Today is Friday, September 22, 2017, the 265th day of the year with 100 days remaining. It’s the first day of Autumn! A patent was received by Italo Marchiony on this date in 1903 for a machine that could create 10 ice cream cones at once (!) pictured above...
- Sunrise: 6:58am
- Sunset: 7:06pm
...giving us 12 hours and 8 minutes of daylight. 2% of the waxing moon will be visible, rising at 9:21am.
Tides at the Golden Gate
- High: 1:32am/1:46pm
- Low: 7:15am/7:46pm
Special international celebrations today…
- Birthday of Princess Martha Louise - Norway
- Days of Liberation - Bulgaria
- Independence Day - Mali
- World Car-Free Day
- St. Maurice's Day, patron of knife grinders.
- St. Phocas' Day, patron of gardeners.
It’s also…
- American Business Women's Day
- National White Chocolate Day
- National Ice Cream Cone Day (see 1903 below)
- Bright Pink Lipstick Day
- Chainmail Day
- Dear Diary Day
- Elephant Appreciation Day
- Hobbit Day
- Love Note Day
On this day in…
1789 - The U.S. Congress authorized the office of Postmaster General.
1792 - The French Republic was proclaimed.
1862 -U.S. President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. It stated that all slaves held within rebel states would be free as of January 1, 1863.
1903 - ItaloMarchiony was granted a patent for the ice cream cone.
1914 - Three British cruisers were sunk by one German submarine in the North Sea. 1,400 British sailors were killed. This event alerted the British to the effectiveness of the submarine.
1927 - In Chicago,IL, Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous "long-count" fight.
1949 - The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb successfully.
1955 - Commercial television began in Great Britain. The rules said that only six minutes of ads were allowed each hour and there was no Sunday morning TV permitted.
1961 -U.S. President John F. Kennedy signed a congressional act that established the Peace Corps.
1964 - "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." debuted on NBC-TV.
1966 - TheU.S. lunar probe Surveyor 2 crashed into the moon.
1969 - Willie Mays hit his 600th career home run.
1980 - A border conflict between Iran and Iraq developed into a full-scale war.
1986 -U.S. President Ronald Reagan addressed the U.N. General Assembly and voiced a new hope for arms control. He also criticized the Soviet Union for arrestingU.S. journalist Nicholas Daniloff.
1988 - Canada's government apologized for the internment of Japanese-Canadian's during World War II. They also promised compensation.
1990 - Saudi Arabia expelled most of the Yememin and Jordanian envoys in Riyadh. The Saudi accusations were unspecific.
1991 - An article in the London newspaper "The Mail" revealed that John Cairncross admitted to being the "fifth man" in the Soviet Union's British spy ring.
1992 - The U.N. General Assembly expelled Yugoslavia for its role in the war between Bosnia and Herzegovina.
1994 - TheU.S. upgraded its military control in Haiti.
1998 - TheU.S. and Russia signed two agreements. One was to privatize Russia's nuclear program and the other was to stop plutonium stockpiles and nuclear scientists from leaving the country.
1998 -U.S. President Clinton addressed the United Nations and told world leaders to "end all nuclear tests for all time". He then sent the long-delayed global test-ban treaty to theU.S. Senate.
Today’s birthday celebrants include (or included)...
- Paul Muni 1895
- Allan 'Rocky' Lane 1901
- John Houseman 1902
- Martha Scott 1914
- Tommy Lasorda 1927 - Baseball manager
- Eugene Roche 1928
- Joni James (Joan Carmello Babbo) 1930
- Pat (Chiyoko) Suzuki 1930
- Harriet King 1935
- Ray Norton 1937
- Paul LeMat 1945
- King Sunny Ade 1946
- Mark Phillips 1948
- Harold Carmichael 1949
- David Coverdale (Deep Purple, Whitesnake) 1951
- Shari Belafonte-Harper 1954 - Actress
- Debby Boone 1956 - Singer
- June Forester (The Forester Sisters) 1956
- Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blond) 1957
- Nick Cave 1957 - Singer
- Lynn Herring 1958
- Andrea Bocelli 1958 - Opera singer
- Joan Jett 1960
- Robb Stone 1962
- Scott Baio 1961 - Actor ("Happy Days," "Joanie Loves Chachi")
- Catherine Oxenberg 1961 - Actress ("Dynasty")
- Bonnie Hunt 1964 - Actress
- Big Rube (Society of Soul) 1971
- Lawrence "Larry" Gilliard, Jr. 1971 - Actor (TV: "The Walking Dead")
- Mireille Enos 1975 - Actress ("The Killing," "Big Love")
- Ronaldo 1976 - Soccer player
- Katie Lowes 1982 - Actress ("Scandal")
- Tom Felton 1987 - Actor ("Harry Potter" movies)
