Today is Tuesday, September 22, the 265th day of 2009. There are 100 days left in the year.
1692 _ Last person hanged for witchcraft in U.S.
1792 _ Origin of French Republican Era
1863 _ President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech
1869 _ The opera ``Das Rheingold" is produced (Munich)
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 _ Heavyweight champ Rocky Marciano KOs Archie Moore in 9th round
1964 _ ``Fiddler on the Roof" opens on Broadway, runs 3,242 performances
1988 _ South Korean coaches attack the New Zealand referee after disputing his decision, the Olympic Korean boxer stages a 67 minute sit-in