Today is Saturday, Sept. 22, the 265th day of 2018. Autumn arrives at 9:54 p.m. Eastern time.
Todays Highlight in History:
On Sept. 22, 1949, the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb.
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of Jan. 1, 1863.
In 1911, pitcher Cy Young, 44, gained his 511th and final career victory as he hurled a 1-0 shutout for the Boston Rustlers against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Forbes Field.
In 1985, rock and country music artists participated in FarmAid, a concert staged in Champaign, Illinois, to help the nations farmers.
Thought for Today: I saw old Autumn in the misty morn/ Stand shadowless like silence, listening/ To silence. Thomas Hood, English author (1799-1845).
