So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

September 22nd


- American Business Women's Day (United States)
- Car-Free Day (Europe and Montreal, Canada)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Earliest date for the autumnal equinox:
French Republican New Year, the first day ("Grape") in the Month of Vendémiaire. (French Revolution)
- Harvest Festival, celebrated on Harvest Moon, the full moon nearest to the autumnal equinox. (Britain)
- Mabon in the northern hemisphere, Ostara in the southern hemisphere. (Neopagan Wheel of the Year)
- The first day of Mi?e?i (ancient Latvia)
- Chuseok, the Korean harvest festival, celebrated on the Harvest Moon. One of the major Korean holidays. (South Korea)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Bulgaria from the Ottoman Empire in 1908.
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Mali from France in 1960.
- OneWebDay
- Some Latter Day Saints recognise it as "Trumpet Day," or the day that Joseph Smith received the golden plates, which later became The Book of Mormon, from the angel Moroni.

September 22nd


- 2003 - David Hempleman-Adams becomes the first person to cross the Atlantic Ocean in an open-air, wicker-basket hot air balloon.
- 1995 - An E-3B AWACS crashes outside Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska after multiple bird strikes to two of the four engines soon after takeoff; all 24 on board are killed.
- 1995 - Nagerkovil school bombing, is carried out by Sri Lankan Air Force in which at least 34 die, most of them ethnic Tamil school children.
- 1993 - A barge strikes a railroad bridge near Mobile, Alabama, causing the deadliest train wreck in Amtrak history. 47 passengers are killed.
- 1993 - A Transair Georgian Airlines Tu-154 is shot down by a missile in Sukhumi, Georgia.
- 1991 - The Dead Sea Scrolls are made available to the public for the first time by the Huntington Library.
- 1980 - Iraq invades Iran.
- 1979 - The Vela Incident (also known as the South Atlantic Flash) is observed near Bouvet Island, thought to be a nuclear weapons test.
- 1975 - Sara Jane Moore tries to assassinate U.S. President Gerald Ford, but is foiled by Oliver Sipple.
- 1965 - The Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 (also known as the Second Kashmir War) between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, ends after the UN calls for a cease-fire.
- 1960 - The Sudanese Republic is renamed Mali after the withdrawal of Senegal from the Mali Federation.
- 1955 - In the United Kingdom, the television channel ITV goes live for the first time.
- 1944 - World War II: the Red Army enters Tallinn.
- 1941 - World War II: On Jewish New Year Day, the German SS murder 6,000 Jews in Vinnytsya, Ukraine. Those are the survivors of the previous killings that took place a few days earlier in which about 24,000 Jews were executed.
- 1939 - Joint victory parade of Wehrmacht and Red Army in Brest-Litovsk at the end of the Invasion of Poland.
- 1937 - Spanish Civil War: Peña Blanca is taken; the end of the Battle of El Mazuco.
- 1934 - An explosion takes place at Gresford Colliery in Wales, leading to the deaths of 266 miners and rescuers.
- 1927 - Jack Dempsey loses the "Long Count" boxing match to Gene Tunney.
- 1919 - The steel strike of 1919, led by the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers, begins in Pennsylvania before spreading across the United States.
- 1910 - The Duke of York's Picture House opens in Brighton, now the oldest continually operating cinema in Britain.
- 1908 - The independence of Bulgaria is proclaimed.
- 1896 - Queen Victoria surpasses her grandfather King George III as the longest reigning monarch in British history.
- 1893 - The first American-made automobile, built by the Duryea Brothers, is displayed.
- 1888 - The first issue of National Geographic Magazine is published.
- 1885 - Lord Randolph Churchill makes a speech in Ulster in opposition to Home Rule.
- 1869 - Richard Wagner's opera Das Rheingold premieres in Munich.
- 1866 - Battle of Curupaity in the War of the Triple Alliance.
- 1862 - Slavery in the United States: a preliminary version of the Emancipation Proclamation is released.
- 1851 - The city of Des Moines, Iowa is incorporated as Fort Des Moines.
