Today is Monday, Sept. 22, the 265th day of 2025. Today in history:On Sept. 22, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all enslaved people in Confederate states should be freed as of Jan. 1, 1863, if the states did not end the fighting and rejoin the Union. In 1985, rock and country music artists participated in “Farm Aid,” a concert staged in Champaign, Illinois, to help the nation’s farmers. Rock singer David Coverdale (Deep Purple, Whitesnake) is 74. Country singer June Forester (The Forester Sisters) is 69.