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On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of Jan. 1, 1863.
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On Sept. 22, 1902, John Houseman, the director, producer and actor of American stage, film and radio, was born. Following his death on Oct. 31, 1988, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
By The Associated Press
| 1761 |
Britain’s King George III and his wife, Charlotte, were crowned in Westminster Abbey. |
| 1776 |
Nathan Hale was hanged as a spy by the British during the Revolutionary War. |
| 1792 |
The first French Republic was proclaimed. |
| 1862 |
President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states free as of Jan. 1, 1863. |
| 1927 |
Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the “long count” fight in Chicago. |
| 1949 |
The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb. |
| 1964 |
The musical “Fiddler on the Roof” opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 3,242 performances. |
| 1969 |
Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hit his 600th career home run during a game in San Diego. |
| 1975 |
Sara Jane Moore failed in an attempt to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel. |
| 1989 |
Songwriter Irving Berlin died at age 101. |
| 1995 |
Time Warner struck a $7.5 billion deal to buy Turner Broadcasting System Inc. |
| 2004 |
“Lost” premiered on ABC. |
| 2005 |
John Roberts’ nomination as chief justice cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 13-5 vote. |
| 2008 |
The U.S. Mint unveiled the first changes to the penny in 50 years, with Abraham Lincoln’s portrait still on the front, but new designs replacing the Lincoln Memorial on the back. |
Current Birthdays
By The Associated Press
Opera singer Andrea Bocelli turns 54 years old today.
AP Photo/Charles Sykes
NBA commissioner David Stern turns 70 years old today.
AP Photo/Mary Altaffer
| 1927 |
Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame baseball manager, turns 85 |
| 1934 |
Lute Olson, Hall of Fame basketball coach, turns 78 |
| 1951 |
David Coverdale, Rock singer (Deep Purple, Whitesnake), turns 61 |
| 1954 |
Shari Belafonte, Actress, turns 58 |
| 1956 |
Debby Boone, Singer, turns 56 |
| 1957 |
Nick Cave, Singer, turns 55 |
| 1958 |
Joan Jett, Rock singer, musician, turns 54 |
| 1960 |
Scott Baio, Actor (“Happy Days,” “Joanie Loves Chachi”), turns 52 |
| 1961 |
Catherine Oxenberg, Actress (“Dynasty”), turns 51 |
| 1975 |
Mireille Enos, Actress (“The Killing,” “Big Love”), turns 37 |
| 1976 |
Ronaldo, Soccer player, turns 36 |
| 1987 |
Tom Felton, Actor (“Harry Potter” movies), turns 25 |
Historic Birthdays
John Houseman 9/22/1902 – 10/31/1988 American stage, film and radio actor.Go to obituary »
| 75 |
Michael Faraday 9/22/1791 – 8/25/1867
English physicist and chemist |
| 78 |
Caroline Astor 9/22/1830 – 10/30/1908
American aristocratic leader of New York high society |
| 91 |
Victor Shelford 9/22/1877 – 12/27/1968
American zoologist and animal ecologist |
| 77 |
Dame Christabel Pankhurst 9/22/1880 – 2/13/1958
English women’s suffragist |
| 71 |
Erich von Stroheim 9/22/1885 – 5/12/1957
Austrian film director, writer and actor |
| 87 |
Babette Deutsch 9/22/1895 – 11/13/1982
American poet, critic, translator and novelist |
| 71 |
Paul Muni 9/22/1895 – 8/25/1967
Austrian-born American stage and film actor |
| 66 |
William Spratling 9/22/1900 – 8/8/1967
American silver designer and architect |
| 95 |
Charles Huggins 9/22/1901 – 1/12/1997
Canadian-born American Nobel Prize-winning surgeon and urologist (1966) |
| 58 |
Eugen Sanger 9/22/1905 – 2/10/1964
German rocket propulsion engineer |
