Historical Events for 26th September 2022

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1810 - A new Act of Succession is adopted by the Riksdag of the Estates and Jean Baptiste Bernadotte becomes heir to the Swedish throne.
1835 - Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" premieres at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (now Italy)
1933 - Sidney Kingsley's "Men in White" premieres in NYC
1953 - KERO TV channel 23 in Bakersfield, CA (CBS/NBC) begins broadcasting
1955 - NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929
1957 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1963 - 1st edition of NYC Review of Books
1970 - A groups of Protestant youths attack the Catholic Unity Flats as rioting continues in the Protestant Shankill Road area
1982 - "Doll's Life" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 5 performances
1992 - 1st time a positional player pitches for NY Mets, Phil Pecota, in 19-2 lose to Pirates

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