September 22Damage from the great fire of Smyrna1586 Eighty Years' War: Spanish forces defeated an Anglo-Dutch army at the Battle of Zutphen.1914 World War I: German naval forces bombarded Papeete in French Polynesia and sank a French gunboat.1922 After nine days, the great fire of Smyrna was extinguished (aftermath pictured), having caused at least ten thousand deaths.1975 Sara Jane Moore attempted to assassinate U.S. president Gerald Ford, but failed due to unfamiliarity with her weapon.2014 The NASA spacecraft MAVEN entered into orbit around Mars to study the planet's atmosphere.SelimI (d.1520)John Biddle (d.1662)Gladys Berejiklian (b.1970)Coco Yoshizawa (b.2009)More anniversaries: September 21September 22September 23ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout