on September - 22.   

1072  On September - 22 death of ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and scholar-official (b. 1007)   

1197  On September - 22 petrus Cantor, French theologist (Verbum Abbreviatum), dies   

1253  On September - 22 dogen Kigen, 1st Zen patriarch of Japanese Soto line, dies at 53   

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

1345  Death of Henry Plantagenet, 3rd Earl of Leicester (b. 1281) on September - 22.   

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

1399  Death of Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk, English politician (b. 1366) on September - 22.   

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