TUESDAY, Sept. 22, 2026
1692-The last eight people - Martha Corey, Margaret Scott, Mary Easty, Alice Parker, Ann Pudeator, Wilmott Redd, Samuel Wardwell, and Mary Parker - are hanged for allegedly practicing witchcraft as a result of the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts Bay Colony; 19 are hanged overall, with six other deaths caused by the hysteria 1862-U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issues the preliminary…
Tuesday, September 22, 2026 - In the Salem witch trials of 1692, Massachusetts Bay Colony saw the execution of eight individuals accused of practicing witchcraft. This followed by 19 total hangings, with an additional six deaths attributed to the resulting hysteria. Fast-forward to more recent history; U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, aiming to free enslaved people in rebellious Southern states if they did not rejoin the Union by January 1, 1863.
President Jose P. Laurel declared the Philippines under martial law in 1944 via Proclamation No. 29. In 1965, a cease-fire between India and Pakistan took effect, concluding the Indo-Pakistani War. An invasion by Iraq occurred in Iran in 1980, with the intent to control the Shatt al-Arab waterway. In 1986, a disarmament accord was signed by 35 countries in Stockholm.
In 1993, the Supreme Soviet dismissed President Boris Yeltsin. Angela Merkel and the Christian Democrats secured a third term in Germany's federal elections in 2013, achieving their best result since 1990.
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