- 1823 - Joseph Smith, Jr. claims that he was directed by God through the Angel Moroni to the place where the Golden plates were buried.
- 1792 - Primidi Vendémiaire of year 1 of the French Republican Calendar.
- 1789 - The office of United States Postmaster General is established.
- 1789 - Battle of Rymnik establishes Alexander Suvorov as a pre-eminent Russian military commander after his allied army defeat superior Ottoman Empire forces.
- 1784 - Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska.
- 1776 - Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution.
- 1761 - George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz are crowned King and Queen, respectively, of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
- 1692 - Last people hanged for witchcraft in Britain's North American colonies.
- 1598 - Ben Jonson is indicted for manslaughter.
- 1586 - Battle of Zutphen: Spanish victory over England and Dutch.
- 1499 - Treaty of Basel: Switzerland becomes an independent state.
- 1236 - The Lithuanians and Semigallians defeat the Livonian Brothers of the Sword in the Battle of Saule.
- 66 - Emperor Nero creates the Legion I Italica.

September 22nd


- 1993 - Chase Ellison, American actor
- 1990 - Denard Robinson, American football player
- 1989 - Cœur de pirate, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1989 - Hyoyeon, South Korean singer (Girls' Generation)
- 1988 - Bethany Dillon, American musician
- 1987 - Derick Brassard, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 - Tom Felton, English actor
- 1985 - Matteo Cavagna, Italian footballer
- 1985 - Faris Haroun, Belgian footballer
- 1984 - Theresa Fu, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1984 - Eduardo Rubio, Chilean footballer
- 1984 - Laura Vandervoort, Canadian actress
- 1982 - Mandy Chiang, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1982 - Kosuke Kitajima, Japanese swimmer
- 1982 - Billie Piper, English singer and actress
- 1982 - Maarten Stekelenburg, Dutch footballer
- 1981 - Subaru Shibutani, Japanese singer (Kanjani8)
- 1981 - Ashley Eckstein, American film and television actress
- 1980 - Ray Foley, Irish radio personality
- 1980 - Fernanda Tavares, Brazilian model
- 1979 - Emilie Autumn, American singer and musician
- 1979 - Swin Cash, American basketball player
- 1979 - Michael Graziadei, American actor
- 1978 - Ed Joyce, Irish-English cricketer
- 1978 - Harry Kewell, Australian soccer player
- 1977 - Paul Sculthorpe, English rugby league footballer
- 1976 - David Berkeley, American singer-songwriter
- 1976 - Ronaldo, Brazilian Footballer
- 1975 - Ethan Moreau, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1975 - Svilen Noev, Bulgarian singer-songwriter
- 1975 - Roberto Flores, Chicano rapper and music producer
- 1974 - Bob Sapp, American boxer and kickboxer
- 1974 - Yoo Chae-yeong, South Korean singer and actress
- 1972 - Dana Vespoli, American porn actress
- 1971 - Elizabeth Bear, American author
- 1971 - Chesney Hawkes, English singer
- 1971 - Princess Märtha Louise of Norway
- 1970 - Mike Matheny, American baseball player
- 1970 - Mystikal, American rapper
- 1970 - Rupert Penry-Jones, British actor
- 1970 - Emmanuel Petit, French footballer
- 1969 - Matt Sharp, American musician (Weezer, The Rentals)
- 1969 - Tuomas Kantelinen, Finnish composer
- 1967 - Matt Besser, American comedian
- 1967 - Rickard Rydell, Swedish racing driver
- 1967 - Félix Savón, Cuban boxer
- 1967 - Kim Watkins, Australian television presenter
- 1966 - Moustafa Amar, Egyptian singer
- 1966 - Stefan Rehn, Swedish footballer
- 1966 - Mike Richter, American ice hockey player
