September 10
September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). There are 112 days following it.
Events
- 1419 - John of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
- 1608 - John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
- 1776 - American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy.
- 1798 - At the Battle of St. George, British Honduras defeats Spain.
- 1813 - The U.S. defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
- 1823 - Simón Bolívar is named President of Peru.
- 1846 - Elias Howe gets a patent for the sewing machine.
- 1858 - George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
- 1897 - In the Lattimer Massacre, a sheriff's posse killes more than nineteen unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, United States.
- 1898 - Empress Elizabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
- 1913 - The first paved coast-to-coast U.S. highway opens.
- 1919 - Austria and the Allies sign the Treaty of Saint-Germain recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
- 1927 - France had its first Davis Cup win, though it had competed since 1905.
- 1932 - The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned "IND", is opened.
- 1939 - The submarine HMS Oxley is sunk by mistake by the submarine HMS Triton off the coast of Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss in the Second World War.
- 1939 - Canada declares war on Nazi Germany.
- 1942 - The Allies carry out an amphibious landing at Majunga, north-west Madagascar, to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
- 1943 - German forces began their occupation of Rome during World War II.
- 1945 - Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaboration with Nazi Germany.
- 1951 - United Kingdom began an economic boycott of Iran.
- 1960 - Mickey Mantle hits what is thought to be the Major League baseball's longest home run, sending the ball an estimated 643 feet.
- 1963 - 20 African-American students enter public schools in the U.S. state of Alabama.
- 1967 - The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
- 1972 - The United States loses its first international basketball game in a disputed match versus the Soviet Union at Munich, Germany.
- 1974 - Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
- 1976 - A British Airways Trident and a Yugoslav DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia killing 176
- 1977 - Last execution by Guillotine in France. Hamida Djandoubi, convicted for torture and murder, was executed at Baumettes Prison in Marseille.
- 1990 - The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire – the largest church in Africa and perhaps the world – is consecrated by Pope John Paul II.
- 2001 - Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001
- 2002 - Switzerland, known for its neutrality, finally joins the United Nations.
- 2002 - The U.S. Homeland Security Advisory System is set to Orange, or High Condition, for the first time.
- 2003 - Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of Sweden, is stabbed fatally while shopping, and dies of her wounds on September 11.
Births
- 920 - King Louis IV of France (d. 954)
- 1487 - Pope Julius III (d. 1555)
- 1550 - Alonso de Guzman El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, commander of the Spanish Armada (d. 1615)
- 1588 - Nicholas Lanier, English composer (d. 1666)
- 1624 - Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d. 1689)
- 1638 - Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of Louis XIV of France (d. 1683)
- 1714 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)
- 1758 - Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d. 1840)
- 1788 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaelogist (d. 1868)
- 1839 - Isaac Kauffman Funk, American publisher (d. 1912)
- 1844 - Abel Hoadley, inventor of quintessential Australian confectionery, the Violet Crumble (d. 1918)
- 1852 - Alice Brown Davis, Seminole chief (d. 1935)
- 1866 - Jeppe Aakjær, Danish writer (d. 1930)
- 1886 - Hilda Doolittle, American poet and novelist (d. 1961)
- 1890 - Elsa Schiaparelli, French couturiere (d. 1973)
- 1890 - Franz Werfel, poet and author(d. 1945)
- 1892 - Arthur Compton, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
- 1897 - Hilde Hildebrand, German actress (d. 1976)
- 1907 - Fay Wray, Canadian actress (d. 2004)
- 1914 - Robert Wise, American film director (d. 2005)
- 1915 - Edmond O'Brien, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1917 - Miguel Serrano, Chilean author and diplomat
- 1920 - Fabio Taglioni, Italian motorcycle engineer (d. 2001)
