Edmund's Community Corner

September 22nd in History

2008: Adjei Matthew Sarbeng is born @ 12:59 pm
2004: LOST premieres on ABC (This is also the date Oceanic Flight 815 crashes!)
1997: Elton John releases 'Candle in the Wind '97', his tribute to Princess Diana
1996: Nolan Ryan pitches his last game at age 46
1991: California University announces Dead Sea Scrolls find
1986: L.A. Dodger Fernando Valenzuela is first Mexican to win 20 games, 35 countries sign Stockholm disarmament treaty
1985: The Cosby Show, Tyne Daly, & Cagney and Lacey win at the 37th Emmy Awards
1980: John Lennon and Yoko Ono sign to Geffen Records
1971: U.S. performs nuclear tests in Nevada
1950: Ralph J. Bunche is the first black recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
1915: America's first Black Catholic College, Xavier University, opens in New Orleans, LA
1911: Cy Young beats Pitts 1-0 for career victory number 511 in his final game
1908: Bulgaria declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire
1903: Italo Marchiony is granted patent for ice cream cone (one of the most heavily disputed inventions to date)
1893: First automobile is built in U.S. (Charles Duryea and Frank Duryea) and tested in Springfield, MA
1888: First issue of National Geographic is published
1862: President Lincoln delivers the Emancipation Proclamation, announcing that all slaves will be free on Jan 1, 1863
1789: Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department
1776: Nathan Hale is hanged by the British, accused of spying
1692: Last person hanged for witchcraft in Salem, MA

-Edmund