- 1965 - Mark Guthrie, American baseball player
- 1965 - Robert Satcher, American Astronaut
- 1965 - Andy Cairns, Irish musician
- 1965 - Tony Drago, Maltese snooker player
- 1964 - Juha Turunen, Finnish politician turned criminal
- 1964 - Dr. Liam Fox, British politician
- 1962 - Normand D'Amour, Canadian actor
- 1962 - Diogo Mainardi, Brazilian writer
- 1961 - Vince Coleman, American baseball player
- 1961 - Bonnie Hunt, American actress
- 1961 - Diane Lemieux, Canadian politician
- 1961 - Catherine Oxenberg, British actress
- 1961 - Marq Torien, American Rock singer (BulletBoys)
- 1961 - Michael Torke, American composer
- 1960 - Ernest Martin, American convicted murderer (d. 2003)
- 1960 - Scott Baio, American actor
- 1959 - Tai Babilonia, American figure skater
- 1959 - Pope Michael, American anti-pope
- 1958 - Andrea Bocelli, Italian tenor
- 1958 - Neil Cavuto, American television commentator
- 1958 - Joan Jett, American rock-and-roll singer
- 1957 - Nick Cave, Australian musician
- 1957 - Johnette Napolitano, American musician
- 1957 - Giuseppe Saronni, Italian cyclist
- 1956 - Debby Boone, American singer
- 1956 - Masayuki Suzuki, Japanese singer (Rats & Star)
- 1955 - Jeffrey Leonard, Major League baseball player
- 1954 - Shari Belafonte, American singer, actor, model
- 1954 - Randy Lanier, American racing driver and convicted drug trafficker
- 1953 - Ségolène Royal, French politician
- 1952 - Bob Goodlatte, American politician
- 1952 - Paul Le Mat, American actor
- 1952 - Gary Holton, English actor and musician (d. 1985)
- 1952 - M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra, Thai politician, current Governor of Bangkok
- 1951 - David Coverdale, English singer
- 1950 - Kirka, Finnish singer (d. 2007)
- 1949 - Jim Keith, American conspiracy theorist and author (d. 1999)
- 1949 - James Cartwright, American military general
- 1949 - Jim McGinty, Australian politician
- 1948 - Denis Burke, Australian politician
- 1948 - Jim Byrnes, American actor and musician
- 1947 - Robert Morace, American writer
- 1946 - King Sunny Ade, Nigerian singer
- 1946 - Dan Baker, American public address announcer
- 1946 - Larry Dierker, American baseball player and manager
- 1944 - Brian Gibson, British film director (d. 2004)
- 1943 - Toni Basil, American singer
- 1942 - David Stern, American basketball commissioner
- 1941 - Jeremiah Wright, American pastor
- 1940 - Anna Karina, Danish born actress
- 1939 - Gilbert Earl Patterson, American minister (d. 2007)
- 1939 - Junko Tabei, Japanese mountaineer, first female to summit Mount Everest
- 1938 - Gene Mingo, American football player
- 1936 - Maurice Evans, English footballer and manager (d. 2000)
- 1934 - Lute Olson, American basketball coach
- 1934 - Jack McGregor, American lawyer and politician
- 1933 - T. Cullen Davis, American oil heir and accused murderer
- 1932 - Ingemar Johansson, Swedish boxer (d. 2009)
- 1931 - Fay Weldon, British feminist
- 1931 - George Younger, 4th Viscount Younger of Leckie, British politician (d. 2003)
- 1931 - Manzoor Ahmad, Pakistani philosopher
- 1930 - P. B. Sreenivas, Indian Play-back singer
- 1929 - Serge Garant, French Canadian conductor (d. 1986)
- 1928 - Eric Broadley, MBE, British automotive engineer (Lola Cars)
- 1928 - James Lawson, American minister and civil rights activist
- 1928 - Eugene Roche, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1927 - Gordon Astall, English footballer
- 1927 - Colette Deréal, French singer and actress (d. 1988)
- 1927 - Tommy Lasorda, American baseball manager
- 1926 - Leila Hadley, American travel writer and socialite (d. 2009)
