On This Day for September 22 - Solidarity formed, Michael Faraday is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. September 22 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Michael Faraday READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1980 Solidarity formed READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2015: American baseball player, manager, and coach Yogi Berra, who won a record 10 World Series while a catcher with the New York Yankees and was known for his unintentionally amusing non sequiters, died at age 90. [Take our baseball quiz.] 2002: Hundreds of thousands of rural protesters converged on London to demonstrate in favour of foxhunting, which two years later the House of Commons banned in England and Wales. [ Sort fact from fiction in our English culture and customs quiz.] 1999: The dramatic series The West Wing, which was created by Aaron Sorkin, debuted on American television; it enjoyed high ratings with its depiction of the inner workings of the administration of a fictional U.S. president. [ Test your knowledge of pop culture.] 1994: The first episode of Friends aired on NBC, and the show became one of the most popular sitcoms in the United States. [Read about 10 of the best American sitcoms, including Friends.] 1958: Italian opera tenor Andrea Bocelli, who was noted for his unique blend of opera and pop music, was born. [Test your knowledge of opera.] 1922: Chinese-born American theoretical physicist Chen Ning Yang, corecipient with Tsung-Dao Lee of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957, was born. [ Take our quiz about the Nobel Prize.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1976 Ronaldo Brazilian athlete 1958 Andrea Bocelli Italian singer 1791 Michael Faraday British physicist and chemist 1906 Ilse Koch German war criminal 1957 Nick Cave Australian musician and author 1515 Anne of Cleves queen of England SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2020 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help