September 22: What Happened on This Day in History (High_school Level)?

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1. 1499 - Treaty of Basel: Switzerland becomes an independent state
2. 1862 - Slavery in the United States: a preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.
3. 1888 - The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
4. 1896 - Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
5. 1910 - The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
6. 1960 - The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
7. 1975 - Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by Oliver Sipple.
8. 1979 - The Vela Incident (also known as the South Atlantic Flash) is observed near Bouvet Island, thought to be a nuclear weapons test
9. 1991 - The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time by the Huntington Library.
10. 2011 - CERN scientists announce their discovery of neutrinos breaking the speed of light
11. Famous Birthdays: Michael Faraday (English scientist), Gunnar Asplund (Swedish architect), James Lawson (American civil rights activist), Bonnie Hunt (American actress), Tom Felton (English actor)

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