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The 22t o September is the 265t day o the year (266t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 100 days bidin.
Events
- 1761 - George III o Great Breetain is crouned.
- 1857 - Roushie warship "Lefort" capsizes an sinks in the Gulf o Finland, killin 806 fowk.
- 1877 - French astronomer Edouard Jean-Marie Stephan discovers a group o 5 galaxies.
- 1896 - Queen Victoria becomes the langest-reignin Breetish monarch. Her record is beaten bi Elizabeth II on 9 September 2015.
- 1908 - Bulgarie declares unthirldom frae the Ottoman Empire.
- 1934 - A splosion at the Gresford Colliery in Wales kills 226 fowk.
- 1955 - Breetish telly network ITV goes on air.
- 1960 - Mali gains unthirldom frae Fraunce.
- 1980 - Iraq invades Iran, stairtin the Iran-Iraq War.
- 1990 - Alex Salmond is electit convener o the Scots Naitional Pairty.
- 2002 - Gerhard Schröder is re-electit Chancellor o Germany.
- 2013 - Angela Merkel is electit tae a 3rd term as Chancellor o Germany.
- 2013 - A bomb attack on a kirk in Peshawar, Pakistan, kills at least 70 fowk.
- 2014 - Ewa Kopacz becomes Prime Meenister o Poland.
Births
- 1515 - Anne o Cleves, German-born Queen Consort o Ingland (d. 1557)
- 1552 - Vasili IV o Roushie (d. 1612)
- 1601 - Anne o Austrick, Queen Consort o Fraunce (d. 1666)
- 1741 - Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist an botanist (d. 1811)
- 1768 - George Campbell, 6t Duke o Argyll, Scots politeecian an nobleman (d. 1839)
- 1791 - Michael Faraday, Inglis scientist (d. 1867)
- 1810 - John Brown, Scots medicinar an essayist (d. 1882)
- 1882 - Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal (d. 1946)
- 1931 - George Younger, 4t Viscoont Younger o Leckie, Scots politeecian an banker (d. 2003)
- 1942 - Wu Ma, Hong Kong actor (d. 2014)
- 1944 - Jim Forrest, Scots fitbawer
- 1947 - Tommy Hutchison, Scots fitbawer
- 1951 - David Coverdale, Inglis rock sangster
- 1953 - Ségolène Royal, French politeecian
- 1958 - Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor
- 1959 - Saul Perlmutter, American astropheesicist
- 1961 - Liam Fox, Scots politeecian
- 1964 - John Clark, Scots fitbawer
- 1970 - Emmanuel Petit, French fitbawer
- 1972 - Marcus Campbell, Scots snooker player
- 1976 - Ronaldo, Brazilian fitbawer
- 1978 - Allan Jacobsen, Scots rugby union player
- 1978 - Harry Kewell, Australian fitbawer
- 1982 - Billie Piper, Inglis actress
- 1983 - Andy Graham, Scots fitbawer
- 1984 - Thiago Silva, Brazilian fitbawer
- 1987 - Tom Felton, Inglis actor
- 1989 - Sabine Lisicki, German tennis player
Daiths
- 1520 - Selim I, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1465)
- 1774 - Pape Clement XIV (b. 1705)
- 1956 - Frederick Soddy, Inglis chemist (b. 1877)
- 1989 - Irving Berlin, Roushie-American componer an sangwriter (b. 1888)
- 2007 - Marcel Marceau, French mime airtist (b. 1923)
- 2011 - Aristides Pereira, 1st Preses o Cape Verde (b. 1923)
- 2015 - Yogi Berra, American basebaw player an coach (b. 1925)
Halidays
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