TODAY IN HISTORY [22ND SEPTEMBER]

Lead Story

Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, 1862

American Revolution

Patriot executed for spying, 1776

Automotive

The famous "four-level" opens in Los Angeles, 1953

Civil War

Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation is announced, 1862

Cold War

President Kennedy signs Peace Corps legislation, 1961

Crime

So-called Midtown Stabber kills his first victim, 1980

Disaster

Train derails in Alabama swamp, 1993

General Interest

American Patriot executed for spying, 1776

Shaka Zulu assassinated, 1828

U-boat devastates British squadron, 1914

Dempsey loses on long count, 1927

Iran-Iraq War, 1980

Hollywood

Friends debuts, 1994

Literary

Playwright Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter, 1598

Music

The first "Farm Aid" concert is held in Champaign, Illinois, 1985

Old West

Coronado dies, without finding the fabled cities of gold, 1554

Presidential

President Ford survives second assassination attempt, 1975

Sports

Controversial long count mars Tunney-, 1927

Vietnam War

Goldwater attacks Johnson's Vietnam policy, 1964

Medina is acquitted of all charges, 1971

World War I

German U-boat devastates British squadron, 1914

World War II

Patton questions necessity of Germany's "denazification", 1945