On This Day

September 22nd

1789 the US Post Office was established. 1863 President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech. 1893 1st auto built in US runs in Springfield (built by Duryea brothers) 1903 Patent is granted for the Ice Cream Cone.          the Autumn Harvest Festival in Wheaton, Illinois.

Birthdays

1791 Michael Faraday, discovered principle of the electric motor. 1885 Erich von Stroheim, early film director