22 September 2009: First Day of Autumn.

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22 September 1791: Michael Faraday, born this day, was an English scientist whose pioneering work in electromagnetism included producing an electric current from a magnetic field and inventing the first electric motor and dynamo.

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22 September 1609: Spain’s Philip III issued a royal order for deportation of the Moriscos (Christians of Moorish ancestry).

22 September 1776: Nathan Hale was hanged by the British as a spy during the Revolutionary War.

22 September 1789: Congress authorized the office of Postmaster-General.

22 September 1862: President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, proposing to free all slaves of rebel states as of Jan. 1, 1863.

22 September 1927: Gene Tunney successfully defended his world heavyweight boxing title by defeating Jack Dempsey after the controversial “long count” in the seventh round.

22 September 1980: The Iran-Iraq War began when Iraqi armed forces invaded western Iran along the countries’ joint border.

22 September 1989: American composer Irving Berlin died in New York City.

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After two years in Washington, I often long for the realism and sincerity of Hollywood.
- Fred Thompson

Bore: A person who talks when you wish him to listen.
- Ambrose Bierce

You can tell the character of every man when you see how he receives praise.
- Lucius Annæus Seneca

She got her looks from her father. He’s a plastic surgeon.
- Groucho Marx

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