Updated September 21, 2012, 2:28 pm
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.
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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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
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Opera singer Andrea Bocelli turns 54 years old today.
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NBA commissioner David Stern turns 70 years old today.
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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 chemist78 Caroline Astor 9/22/1830 – 10/30/1908
American aristocratic leader of New York high society91 Victor Shelford 9/22/1877 – 12/27/1968
American zoologist and animal ecologist77 Dame Christabel Pankhurst 9/22/1880 – 2/13/1958
English women’s suffragist71 Erich von Stroheim 9/22/1885 – 5/12/1957
Austrian film director, writer and actor87 Babette Deutsch 9/22/1895 – 11/13/1982
American poet, critic, translator and novelist71 Paul Muni 9/22/1895 – 8/25/1967
Austrian-born American stage and film actor66 William Spratling 9/22/1900 – 8/8/1967
American silver designer and architect95 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
