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.
• 1792 –
  Primidi Vendémiaire of year 1 of the French Republican Calendar as the French First Republic comes into being.
• 1823 –
  Joseph Smith, Jr. states he found the Golden plates on this date after being directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where they were buried.
• 1866 –
  Battle of Curupaity in the War of the Triple Alliance.
• 1896 –
  Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
• 1908 –
  The independence of Bulgaria is proclaimed.
• 1927 –
  Jack Dempsey loses the “Long Count” boxing match to Gene Tunney.
• 1944 –
  World War II: the Red Army enters Tallinn.
• 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.
• 2003 –
  David Hempleman-Adams becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open-air, wicker-basket hot air balloon.

Who were born on September 22?

• 1869 –
  Adrien-Maurice-Victurnien-Mathieu, 8th duc de Noailles (d. 1953)
• 1885 –
  Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (d. 1940)
• 1894 –
  Elisabeth Rethberg, German soprano opera singer(d. 1976)
• 1933 –
  T. Cullen Davis, American oil heir and accused murderer
• 1944 –
  Brian Gibson, British film director (d. 2004)
• 1949 –
  James Cartwright, American military general
• 1966 –
  Moustafa Amar, Egyptian singer
• 1973 –
  Blake Sennett, guitarist, keyboardist and singer for indie rock bands Rilo Kiley and The Elected
• 1981 –
  Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer (Kanjani8)
• 1989 –
  Sabine Lisicki German tennis player

Who died on September 22?

• 1345 –
  Henry, 3rd Earl of Lancaster (b. 1281)
• 1776 –
  Nathan Hale, American Revolutionary War captain, hanged by the British as a spy (b. 1755)
• 1969 –
  Adolfo López Mateos, president of Mexico (b. 1909)
• 1981 –
  Harry Warren, American composer and lyricist (b. 1893)
• 1988 –
  Rais Amrohvi, Pakistani poet and psychoanalyst (b. 1914)
• 1999 –
  George C. Scott, American actor (b. 1927)
• 2004 –
  Pete Schoening, American mountaineer (b. 1927)
• 2004 –
  Ray Traylor (The Big Boss Man), American professional wrestler (b. 1962)
• 2006 –
  Edward Albert, American actor (b. 1951)
• 2007 –
  Marcel Marceau, French mime artist (b. 1923)