What are the important events that happened on September 22? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

September 22: Facts & Myths About This Day

September 22 is the 265^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 100 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is September 9, 2025 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,308,320 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectahexacontapentagon’ day.

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Sapphire is the modern birthstone for this month. Agate is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 148 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,658 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

September 22: This Day In History

It is frequently the day of the Autumnal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the day of the Vernal Equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.

September 22 Historical Events

• 1776 –
  Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution.
• 1784 –
  Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska.
• 1862 –
  Slavery in the United States: a preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.
• 1896 –
  Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
• 1908 –
  The independence of Bulgaria is proclaimed.
• 1919 –
  The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
• 1975 –
  Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by Oliver Sipple.
• 1979 –
  The Vela Incident (also known as the South Atlantic Flash) is observed near Bouvet Island, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.
• 1991 –
  The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time by the Huntington Library.
• 1994 –
  the Nordhordland Bridge was opened across the Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Hordaland, Norway. It has no lateral anchorage because of the depth of Salhusfjorden.

Who were born on September 22?

• 1880 –
  Dame Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragist (d. 1958)
• 1929 –
  Serge Garant, French Canadian conductor (d. 1986)
• 1953 –
  Ségolène Royal, French politician
• 1957 –
  Johnette Napolitano, American musician
• 1960 –
  Ernest Martin, American convicted murderer (d. 2003)
• 1969 –
  Matt Sharp, American musician (Weezer, The Rentals)
• 1970 –
  Mike Matheny, American baseball player
• 1982 –
  Maarten Stekelenburg, Dutch footballer
• 1985 –
  Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer
• 1993 –
  Chase Ellison, American actor

Who died on September 22?

• 1072 –
  Ouyang Xiu, Chinese historian and scholar-official (b. 1007)
• 1777 –
  John Bartram, American botanist (b. 1699)
• 1881 –
  Solomon L. Spink, U.S. Congressman from Illinois (b. 1831)
• 1914 –
  Alain-Fournier, French writer (b. 1886)
• 1987 –
  Dan Rowan, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
• 1993 –
  Maurice Abravanel, Greek-born conductor (b. 1903)
• 1994 –
  Leonard Feather, British jazz pianist, composer, journalist (b. 1914)
• 1996 –
  Ludmilla Chiriaeff, Canadian ballet dancer and director (b. 1924)
• 2000 –
  Saburo Sakai, Japanese aviator, (b. 1916)
• 2007 –
  Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (b. 1923)