On This Day: Thursday September 22, 2005 This is the 265th day of the year, with 100 days remaining in 2005. Fact of the Day: autumn, fall Autumn or Fall is regarded as the third season of the year, from the descending or autumnal equinox to the winter solstice, approximately September 21 to December 21. Chaucer first used the word autumn c 1374, which is derived from Latin autumnus/auctumnus. The use of fall to mean autumn in North American English comes from the phrase "fall of the leaf" and it came into use by 1545 for this time of year when the leaves fall from the trees. The term autumn is still preferred in British English. Holidays Laos: Ho Khao Slak. Puerto Rico: Grito de Lares Day. Events 1656 - First all-woman jury was empaneled in the American colonies, at Patuxent, Maryland. 1789 - U.S. Congress authorized the office of Postmaster-General. 1862 - President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary emancipation proclamation calling for all slaves within the rebel states to be freed on January 1, 1863. 1914 - German submarine, the U-9, sank three British cruisers, the Aboukir, the Hogue, and the Cressy, in just over one hour. 1921 - The Band-Aid was invented. 1945 - President Harry Truman accepted the U.S. Secretary of War's recommendation to call the war, World War II. 1947 - First automatic-pilot flight over the Atlantic Ocean was made. 1949 - Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb. 1950 - Omar N. Bradley was promoted to the rank of five-star general, in the U.S. Army. 1958 - Sherman Adams, assistant to U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, resigned amid charges of improperly using his influence to help a businessman. 1959 - First telephone cable linking Europe and the United States was opened. 1961 - The Peace Corps was established by President John F. Kennedy when he signed the Congressional act. 1964 - "Fiddler on the Roof" opened on Broadway. 1969 - Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants became the first baseball player since Babe Ruth to hit 600 home runs. 1970 - President Richard M. Nixon signed a bill giving the District of Columbia representation in the U.S. Congress. 1975 - Sara Jane Moore attempted to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel, the second assassination attempt on him in less than three weeks. 1976 - "Charlie's Angels" premiered on TV. 1980 - Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war. 1981 - The world's fastest train, the France TGV, took its inaugural run from Paris to Lyons. 1994 - "Friends" premiered on television. Births 1515 - Anne of Cleves, fourth wife of Henry VIII. 1791 - Michael Faraday, British chemist/physicist and inventor of the dynamo, transformer, and electric motor. 1902 - John Houseman (Haussmann), American actor. 1929 - Tommy Lasorda, American professional baseball manager, coach, pitcher. Deaths 1776 - Captain Nathan Hale, American Revolutionary patriot, hanged by the British for spying. 1828 - Shaka, African ruler and founder of the Zulu Kingdom, murdered by his half-brother Dingane. 1989 - American songwriter and composer Irving Berlin. 2001 - Russian-born American violinist Isaac Stern.