It happened on… September 22

Volkswagen admits to knowingly rigging the emissions software in 11 million cars.

J.J. Abrams' series “Lost,” starring Matthew Fox and Evangeline Lilly, premieres on ABC.

The series “The West Wing,” created by Alan Sorkin and starring Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, and Richard Schiff, premieres on NBC.

The sitcom “Friends” premieres on NBC. The show will run until 2004.

"Baywatch," starring David Hasselhoff and Pamela Anderson, premieres on NBC.

The TV series “Family Ties,” starring Michael J. Fox, premieres on NBC.

The TGV is inaugurated in France. The train connects Paris and Lyon.

The TV series “Charlie's Angels,” starring Farrah Fawcett, Kate Jackson, and Jaclyn Smith, premieres on ABC.

The first F1 race is held at Mont-Tremblant in the Laurentians: the Players Grand Prix of Canada.

Expo 67 sets an attendance record with 42,973,561 visitors, eclipsing the previous record set in Brussels in 1958.

The first vehicles cross the Quebec Bridge.

The first issue of National Geographic magazine is published.

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln announces that all slaves in all states will be free on January 1.

The First French Republic is formed by the National Convention, overthrowing the monarchy.

Molière's L'amour Médecin premiered in Paris (Versailles).