Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 22

September 22: Autumnal equinox (22:23 UTC) in the Northern Hemisphere; Independence Day in Bulgaria (1908) and Mali (1960); Car Free Day in Europe & Canada.

• 1776: Captain Nathan Hale, an American Revolutionary spy from the Continental Army, was hanged by British forces.
• 1862: History of slavery in the United States: President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing all slaves in Confederate territory by January 1, 1863.
• 1869: Das Rheingold, the first of four operas in Der Ring des Nibelungen by German composer Richard Wagner (pictured right), debuted in Munich.
• 1961: The U.S. Congress authorized President John F. Kennedy's executive order to establish the Peace Corps. Within two years, over 7,300 Peace Corps volunteers were serving in 44 countries.
• 1980: Iraq launched an invasion of Iran, starting the Iran-Iraq War.

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