On September 22 in history, several significant events occurred:
- In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring that enslaved people in Confederate states would be freed as of January 1, 1863. This was a pivotal step toward the abolition of slavery in the United States.
- In 1980, the Iran-Iraq War began when Iraq invaded Iran, marking the start of a conflict that lasted nearly eight years with heavy losses on both sides.
- In 1776, Nathan Hale, a soldier and spy for the American Continental Army, was executed by the British. He is remembered for his famous last words expressing his patriotism.
- Other notable events include the assassination attempt on US President Gerald Ford in 1975, the first issue of National Geographic magazine in 1888, and the founding of the Polish trade union Solidarity in 1980.
- Additionally, notable births include Michael Faraday, the English chemist and physicist, born in 1791.
