September 22

[[pl:22 wrze%B6nia]] September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years). There are 100 days remaining.

Events:

• 1776 - Nathan Hale hanged for spying during American Revolution

Births:

• 1791 - Michael Faraday, scientist
• 1880 - Dame Christabel Pankhurst, women's suffrage activist
• 1902 - John Houseman, actor and director
• 1920 - William H. Riker, political scientist
• 1958 - Joan Jett, musician

Deaths:

• 1989 - Irving Berlin, songwriter
• 1999 - George C. Scott, actor
• 2001 - Isaac Stern, violinist

Holidays:

• In ancient Greece, the ninth and final day of the Eleusinian mysteries, when the initiates made offerings to the dead.

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