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September 22nd 1692 : In this town was the largest number of "witches" were hanged at one time - six women and a man. What town was this?

Salem. Salem's early history was darkened by the witchcraft trials of 1692, in which Samuel Sewall was a judge; many of the victims came from the part of Salem that now is Danvers.

September 22nd 1711 : The settlers on Chowan and Roanoke Rivers in Carolina were massacred by these Native Americans.

Tuscarora. The Tuscaroras, related to the Iroquois, lived in north Carolina, where they maintained friendly relations with the colonists. Trouble began when the white settlers began to take advantage of the Tuscaroras, encroaching on their farmland, cheating them in trade, and in some cases kidnapping and selling their children into slavery. In the end, the Tuscarora were at their time brutally massacred and the surviving Tuscaroras migrated to New York, where in 1722 they became the sixth nation in the Iroquois League.

September 22nd 1776 : This American spy says "I regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" when he was hung without a trial by the British troops.

Nathan Hale. He volunteered for the dangerous mission of getting information about the British forces on Long Island, where he went in the natural disguise of a schoolmaster. He was discovered, captured, and hanged without trial.

September 22nd 1912 : This scientist invents the regenerator; because of which an amplification device makes a radio transmissions possible.

Howard Armstrong. Armstrong was one of the greatest engineers of the 20th century. He had three important inventions : regeneration, superheterodyning, and frequency modulation

September 22nd 1885 : Birthday of this Austrian-American film director, writer, and actor. He came to the United States in 1909, and his first appearance as an actor was in Griffith's "Birth of a Nation". He died in 1957.

Eric von Stroheim. His classic silent "Greed" (1923) is considered a masterpiece. Unfortunately it lasts seven hours could not be shown commercially until it was severely cut.

September 22nd 1950 : The first nonstop transatlantic jet flight across the Atlantic from UK arrives in which American state?

Maine. With an average speed of 330 mph Col. David C. Schilling (USAF) makes the first nonstop transatlantic jet flight in just 10 hours and 1 minute

September 22nd 1964 : This musicial opens at the Majestic Theatre, N.Y. starting a 3,242 performance run.

Fiddler on the Roof. Set in 1905, "Fiddler on the Roof" takes place in Anatevka, a small Jewish village in Russia. The story revolves around the dairyman Tevye and his attempts to preserve his family's traditions in the face of a changing world.

September 22nd 1969 : Willie Mays becomes the second baseball player after Babe Ruth to hit over how many home runs in his career?

600. Willie Mays, the "Say Hey Kid," played with enthusiasm and exuberance while excelling in all phases of the game — hitting for average and power, fielding, throwing and baserunning. His staggering career statistics also include 3,283 hits.

September 22nd 1980 : What war begins as Iraq lays siege to southwest Iran cities?

Iran-Iraq war. The Iran-Iraq War was multifaceted and included religious schisms, border disputes, and political differences.

September 22nd 1986 : A U.S. federal judge declares that this items now can be copyrighted. What item is this?

Computer chips. The issue raised in this appeal was whether a computer program, originating in copyrightable written form, continues to be protected by copyright when it is replicated in the circuitry of a silicon chip.