A bit of September 22nd history…

1735 - Robert Walpole becomes Britain’s first Prime Minister 

1832 - During his HMS Beagle voyage, Charles Darwin discovers a large number of fossils at Punta Alta in Argentina

1922 - US Congress passes the Cable Act, under which an American woman who marries an “alien” will not lose citizenship; neither will a woman marrying an American automatically become a citizen (pictured)

1937 - Date celebrated as 1st international Hobbit Day and the birthdays of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins (pictured)

1985 - 1st Farm Aid concert held

1994 - “Friends” debuts on NBC

2011 - CERN scientists announce their discovery of neutrinos breaking the speed of light 

On September 22, 1862, partly in response to the heavy losses inflicted at the Battle of Antietam, President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, threatening to free all enslaved people in the states in rebellion if those states did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863. Continue reading.

On September 22, 1776, American patriot Nathan Hale was hanged for spying on British troops. Continue reading.

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A bit of September 21st history…

1765 - Antoine de Beauterne announces he has killed the Beast of Gevaudan

1792 - French Revolution:The National Convention passes a proclamation announcing the formal abolishment of the French monarchy. King Louis the 16th is executed the next January (pictured)

1827 - According to Joseph Smith Jr, the angel Moroni, gave him a record of gold plates, 1/3 of which he translated into the Book of Mormon

1895 - America’s 1st automotive producer, the Duryea Motor Wagon company, is founded

1937 - J.R.R Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” is published

2016 - 3 genetic studies published in Nature conclude a non - Africans descended from 1 migration out of Africa 50-80,000 years ago

2016 - Facebook CEO, Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, pledge $3 billion to medical research to “cure, prevent, or manage all diseases by the end of the century

2016 - Genomic study finding Australian Aboriginal oldest known civilization on earth

2018 -Fossil of Dickinsonia, “The Holy Grail of Paleontology”, proven to be oldest known animal fossil, 558 million years old, from White Sea, Russia 

The nation’s first daily newspaper, the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser, began publication on September 21, 1784. Continue reading.

On September 21, 1595, Don Juan de Oñate's petition and contract for the conquest of New Mexico was presented to Luís de Velasco, the viceroy of Nueva Vizcaya. Continue reading.

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A bit of September 20th history…

451 - Roman General Flavius Aetius defeats Attila the Hun at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, halting Hun invasion of Roman Gaul

1519 - Start of Ferdinand Magellan’s successful circumnavigation of the globe - although Magellan himself died along the way (pictured)

1854 - Battle of the Alma: 1st major battle of the Crimean War; British and French alliance defeat the Russians

1973 - Billie Jean King beats Bobby Riggs in Battle-of-Sexes tennis match

2011 - The US ends it’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, allowing gay men and women to serve openly for the 1st time

2015 - Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals confirms raising the price of toxoplasmosis drug Daraprim by 5,000% - to $750 per pill

2019 - Students from 185 countries stage the world’s largest-ever protest on climate change, culminating in Manhattan rally led by Greta Thunberg 

The United States Congress abolished the slave trade in the District of Columbia on September 20, 1850, as part of the legislative package called the Compromise of 1850. Continue reading.

On September 20, 1853, Elisha Graves Otis sold his first "hoist machines," or elevators, featuring an automatic safety brake that he had recently patented. Continue reading.

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A bit of September 19th history…

1888 - One of the 1st known modern beauty contests was held in Spa, Belgium

1893 - New Zealand becomes 1st country to grant all women the right to vote

1896 - Beginning of the Bombay plague epidemic with 1st case detected - goes on to spread and kill 12 million in India

1940 - Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance

1961 - Betty and Barney Hill claim they were abducted by aliens; 1st widely publicized report in the US

1991 - Otzi the Iceman, 3300 BCE old mummy is discovered by German tourists in Italian Alps (pictured)

2019 - North America has lost 3 billion birds, 29%, since 1970 

The Saratoga campaign began on September 19, 1777. This first encounter between the British forces of General John Burgoyne and the American forces under General Horatio Gates is also known as the Battle of Freeman's Farm.   Continue reading.

On September 19, 1819, English poet John Keats, inspired by the beauty of the changing season, wrote "To Autumn," a three-stanza ode to the splendor, bounty, and melancholy of fall. Continue reading.

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A bit of September 18th history…

1793 - US President Washington lays the cornerstone of the Capitol building in Washington D.C.

1812 - Great Fire of Moscow burns out after 5 days; 75% of the city is destroyed and 12,000 killed

1837 - Charles Lewis Tiffany and John Young co-found a “stationary and fancy goods emporium” in NYC, renamed Tiffany & Co in 1853

1851 - NY Times starts publishing

1947 - The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officially comes into existence

1947 - US Air Force created as a separate military service by passing of the National Security Act

1958 - The Fresno Drop: Bank of America mails out 60,000 BankAmericards in Fresno, CA; the 1st credit card - later renamed Visa

1961 - Dag Hammerskjold, 2nd UN Secretary General, is assasinated by mercenary pilot, Jean Van Risseghem, in the Belgian Congo. Hammerskjold had publicly assisted the opposing faction in a civil war. President Kennedy condemned the UN’s actions. (pictured)

2016 - Earliest known fish hooks at 23,000 years old discovered on Okinawa Island, Japan

2017 - Hurricane Maria passes over the Caribbean Island of Dominica as a category 5 hurricane, destroying 90% of structures and killing 27 

On September 18, 1895, Booker T. Washington delivered his famous "Atlanta Compromise" speech also known as the "Atlanta Exposition Speech" at the opening of the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia. Continue reading.

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