Tukuk-OS📅 September 22
18 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on September 22? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2014 — The NASA spacecraft MAVEN entered into orbit around Mars to study the planet's atmosphere.
- 2013 — Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, was attacked by two suicide bombers who killed 127 people.
Insurgency in Khyber PakhtunkhwaAll Saints Church, PeshawarPeshawar
- 2003 — Dolphin, the first emulator for the GameCube that could run commercial video games, was released.
- 1994 — The Nordhordland Bridge (pictured), crossing Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Vestland, and Norway's second-longest bridge, officially opened.
- 1993 — A tugboat towing a barge collided with a rail bridge in Mobile, Alabama, U.S., deforming the tracks and causing the derailment of a passenger train eight minutes later, which killed 47 people and injured an additional 103.
- 1979 — An American Vela satellite detected an unidentified flash of light near the Prince Edward Islands in the Indian Ocean, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.
- 1975 — Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford, but failed due to unfamiliarity with her weapon.
- 1957 — François Duvalier (pictured), nicknamed Papa Doc, was elected President of Haiti as a populist before consolidating power and ruling as a dictator for the rest of his life.
- 1948 — Led by Gail Halvorsen, the United States Air Force began Operation "Little Vittles", delivering candy to children as part of the Berlin Airlift.
- 1939 — A joint military parade by the troops of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union took place in Brest-Litovsk to celebrate their partition of Poland.
German–Soviet military parade in Brest-LitovskBrest, BelarusInvasion of Poland
- 1934 — One of Britain's worst mining accidents took place when an explosion at Gresford Colliery in Wales killed 266 men.
- 1922 — After nine days, the great fire of Smyrna was extinguished (aftermath pictured), having caused at least ten thousand deaths.
- 1914 — First World War: The German submarine U-9 sank three Royal Navy cruisers, resulting in approximately 1,450 deaths.
- 1914 — World War I: German naval forces bombarded Papeete in French Polynesia and sank a French gunboat.
- 1869 — Das Rheingold, the first of four operas in Der Ring des Nibelungen by the German composer Richard Wagner (pictured), was first performed in Munich.
- 1726 — Bach led the first performance of his cantata Wer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17, in Leipzig.
Johann Sebastian BachWer Dank opfert, der preiset mich, BWV 17
- 1586 — Eighty Years' War: Spanish forces defeated an Anglo-Dutch army at the Battle of Zutphen.* 1789 – The office of United States Postmaster General was formally established.
- 1236 — Livonian Crusade: The Livonian Brothers of the Sword were soundly defeated by pagan Samogitian and Semigallian troops at the Battle of Saule.
Births
- 2009 — Coco Yoshizawa, Japanese skateboarder
- 2004 — Jessie Murph, American singer and songwriter
- 2000 — Louise Christie, British rhythm gymnast
- 2000 — Stephen Crichton, Samoan rugby league footballer
- 2000 — Seungmin, South Korean singer
- 1999 — Curry Barker, American filmmaker and actor
- 1999 — Kim Yo-han, South Korean singer and actor
- 1999 — Kim You-jung, South Korean actress
- 1995 — Nayeon, South Korean singer
- 1994 — Carlos Correa, Puerto Rican-American baseball player
- 1994 — Jinyoung, South Korean singer, actor, songwriter
- 1994 — Haason Reddick, American football player
Deaths
- 2024 — Roy Clay, American computer scientist (born 1929)
- 2024 — Fredric Jameson, American academic and literary critic (born 1934)
- 2023 — Altemio Sanchez, Puerto Rican serial killer and rapist (born 1958)
- 2022 — Carlos Balá, Argentine actor and comedian (born 1925)
- 2022 — Hilary Mantel, British author (born 1952)
- 2022 — Pal Singh Purewal, Punjabi engineer, author, scholar, and teacher (born 1931/1932)
- 2020 — Neil Brannon, American politician (born 1940)
- 2018 — Chas Hodges, English musician and singer (born 1943)
- 2018 — Edna Molewa, South African politician (born 1957)
- 2016 — Delphine Medjo, Cameroonian politician (born 1941)
- 2015 — Yogi Berra, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1925)
- 2014 — Fernando Cabrita, Portuguese footballer and manager (born 1923)
Observances & holidays
- American Business Women's Day (United States)
- Baltic Unity Day (Lithuania, Latvia)
- Christian feast days: Digna and Emerita
- Christian feast days: Emmeram of Regensburg
- Christian feast days: Felix and Constantia
- Christian feast days: Ignatius of Santhià (Lorenzo Maurizio Belvisotti)
- Christian feast days: Laud of Coutances
- Christian feast days: Paul Chong Hasang (one of The Korean Martyrs)
- Christian feast days: Phocas (the Gardener, or of Sinope)
- Christian feast days: Phocas, Bishop of Sinope
- Christian feast days: Sadalberga
- Christian feast days: Septimius of Iesi (this date since 1623)
- Christian feast days: Theban Legion, including: Candidus
- Christian feast days: Theban Legion, including: Maurice (Western Christianity)
- Christian feast days: Philander Chase (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast days: September 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere: Autumnal Equinox Day (Japan)
- Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere: Mabon in the Northern Hemisphere, Ostara in the Southern Hemisphere. (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
- Earliest date for the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere: The first day of Miķeļi (Latvia)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire in 1908.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Mali from France in 1960.
- Resistance Fighting Day (Estonia)
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