September 22 in History

Historical Events on September 22

1823 Joseph Smith states he found the golden plates on this date after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.

1862 Slavery in the United States: A preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.

1937 Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken, ending the Battle of El Mazuco.

1939 World War II: Joint victory parade of Wehrmacht and Red Army in Brest-Litovsk at the end of the Invasion of Poland.

1957 In Haiti, François Duvalier is elected president.

1960 The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.

1965 The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (also known as the Second Kashmir War) between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, ends after the UN calls for a ceasefire.

1980 Iraq invades Iran.

1993 A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. Forty-seven passengers are killed.

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Famous Birthdays on September 22

1958 Andrea Bocelli

1984 Thiago Silva

1987 Derick Brassard

1990 Denard Robinson

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Famous Deaths on September 22

1399 Thomas de Mowbray, 1st Duke of Norfolk

1961 Marion Davies

1979 Abul A'la Maududi

1989 Irving Berlin

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