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Events on September 22

• 1838 The Berlin-Potsdam Railway, the first railway line in Prussia, goes into operation.
• 1862 Abraham Lincoln announces the end of slavery in the Southern states of the USA, which are at war with the Union, with the Emancipation Proclamation, effective January 1, 1863. The final abolition occurs only in December 1865 through the 13th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
• 1869 The world premiere of Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold, the so-called 'Prelude' to his tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen, takes place at the National Theatre Munich.
• 1933 The Reich Chamber of Culture is established by law as an instrument of National Socialist cultural policy. The coordination of all areas of cultural life begins.
• 1955 With the first broadcast of Independent Television, the BBC's broadcasting monopoly in Britain ends and commercial television begins.
• 1964 With the broadcast of the study program, Bayerischer Rundfunk becomes the first ARD broadcaster to offer its viewers a third television program.
• 1984 At the soldiers' cemetery in Verdun, François Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl jointly commemorate the victims with the handshake of Verdun, recognized as a historic gesture.
• 1986 In the USA, the first episode of the fantasy sitcom Alf is aired.
• 2002 In the elections to the 15th German Bundestag, the Social Democratic Party of Germany under Gerhard Schröder achieves a narrow election victory.
• 2006 In a collision of the Transrapid on the test track near Lathen in the Emsland with a workshop vehicle, 23 people die and 10 are injured. This is considered the worst accident since the introduction of maglev technology.
• 2013 In the elections to the 18th German Bundestag, the CDU/CSU under Chancellor Angela Merkel receives the most votes and narrowly misses an absolute majority in seats. The FDP fails to clear the five-percent hurdle for the first time ever.
• 2015 In the football Bundesliga, Robert Lewandowski scores five goals between the 51st and 60th minute in FC Bayern Munich's 5-1 victory over VfL Wolfsburg. This number of goals in about nine minutes sets a new record.

Born on September 22

• 1882 Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal, Chief of the High Command of the Wehrmacht, war criminal
• 1891 Hans Albers, German actor and singer
• 1893 Hans Leip, German author
• 1901 Veit Harlan, German film director
• 1940 Anna Karina, Danish-French actress
• 1951 David Coverdale, British singer
• 1951 Wolfgang Petry, German pop singer and songwriter
• 1970 Marc-Kevin Goellner, German tennis player
• 1970 Emmanuel Petit, French footballer
• 1971 Roy Präger, German footballer

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Source of events and birthdays: German Wikipedia article „22. September“, licence CC BY-SA 4.0, selected, shortened and translated by Birthday Paper.

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