History for September 22

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John Houseman 1902, Paul LeMat 1945, Debby Boone 1956 - Singer 


Andrea Bocelli 1958 - Opera singer, Joan Jett 1960, Scott Baio 1961 - Actor ("Happy Days," "Joanie Loves Chachi") 


1789 - The U.S. Congress authorized the office of Postmaster General. 


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 - Italo Marchiony 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. 


1949 - The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb successfully. 


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. 


1980 - A border conflict between Iran and Iraq developed into a full-scale war. 


1994 - The U.S. upgraded its military control in Haiti. 


1998 - The U.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.