- 1922 - Yma Sumac, Peruvian singer
- 1929 - Arnold Palmer, American golfer
- 1931 - Philip Baker Hall, American actor
- 1933 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (d. 2000)
- 1934 - Roger Maris, baseball player (d. 1985)
- 1934 - Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d. 1997)
- 1938 - Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer
- 1941 - Christopher Hogwood, English conductor
- 1941 - Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese inventor and video game designer (d. 1997)
- 1941 - Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (d. 2002)
- 1943 - Eldridge Coleman ("Superstar" Billy Graham), professional wrestler
- 1945 - Jose Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer
- 1946 - Jim Hines, American athlete
- 1946 - Don Powell, English drummer (Slade)
- 1948 - Bob Lanier, American basketball player
- 1948 - Tony Gatlif, Algerian-born director
- 1949 - Bill O'Reilly, American journalist, author, and commentator
- 1949 - Don Muraco, professional wrestler
- 1950 - Joe Perry, American musician (Aerosmith)
- 1953 - Amy Irving, American actress
- 1957 - Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer (Bananarama and Shakespear's Sister)
- 1958 - Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor
- 1958 - Chris Columbus, American film director
- 1959 - Peter Nelson, American actor
- 1960 - Colin Firth, English actor
- 1963 - Randy Johnson, baseball player
- 1968 - Guy Ritchie, British film director
- 1968 - Big Daddy Kane, American rapper
- 1969 - Jonathon Schaech, American actor
- 1970 - Robert Green, American football player
- 1971 - Agus Susanto, Telkom Orbit Analyst
- 1972 - Ghada Shouaa, Syrian athlete
- 1973 - Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
- 1974 - Ryan Phillippe, American actor
- 1974 - Ben Wallace, American basketball player
- 1976 - Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
- 1980 - Mikey Way, American bassist (My Chemical Romance)
Deaths
- 918 - Count Baldwin II of Flanders (b. 865)
- 954 - King Louis IV of France (b. 920)
- 1308 - Emperor Go-Nijō, emperor of Japan (b. 1285)
- 1419 - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (assassinated) (b. 1371)
- 1519 - John Colet, English churchman and educator
- 1559 - Anthony Denny, confidant of King Henry VIII of England (b. 1501)
- 1591 - Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (b. 1542)
- 1604 - William Morgan, Welsh Bible translator (b. 1545)
- 1607 - Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Italian composer and organist (b. 1545)
- 1669 - Henrietta Maria, queen of Charles I of England (b. 1609)
- 1676 - Gerrard Winstanley, English religious reformer (b. 1609)
- 1680 - Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato (b. 1610)
- 1749 - Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1706)
- 1759 - Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian explorer (b. 1703)
- 1797 - Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b. 1759)
- 1851 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator (b. 1787)
- 1867 - Simon Sechter, Austrian composer (b. 1788)
- 1898 - Elisabeth of Austria (assassinated) (b. 1837)
- 1935 - Huey Long, American politician (b. 1893)
- 1948 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (b. 1861)
- 1961 - Leo Carrillo, American actor (b. 1880)
- 1965 - Father Divine, American religious leader (b. 1880)
- 1966 - Emil Gumbel, German mathematician and pacifist (b. 1891)
- 1975 - George Paget Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
- 1976 - Dalton Trumbo, American writer (b. 1905)
- 1979 - Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician (b. 1922)
- 1983 - Felix Bloch, Swiss-born physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
- 1983 - John Vorster, Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1915)
- 1985 - Jock Stein, Scottish football player and manager (b. 1922)
- 1996 - Joanne Dru, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1997 - Jack Adkisson, professional wrestler (b. 1929)
- 1999 - Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (b. 1927)
- 2004 - Brock Adams, American politician (b. 1927)
Holidays
- Calendar of Saints - Virgin of the Wonders; Nicholas of Tolentino
Also see September 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Gibraltar - National Day
- World Suicide Prevention Day
- Software Freedom Day
- Teacher's Day In China
See also
- 10 September was the name of a communist faction in Turkey.
Day of the child in HOnduras
External links
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