September 22 in History |
| September 22nd is… The First Day of Fall American Business Women’s Day Car Free Day Dear Diary Day Elephant Appreciation Day Hobbit Day National Centenarian’s Day National Girls’ Night National Ice Cream Cone Day National Legwear Day Mixed Berries Muffin Day National Online Recovery Day National White Chocolate Day |
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1776 – Nathan Hale was hanged by the British as a spy for the colonies during the Revolutionary War. In fairness to the British, this war hero was spying on them. 1789 – The U.S. Post Office was established by congress. 1911 – Pitcher Cy Young beat Pittsburgh 1-0 for his final career victory – number 511. 1920 – A Chicago Grand Jury convened to investigate charges that 8 White Sox players conspired to fix the 1919 World Series. They did. 1938 – Hellzapoppin (Broadway Review) Opened on September 22, 1938 and closed on December 17, 1941 1964 – Fiddler on the Roof (Broadway Musical) Opened on September 22, 1964, and closed on July 2, 1972 1964 – The Man from U.N.C.L.E. premiered on NBC. #1 Hit September 22, 1973 – September 28, 1973: Helen Reddy – Delta Dawn 1982 – Tales of the Gold Monkey premiered on ABC #1 Hit September 22, 1984 – September 28, 1984: John Waite – Missing You 1985 – Farm Aid was first broadcast on TNN and in syndication 1986 – ALF debuted on NBC 1987 – Full House premiered on ABC 1989 – ABC debuted TGIF (Thank Goodness It’s Friday) from 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm, a new programming block for Friday Nights with four shows (Full House, Family Matters, Perfect Strangers, and Just the Ten of Us) 1994 – Friends premiered on NBC 2002 – Oceanic Flight 815 crashed on a mysterious island, beginning the six-season series of LOST. 2004 – Lost premiered on ABC 2009 – The Good Wife premiered on CBS 2011 – CERN scientists announced their discovery of neutrinos breaking the speed of light. There were reasonably sure that the experiment would not cause a black hole that would suck up the entire planet. So far, so good. |