September 22 - This Day in History

September 22: General Interest
1862: Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation

On this day in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which sets a date for the freedom of more than 3 million black slaves in the United States and recasts the Civil War as a fight against slavery... read more


American Revolution
1776 : Patriot executed for spying
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/patriot-executed-for-spying


Automotive
1953 : The famous "four-level" opens in Los Angeles
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-famous-four-level-opens-in-los-angeles


Civil War
1862 : Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation is announced
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/preliminary-emancipation-proclamation-is-announced


Cold War
1961 : President Kennedy signs Peace Corps legislation
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-kennedy-signs-peace-corps-legislation


Crime
1980 : So-called Midtown Stabber kills his first victim
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/so-called-midtown-stabber-kills-his-first-victim


Disaster
1993 : Train derails in Alabama swamp
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/train-derails-in-alabama-swamp


General Interest
1776 : American Patriot executed for spying
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/american-patriot-executed-for-spying

1828 : Shaka Zulu assassinated
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/shaka-zulu-assassinated

1914 : U-boat devastates British squadron
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/u-boat-devastates-british-squadron

1927 : Dempsey loses on long count
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dempsey-loses-on-long-count

1980 : Iran-Iraq War
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iran-iraq-war


Hollywood
1994 : Friends debuts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/friends-debuts


Literary
1598 : Playwright Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/playwright-ben-jonson-is-indicted-for-manslaughter


Music
1985 : The first "Farm Aid" concert is held in Champaign, Illinois
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-first-quotfarm-aidquot-concert-is-held-in-champaign-illinois


Old West
1554 : Coronado dies, without finding the fabled cities of gold
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/coronado-dies-without-finding-the-fabled-cities-of-gold


Presidential
1975 : President Ford survives second assassination attempt
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-ford-survives-second-assassination-attempt


Sports
1927 : Controversial long count mars Tunney-
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/controversial-long-count-mars-tunney-


Vietnam War
1964 : Goldwater attacks Johnson's Vietnam policy
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/goldwater-attacks-johnsons-vietnam-policy

1971 : Medina is acquitted of all charges
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/medina-acquitted-of-all-charges


World War I
1914 : German U-boat devastates British squadron
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/german-u-boat-devastates-british-squadron


World War II
1945 : Patton questions necessity of Germany's "denazification"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/patton-questions-necessity-of-germanys-denazification