Daily Calendar for Thursday, September 22, 2022
Born
- Anne of Cleves (fourth wife of King Henry VIII) –
- George Gordon Lord Byron (poet) –
- Paul Muni (actor) –
- John Houseman (actor) –
- George Balanchine (dancer/choreographer) –
- Joseph M. Valachi (criminal) –
- Tommy Lasorda (baseball player) –
- Shari Belafonte-Harper (actress) –
- Joan Jett (singer) –
- Scott Baio (actor) –
- Bonnie Hunt (actress) –
Died
- Nathan Hale (patriot) –
- Dan Rowan (comedian & actor) –
- Irving Berlin (songwriter) –
- George C. Scott (actor) –
- Joseph Kane (author of Famous First Facts, a collection of provable trivia) –
- Gordon Jump (actor) –
- Marcel Marceau (French mime
) –
- Eddie Fisher (singer) –
- Yogi Berra (baseball player, exactly 69 years following his 1946 MLB debut.) –
Events
- Position of U.S. Postmaster General established–
- Lincoln issued preliminary Emancipation Proclamation–
- Gene Tunney beat Jack Dempsey–
- Fiddler on the Roof opened on Broadway–
- The first Farm Aid concert took place–
- Turner Broadcasting System announced plans to merge with Time Warner–
- 3.3 earthquake near Rathdrum, Idaho–
Weather
- Hailstorm in Strawberry, Arizona. Five days after the storm, drifts of remaining hail were still 12 to 18 inches deep–
- Hurricane Esther circled Cape Cod, Massachusetts, for four days, bringing heavy rains and widespread flooding to Maine–
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