Today in History: Friday, September 22, 2017
On Sept. 22, 1980, the conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war.
On this date in:
1761
Britain's King George III and his wife, Charlotte, were crowned in Westminster Abbey.
1776
Nathan Hale was hanged as a spy by the British during the Revolutionary War.
1792
The first French Republic was proclaimed.
1862
President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states free as of Jan. 1, 1863.
1927
Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the "long count" fight in Chicago.
1949
The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb.
1964
The musical "Fiddler on the Roof" opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 3,242 performances.
1969
Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hit his 600th career home run during a game in San Diego.
1975
Sara Jane Moore failed in an attempt to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel.
1989
Songwriter Irving Berlin died at age 101.
1995
Time Warner struck a $7.5 billion deal to buy Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
2004
"Lost" premiered on ABC.
2005
John Roberts' nomination as chief justice cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 13-5 vote.
2008
The U.S. Mint unveiled the first changes to the penny in 50 years, with Abraham Lincoln's portrait still on the front, but new designs replacing the Lincoln Memorial on the back.
