Today is Monday, September 22, the 266th day of 2008. There are 100 days left in the year.
1692 _ Last person hanged for witchcraft in U.S.
1863 _ President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech
1893 _ First auto built in U.S. (by Duryea brothers) runs in Springfield
1903 _ Italo Marchiony granted patent for the ice cream cone
1911 _ Cy Young at 44, wins his 511th and final game
1949 _ USSR detonates its first atomic bomb
1955 _ Commercial TV begins in England
1964 _ ``Fiddler on the Roof" opens on Broadway, runs 3,242 performances
1970 _ President Nixon requests 1,000 new FBI agents for college campuses
1988 _ South Korean coaches attack the New Zealand referee after disputing his decision, the Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in