On September 22, 1994, the television sitcom Friends, about six young adults living in New York City, debuts on NBC.

An Amtrak train headed to Miami derails near Mobile, Alabama, killing 47 people on September 22, 1993.

It started with an offhand remark made by Bob Dylan during his performance at Live Aid, the massive fundraising concert held at Wembley Stadium, London, and JFK Stadium, Philadelphia, in the early summer of 1985.

In an important victory for his Cold War foreign policy, President John F.

The first advertisement on British television appeared on this day showing a tube of ‘tingling fresh’ toothpaste in a block of ice. But all was not as it seemed

On September 22, 1953, the first four-level (or “stack”) interchange in the world opens in Los Angeles, California, at the intersection of the Harbor, Hollywood, Pasadena, and Santa Ana freeways.

In the North Sea, the German U-9 submarine sinks three British cruisers, the Aboukir, the Hogue and the Cressy, in just over one hour.

In New York City on September 22, 1776, Nathan Hale, a Connecticut schoolteacher and captain in the Continental Army, is executed by the British for spying.