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September 22

3 sourced moments from September 22 in history: Michael Faraday was born in 1791 and began as a bookbinder; Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation (1862); and The Iran-Iraq War began (1980).

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3 things happened on September 22

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1980 History · War & Conflict

The Iran-Iraq War began

Iraqi jets and tanks swept into Iran, opening one of the 20th century's longest and bloodiest conventional wars.

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1862 History · Modern

Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

Five days after Antietam, Lincoln warned the rebel states: free your enslaved people by January, or the Union will.

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1791 Science · Physics

Michael Faraday was born in 1791 and began as a bookbinder

Born in 1791 to a London blacksmith, Faraday bound books for seven years before a set of lecture notes won him a job with Humphry Davy.

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