September 22: September equinox (14:21 UTC, 2016); OneWebDay; Independence Day in Mali (1960); Day of Baltic Unity in Latvia and Lithuania
François "Papa Doc" Duvalier
- 1598 – English playwright Ben Jonson killed actor Gabriel Spenser in a duel, for which he was indicted for manslaughter.
- 1862 – US President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring the freedom of all slaves in Confederate territory by January 1, 1863.
- 1914 – First World War: The German submarine U-9 sank three Royal Navy cruisers, resulting in approximately 1,450 deaths.
- 1957 – François "Papa Doc" Duvalier (pictured) was elected President of Haiti as a populist before consolidating power and ruling as a dictator for the rest of his life.
- 1994 – The Nordhordland Bridge, which crosses Salhusfjorden between Klauvaneset and Flatøy in Hordaland, and is the second-longest bridge in Norway, was officially opened.
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