"On Sept. 22, 1975, Sara Jane Moore fired two shots in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel, missing Ford by inches. Also on this date: In 1776, during the Revolutionary War, Capt. Nathan Hale, 21, was hanged as a spy by the British in New York. In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation"
"In 1957, Haitian women were allowed to vote for the first time, 153 years after Haiti became an independent country; Francois Duvalier was elected president. In 1980, the Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into a full-scale war that would continue for nearly eight years. In 1985, rock and country music artists participated in Farm Aid, a concert staged in Champaign, Illinois, to help the nation's farmers."
Sept. 22 saw Sara Jane Moore fire two shots at President Gerald R. Ford in 1975, missing him by inches. In 1776 Capt. Nathan Hale, 21, was hanged as a spy in New York. In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation declaring enslaved people in Confederate states would be freed on Jan. 1, 1863 if the states did not end hostilities and rejoin the Union. In 1957 Haitian women voted for the first time and Francois Duvalier was elected president. In 1980 the Iran–Iraq war began. Other notable events include the 1985 Farm Aid concert, a 1993 Amtrak derailment that killed 47, 2014 U.S. and Arab airstrikes against ISIS in Syria, and 2017 Hurricane Maria's islandwide power loss in Puerto Rico.
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