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.
…. In the early 18th century, Wales was the centre of an educational movement that was taking the world by storm.
On 22nd September 1731, Griffith Jones (Llanddowror) wrote to the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge (SPCK) proposing that a Welsh school be set up at Llanddowror. This marks the beginning of the circulating schools movement.
Griffith Jones (1684 – 8 April 1761) was a minister of the Church of England and while a curate at Laugharne he became a teacher at the school there and when made rector of Llanddowror, became concerned about the illiteracy of his parishioners. He wanted people to read so that they could read the Bible, so in 1731, he came up with the idea of Circulating Schools, which were held in one location for about three months before moving on to another. Schools were run in barns and storehouses and, in one case, a windmill. The language of instruction was Welsh, the language of the people and the teaching was done mainly through religious texts. ….
1735 Robert Walpole becomes the first British "Prime Minister" (actually First Lord of the Treasury) to live at 10 Downing Street. ….
The London-based Welsh Society 'Y Cymmrodorion' was established on 22nd September 1751. The name is taken from the Welsh: cyn-frodorion, meaning earliest natives. The Society was founded by the Morris brothers (Lewis and Richard) from Anglesey, mainly as a philanthropic, social group to promote Welsh culture and literature within the Welsh community living London, however, its membership is open to all, with currently, two-thirds of its members coming from Wales.
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1776 Nathan Hale, an American spy during the Revolutionary War, is executed by the British for espionage. ….
The Gresford Disaster occurred on 22nd September 1934 at the Gresford Colliery, near Wrexham. This remains one of Britain's worst ever coal mining disasters, which resulted in the death of 266 men and boys when a massive explosion ripped through the mine. There were only 6 survivors and only 11 of the victim's bodies were ever recovered. The cause of the disaster was never proven, but the inquiry suggested many contributory factors, which included poor mine management and safety procedures.
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1955 Commercial television begins in the UK with the launch of ITV, which soon airs the first advert on UK TV for Gibbs SR toothpaste.
The BBC counters by airing a melodramatic episode of their soap opera The Archers on BBC radio at the same time in which core character Grace Archer is fatally injured in a fire. …
1975 Sara Jane Moore attempts to assassinate President Gerald Ford in San Francisco.
Day of Partisan Glory is an official remembrance day observed in Ukraine on September 22. It was officially established in 2001 by President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma to honor the heroes of the Ukrainian resistance movement during the Second World War.
22 Sep 1965 San Francisco band The Great Society, featuring Grace Slick and her then-husband Jerry Slick on drums, made their live debut at The Coffee Gallery, North Beach, California.
