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| September 22nd |
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| About September 22nd is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 100 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. September 22nd is American Business Women's Day. Births 1903 - Joe "Cago" Valachi, Mafia member turned informer 1920 - Bob Lemon, Hall of Fame baseball player 1927 - Tommy Lasorda, Hall of Fame baseball manager 1928 - Eugene Roche, actor ("Ajax Man") Deaths 2007 - Marcel Marceau, renowned mime Events 1776 - Nathan Hale, a man widely considered America's first spy, is hanged by the British in New York City. 1862 - Abraham Lincoln issues the first Emancipation Proclamation declaring the freedom of all slaves in the Confederate States. 1989 - Hurricane Hugo came ashore in South Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane, devastating the Carolinas. 2006 - The U.S. Navy retires the F-14 Tomcat, a supersonic, twin-engine, two-seat, variable-sweep wing aircraft. |
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