This Day in History: September 22

[Publius]

1776: Nathan Hale hanged by the British; his famous last words: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country."
1789: Office of Postmaster General is created under the United States Treasury Department.
1817: John Quincy Adams becomes secretary of State.
1862: President Lincoln says in a preliminary Emancipation Proclimation that he will free slaves in all rebelling states on Jan 1, 1863.
1910: England's 1st aircraft flight.
1949: USSR detonates its 1st atomic bomb
1981: Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to Supreme Court



As an aside of entirely no historical value: on this day in 1956, my father was born.