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Today in History highlights for September 22, 1995
On this date Nathan Hale was hanged in 1776 for spying. Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. Soviet Union tested an atomic bomb in 1949. Omar N. Bradley became a five star general in 1950. Sara Jane Moore failed to shoot Ford in 1975. Iran Iraq war began in 1980. Irving Berlin died in 1989 at 101. FarmAid Concert noted in Champaign. Saudi envoy expulsions in 1995. U.S. increased Haiti military control in 1994-95 period.
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Associated Press
Nathan Hale
Lincoln
Soviet Union
Omar N. Bradley
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
George C. Marshall
Henry H
Hap" Arnold
Sara Jane Moore
President Ford
San Francisco
Persian Gulf
Iran
Iraq
Irving Berlin
New York City
Champaign
Saudi Arabia
Riyadh
United States
Haiti
U.S