- 1925 - Virginia Capers, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1924 - Charles Keeping, British illustrator (d. 1988)
- 1924 - Rosamunde Pilcher, English novelist
- 1923 - Dannie Abse, Welsh poet and writer
- 1922 - Chen Ning Yang, Chinese-born physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1920 - Eric Baker, British human rights activist (d. 1976)
- 1920 - Bob Lemon, American baseball player (d. 2000)
- 1920 - William H. Riker, American political scientist (d. 1993)
- 1920 - Anders Lassen, Danish military officer (d. 1945)
- 1918 - Hans Scholl, German anti-Nazi activist (d. 1943)
- 1918 - Henryk Szeryng, Polish-born violinist (d. 1988)
- 1915 - Arthur Lowe, British actor (d. 1982)
- 1912 - Martha Scott, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1912 - Herbert Mataré, German physicist and European co-inventor of the transistor
- 1910 - György Faludy, Hungarian poet (d. 2006)
- 1909 - John Engstead, American photographer (d. 1983)
- 1907 - Philip Fotheringham-Parker, British racing driver (d. 1981)
- 1907 - Hermann Schlichting, German fluid dynamics engineer (d. 1982)
- 1905 - Eugen Sänger, Austrian aerospace engineer (d. 1964)
- 1905 - Haakon Lie, Norwegian politician (d. 2009)
- 1904 - Ellen Church, American stewardess (d. 1965)
- 1903 - Joseph Valachi, American gangster (d. 1971)
- 1902 - John Houseman, Romanian-born actor (d. 1988)
- 1901 - Charles B. Huggins, Canadian-born scientist, Nobel laureate (d. 1997)
- 1900 - William Spratling, American silversmith (d. 1967)
- 1900 - Paul H. Emmett, American chemical engineer (d. 1985)
- 1898 - Katherine Alexander, American actress (d. 1981)
- 1896 - Henry Segrave, British racing driver (d. 1930)
- 1896 - Uri Zvi Grinberg, Israeli poet and journalist (d. 1981)
- 1895 - Paul Muni, Polish-born actor (d. 1967)
- 1892 - Billy West (silent film actor), American silent film actor (d. 1975)
- 1891 - Hans Albers, German actor and singer (d. 1960)
- 1889 - Hooks Dauss, American baseball player (d. 1963)
- 1885 - Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (d. 1940)
- 1885 - Ben Chifley, Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1951)
- 1885 - Erich von Stroheim, Austrian-born actor (d. 1957)
- 1882 - Wilhelm Keitel, German field marshal (d. 1946)
- 1880 - Dame Christabel Pankhurst, English suffragist (d. 1958)
- 1878 - Yoshida Shigeru, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1967)
- 1876 - André Tardieu, Prime Minister of France (d. 1945)
- 1875 - Mikalojus Konstantinas ?iurlionis, Lithuanian painter and composer (d. 1911)
- 1869 - Adrien-Maurice-Victurnien-Mathieu, 8th duc de Noailles (d. 1953)
- 1829 - T? ??c, Emperor of Vietnam (d. 1883)
- 1819 - Wilhelm Wattenbach, German historian (d. 1897)
- 1791 - Michael Faraday, English scientist (d. 1867)
- 1788 - Theodore Edward Hook, English author (d. 1841)
- 1765 - Paolo Ruffini, Italian mathematician (d. 1822)
- 1743 - Quintin Craufurd, British author (d. 1819)
- 1741 - Peter Simon Pallas, German zoologist (d. 1811)
- 1722 - John Home, Scottish writer (d. 1808)
- 1717 - Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (d. 1783)
- 1715 - Jean-Étienne Guettard, French physician and scientist (d. 1786)
- 1694 - Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, English statesman (d. 1773)
- 1680 - Barthold Heinrich Brockes, German poet (d. 1747)
- 1606 - Li Zicheng, emperor of China (d. 1645)
- 1601 - Anne of Austria, queen of Louis XIII of France (d. 1666)
- 1593 - Matthäus Merian, Swiss engraver (d. 1650)
- 1547 - Philipp Nikodemus Frischlin, German philologist and poet (d. 1590)
- 1515 - Anne of Cleves, wife of Henry VIII of England (d. 1557)