September 22, 2023: This Day in History

September 22, 189: General He Jin entered the palace, plotting to eliminate the eunuchs. The plan failed, and he was killed.

September 22, 1499: Switzerland declared independence.

September 22, 1630: Yuan Chonghuan, a Ming Dynasty general who resisted the Qing, was executed by slow slicing in Beijing by the Chongzhen Emperor.

September 22, 1776: American spy Nathan Hale was executed by hanging without trial.

September 22, 1860: The Anglo-French forces advanced into Beijing, and the Xianfeng Emperor fled from the Old Summer Palace to Rehe.

September 22, 1862: US President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

September 22, 1900: Russian troops invaded Jilin.

September 22, 1908: The Qing government promulgated the "Constitution of the Great Qing Empire," strengthening autocratic rule.

September 22, 1937: The Second United Front between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party was established.

September 22, 1948: A large fire broke out at the Wing On Company warehouse in Western Sheung Wan, Hong Kong, resulting in 150 deaths and missing persons.

September 22, 1973: Henry Kissinger became the US Secretary of State.

September 22, 1975: US President Ford was the target of a second assassination attempt within seventeen days, but he was unharmed.

September 22, 1976: Pelé announced his retirement, and a new generation of football stars, such as Ronaldo, emerged.

September 22, 1980: Iraqi aircraft launched air strikes on Tehran and other Iranian cities, marking the beginning of the Iran-Iraq War.

September 22, 1981: High-speed trains made their first appearance in France.

September 22, 1982: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher visited China.

September 22, 1983: Zhu Jianhua broke the men's high jump world record with a jump of 2.38 meters.

September 22, 1986: A successful heart-lung transplant was performed on a two-and-a-half-month-old baby in the UK.

September 22, 1988: The first "Orient Express" train to cross Eurasia arrived in Beijing.

September 22, 1989: The International Paralympic Committee was established, with its headquarters in Berlin.

September 22, 1990: The Eleventh Asian Games opened in Beijing, China.

September 22, 1991: The GMDSS system replaced the SOS international distress signal.

September 22, 1992: The white paper "Tibet's Sovereignty and Human Rights Situation" was published.

September 22, 1993: The Pakistan Liberation Organization ordered a halt to military operations.

September 22, 1994: Archaeologists discovered the fossilized remains of one of the earliest human ancestors in Ethiopia, dating back 4.4 million years.

September 22, 1995: The Basel Convention (Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal) amendment was adopted.

September 22, 1995: David Fincher's film "Se7en" was released.

September 22, 1998: The China Copyright Protection Center was established.

September 22, 1999: A ceremony was held in Beijing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

September 22, 2006: Tokyo Game Show, with the theme slogan "New Excitement, New Emotion, New Era".