Today in History: September 22: In 1957, Haitian women were allowed to vote for the first time; In 1776 Capt. Nathan Hale, 21, was hanged as a spy by the British; In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation; In 1975, Sara Jane Moore fired two shots in an attempt to assassinate President Gerald R. Ford; In 1980, the Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into a full-scale war; In 1985, rock and country music artists participated in the “Farm Aid,” concert.