TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – SEPT 22
1656 The General Provincial Court in session at Patuxent, Maryland, impanels the first all-woman jury in the Colonies to hear evidence against Judith Catchpole, who is accused of murdering her child. The jury acquits her after hearing her defense of never having been pregnant.
1692 Last people hanged for witchcraft (8) in the US, 20 hanged overall during Salem Witch Trials
1711 The Tuscarora Indian War begins with a massacre of settlers in North Carolina, following white encroachment that included the enslaving of Indian children.
1776 American Captain Nathan Hale is hanged as a spy by the British in New York City; his last words are reputed to have been, “I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.”
1789 Office of Postmaster General of the US established by Congress
1792 French First Republic formed by the National Convention, stripping the French king of his powers
1817 John Quincy Adams becomes secretary of State
1862 US President Abraham Lincoln says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1
1869 The Cincinnati Red Stockings, the first professional baseball team, arrive in San Francisco after a rollicking, barnstorming tour of the West.
1893 Bicycle makers Charles and Frank Duryea show off the first American automobile produced for sale to the public by taking it on a maiden run through the streets of Springfield, Massachusetts.
1903 Italo Marchiony was granted a patent for the ice cream cone.
1914 For the first time in wartime the capabilities of Submarine warfare is seen when a German U-Boat submarine sinks three British cruisers, the Aboukir, the Hogue, and the Cressy, in just over one hour.
1919 President Woodrow Wilson abandons his national tour to support the League of Nations when he suffers a case of nervous exhaustion.
1922 In the ongoing war against bootleggers 125 Prohibition agents have been killed against 50 bootleggers and Rum Runners.
1927 Famous “Long count” fight (Dempsey loses boxing title to Tunney) https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-09-22-sp-9617-story.html
1929 Communist and Nazi factions clash in Berlin.
1961 President John Kennedy signs a congressional act establishing the Peace Corps.
1970 President Richard M. Nixon signs a bill giving the District of Columbia representation in the U.S. Congress.
1975 World Football League folds
1975 Sara Jane Moore attempts to assassinate US President Gerald Ford, the second attempt on his life in less than three weeks.
1980 Iraq invades Iran in an attempt to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway
1990 Saudi Arabia expelled most of the Yememin and Jordanian envoys in Riyadh. The Saudi accusations were unspecific.
1998 The U.S. and Russia signed two agreements. One was to privatize Russia’s nuclear program and the other was to stop plutonium stockpiles and nuclear scientists from leaving the country.
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