Today In History
9/22
AP Highlight in History:
On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of Jan. 1, 1863.
1776Nathan Hale was hanged as a spy by the British during the Revolutionary War.
1949The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb
1975Sara Jane Moore failed in an attempt to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel.
1980The conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war.
On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of Jan. 1, 1863.
1776Nathan Hale was hanged as a spy by the British during the Revolutionary War.
1949The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb
1975Sara Jane Moore failed in an attempt to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel.
1980The conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war.
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