Today in History: India and Pakistan cease-fire goes into effect, ending the Indo-Pakistani War

The following are some of the major events which occurred on September 22:

1692 - Last people hanged for witchcraft (8) in the US, 19 hanged overall, with six other deaths during Salem Witch Trials.

1792 - French First Republic formed by the National Convention, stripping the French king of his powers.

1862 - US President Abraham Lincoln issues preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, threatening to free all enslaved people in the rebel southern states if those states fail to re-join the Union by January 1, 1863.

1965 - India and Pakistan cease-fire goes into effect, ending the Indo-Pakistani War.

1975 - Sara Jane Moore attempts to assassinate US President Gerald Ford, the second attempt on his life in less than three weeks.

1980 - The Iran-Iraq War began when Iraqi armed forces invaded western Iran along the countries' joint border; fighting continued until 1988, and a formal peace agreement was signed in 1990.