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Today in history - Capt. Nathan Hale was hanged by British
Today is Monday, Sept. 22, the 265th day of 2014. There are 100 days left in the year. Autumn arrives at 10:29 p.m. Eastern time.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Sept. 22, 1776, during the Revolutionary War, Capt. Nathan Hale, 21, was hanged as a spy by the British in New York.
On this date:
In 1761, Britain's King George III and his wife, Charlotte, were crowned in Westminster Abbey.
In 1792, the French Republic was proclaimed.
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 1927, Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous “long-count” fight in Chicago.
In 1938, the musical comedy revue “Hellzapoppin’,” starring Ole (OH’-lee) Olsen and Chic Johnson, began a three-year run on Broadway.
In 1949, the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb.
In 1950, Omar N. Bradley was promoted to the rank of five-star general, joining an elite group that included Dwight D. Eisenhower,
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Today in History: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy behind British lines in 1776
September 10th, 2013On September 10, 1776, General George Washington sought volunteers to gather intelligence about the British military behind enemy lines. Captain Nathan Hale agreed to serve as a spy and undertook a reconnaissance mission for two weeks before he was captured and executed by the British.
Nathan Hale enlisted in the Army at just 20 years old, after graduating from Yale College and working as a schoolteacher in Connecticut. On September 12, Hale disguised himself as a Dutch schoolmaster and was ferried to New York City to begin his espionage mission for Washington. Hale gathered intelligence about British troop movements for two weeks but was captured by Major Robert Rogers on September 21. The precise details of Hale’s capture are disputed, with some accounts suggesting that his loyalist cousin, Samuel Hale, turned him in to the British, while others suggest Rogers tricked Hale by pretending to be a Patriot sympathizer.
After his capture, Hale was interrogated by British General William Howe and sentenced to death when incriminating documents were found in his possession. Hale’s last words were reportedly, “I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country,” though se