History for September 22

History for September 22 - On-This-Day.com:
John Houseman 1902, Tommy Lasorda 1927 - Baseball manager, Pat (Chiyoko) Suzuki 1930


Andrea Bocelli 1958 - Opera singer, Joan Jett 1960, Scott Baio 1961 - Actor ("Happy Days," "Joanie Loves Chachi")


1862 - U.S. Republican President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It stated that all slaves held within rebel states would be free as of January 1, 1863.


1903 - Italo Marchiony was granted a patent for the ice cream cone.


1914 - Three British cruisers were sunk by one German submarine in the North Sea. 1,400 British sailors were killed. This event alerted the British to the effectiveness of the submarine.


1949 - The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb successfully.


1964 - "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." debuted on NBC-TV.


1980 - A border conflict between Iran and Iraq developed into a full-scale war.


1988 - Canada's government apologized for the internment of Japanese-Canadian's during World War II. They also promised compensation.

1998 - U.S. President Clinton addressed the United Nations and told world leaders to "end all nuclear tests for all time". He then sent the long-delayed global test-ban treaty to the U.S. Senate.