Tuesday, September 22nd
The 265th day of 2009.
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Today's Highlights in History
On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of Jan. 1, 1863. (Go to article.)
On Sept. 22, 1902, John Houseman, the director, producer and actor of American stage, film and radio, was born. Following his death on Oct. 31, 1988, his obituary appeared in The Times. (Go to obit. | Other Birthdays)
Editorial Cartoon of the Day
On September 22, 1860, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about the American tour of Prince Edward, the future King Edward VII of Great Britain. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.)
On this date in:
1776 Nathan Hale was hanged as a spy by the British during the Revolutionary War.
1792 The French Republic was proclaimed.
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.
1980 The conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war.
1989 Songwriter Irving Berlin died at age 101.
1995 Time Warner struck a $7.5 billion deal to buy Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
1999 Actor George C. Scott died at age 71.
2001 Violinist Isaac Stern died at age 81.
2004 CBS-owned TV stations were fined $550,000 by the Federal Communications Commission for showing Janet Jackson's exposed right breast during the Super Bowl halftime show. (An appeals court later threw out the fine.)
2004 "Lost" premiered on ABC.
2005 John Roberts' nomination as chief justice cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a 13-5 vote.
2007 Marcel Marceau, the master of mime, died in Paris at age 84.
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.
Current Birthdays
David Stern turns 67 years old today.
AP Photo/Seth Wenig NBA commissioner David Stern turns 67 years old today.
82 Tommy Lasorda
Hall of Fame baseball manager
75 Lute Olson
Hall of Fame basketball coach
63 King Sunny Ade
Musician
63 Paul Le Mat
Actor
58 David Coverdale
Rock singer (Deep Purple, Whitesnake)
55 Shari Belafonte
Actress
53 Debby Boone
Singer
53 June Forester
Country singer (The Forester Sisters)
52 Nick Cave
Singer
52 Johnette Napolitano
Rock singer (Concrete Blond)
51 Andrea Bocelli
Opera singer
51 Joan Jett
Rock singer, musician
48 Scott Baio
Actor ("Happy Days," "Joanie Loves Chachi")
48 Catherine Oxenberg
Actress ("Dynasty")
47 Rob Stone
Actor
40 Matt Sharp
Rock musician
39 Dave Hernandez
Rock musician (The Shins)
38 Big Rube
R&B singer (Society of Soul)
34 Mireille Enos
Actress ("Big Love")
33 Ronaldo
Soccer player
30 Swin Cash
Basketball player
22 Tom Felton
Actor ("Harry Potter" movies)
Historic Birthdays
John Houseman
9/22/1902 - 10/31/1988
American stage, film and radio actor
(Go to obit.)
75 Michael Faraday
9/22/1791 - 8/25/1867
English physicist and chemist
78 Caroline Astor
9/22/1830 - 10/30/1908
American aristocratic leader of New York high society
91 Victor Shelford
9/22/1877 - 12/27/1968
American zoologist and animal ecologist
77 Dame Christabel Pankhurst
9/22/1880 - 2/13/1958
English women's suffragist
71 Erich von Stroheim
9/22/1885 - 5/12/1957
Austrian film director, writer and actor
87 Babette Deutsch
9/22/1895 - 11/13/1982
American poet, critic, translator and novelist
71 Paul Muni
9/22/1895 - 8/25/1967
Austrian-born American stage and film actor
66 William Spratling
9/22/1900 - 8/8/1967
American silver designer and architect
95 Charles Huggins
9/22/1901 - 1/12/1997
Canadian-born American Nobel Prize-winning surgeon and urologist (1966)
58 Eugen Sanger
9/22/1905 - 2/10/1964
German rocket propulsion engineer
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