September 10
is the 253rd day of the year (254th in
leap years). There are 112 days following it.
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506 - The bishops of
Visigothic
Gaul meet in the
Council of Agde.
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1419 -
John of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future
Charles VII of France.
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1608 -
John Smith is elected council president of
Jamestown, Virginia.
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1776 -
American Revolutionary War:
Nathan Hale volunteers to spy.
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1798 - At the Battle of
St. George's Caye,
British Honduras defeats
Spain.
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1813 - The
U.S. defeats the British Fleet at the
Battle of Lake Erie during the
War of 1812.
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1823 -
Simón Bolívar is named President of
Peru.
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1846 -
Elias Howe gets a patent for the
sewing machine.
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1858 -
George Mary Searle discovers the
asteroid 55 Pandora.
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1897 - In the
Lattimer Massacre, a sheriff's posse kills more than nineteen unarmed immigrant miners in
Pennsylvania,
United States.
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1898 - Empress
Elizabeth of Austria is assassinated by
Luigi Lucheni.
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1913 - The first paved coast-to-coast
U.S. highway opens.
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1919 -
Austria and the Allies sign the
Treaty of Saint-Germain recognizing the independence of
Poland,
Hungary,
Czechoslovakia and
Yugoslavia.
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1927 -
France had its first
Davis Cup win, though it had competed since
1905.
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1932 - The
New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally-owned "IND", is opened.
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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.
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1942 - The Allies carry out an amphibious landing at Majunga, north-west Madagascar, to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the
Madagascar Campaign.
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1943 -
German forces began their occupation of
Rome during
World War II.
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1945 -
Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaboration with Nazi
Germany.
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1951 -
United Kingdom began an economic boycott of
Iran.
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1960 -
Mickey Mantle hits what is thought to be the Major League baseball's longest
home run, sending the ball an estimated 643 feet.
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1961 - At the
Formula One Italian Grand Prix in
Monza, a horrific crash at the 2nd lap of the race causes the death of German driver
Wolfgang Von Trips and 13 spectators hit by his
Ferrari.
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1963 - 20 African-American students enter public schools in the U.S. state of Alabama.
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1967 - The people of
Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of
Spain.
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1972 - The
United States loses its first international
basketball game in a disputed match versus the
Soviet Union at
Munich,
Germany.
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1974 -
Guinea-Bissau gains independence from
Portugal.
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1976 - A
British Airways Trident and an
Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near
Zagreb,
Yugoslavia, killing 176.
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1977 - Last
execution by
Guillotine in France.
Hamida Djandoubi, convicted for torture and murder, was executed at Baumettes Prison in
Marseille.
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1978 - At the
Formula One Italian Grand Prix in
Monza, just after the start a terrible crash involves many cars. Italian driver
Vittorio Brambilla is severely injured by a roaming wheels, but will recover some days later; Swedish driver
Ronnie Peterson seems injured less severely, but sadly he will die the day later in a
Milan hospital owing to fat embolism after the operation.
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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.
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1993 -
The X-Files premieres on
FOX*
1996 -
Austrian
inventor and
automotive pioneer Hans List, founder of
AVL List, dies
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2000 The last preformance of
CATS*
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.
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2003 -
Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of
Sweden, is stabbed fatally while shopping, and dies of her wounds on
September 11.
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1169 -
Alexius II Comnenus,
Byzantine Emperor (d.
1183)
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1487 -
Pope Julius III (d.
1555)
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1550 -
Alonso de Guzman El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, commander of the Spanish Armada (d.
1615)
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1588 -
Nicholas Lanier, English composer (d.
1666)
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1624 -
Thomas Sydenham, English physician (d.
1689)
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1638 -
Maria Theresa of Spain, queen of
Louis XIV of France (d.
1683)
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1659 -
Henry Purcell, English composer (d.
1695)
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1714 -
Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d.
1774)
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1758 -
Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d.
1840)
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1788 -
Jacques Boucher de Crèvec"ur de Perthes, French archaelogist (d.
1868)
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1836 -
Joseph Wheeler, Confederate Lt. General and United States General (d.
1906)
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1839 -
Isaac Kauffman Funk, American publisher (d.
1912)
* 1839 -
Charles Peirce, American philosopher
*
1844 -
Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (d.
1918)
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1852 -
Alice Brown Davis, Seminole chief (d.
1935)
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1861 -
Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (d.
1941)
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1866 -
Jeppe Aakjær, Danish writer (d.
1930)
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1886 -
Hilda Doolittle, American poet and novelist (d.
1961)
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1890 -
Elsa Schiaparelli, French couturiere (d.
1973)
* 1890 -
Franz Werfel, poet and author (d.
1945)
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1892 -
Arthur Compton, American physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
1962)
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1896 -
Ye Ting Chinese military leader (d. 1946 )
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1897 -
Hilde Hildebrand, German actress (d.
1976)
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1904 -
Max Shachtman, American
Trotskyist politician
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1907 -
Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (d. 1989)
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1914 -
Robert Wise, American film director (d.
2005)
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1915 -
Edmond O'Brien, American actor (d.
1985)
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1917 -
Miguel Serrano, Chilean author and diplomat
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1920 -
Fabio Taglioni, Italian motorcycle engineer (d.
2001)
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1922 -
Yma Sumac, Peruvian singer
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1928 -
Jean Vanier, Canadian humanitarian.
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1929 -
Arnold Palmer, American golfer
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1931 -
Philip Baker Hall, American actor
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1933 -
Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (d.
2000)
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1934 -
Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d.
1997)
* 1934 -
Roger Maris, baseball player (d.
1985)
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1938 -
Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer
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1941 -
Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (d.
2002)
* 1941 -
Christopher Hogwood, English conductor
* 1941 -
Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese inventor and video game designer (d.
1997)
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1943 -
Eldridge Coleman ("Superstar" Billy Graham), American professional wrestler
*
1945 -
Jose Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer
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1946 -
Jim Hines, American athlete
* 1946 -
Don Powell, English drummer (
Slade)
*
1948 -
Tony Gatlif, Algerian-born director
* 1948 -
Bob Lanier, American basketball player
*
1949 -
Don Muraco, professional wrestler
* 1949 -
Bill O'Reilly, American journalist, author, and commentator
*
1950 -
Joe Perry, American musician (
Aerosmith)
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1953 -
Amy Irving, American actress
*
1957 -
Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer (
Bananarama and
Shakespear's Sister)
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1958 -
Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor
* 1958 -
Chris Columbus, American film director
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1959 -
Peter Nelson, American actor
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1960 -
Colin Firth, English actor
* 1960 -
David Lowery, American musician (
Cracker (band))
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1963 -
Randy Johnson, American baseball player
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1966 -
Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian
ice hockey player
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1968 -
Big Daddy Kane, American rapper
* 1968 -
Guy Ritchie, British film director
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1969 -
Jonathon Schaech, American actor
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1970 -
Robert Green, English football player
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1972 -
Ghada Shouaa, Syrian athlete
* 1972 -
James Duval, American actor
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1973 -
Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
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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)
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918 - Count
Baldwin II of Flanders (b.
865)
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954 - King
Louis IV of France (b.
920)
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1167 -
Empress Matilda, wife of
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b.
1102)
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1197 -
Henry II of Champagne (b.
1166)
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1308 -
Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b.
1285)
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1419 -
John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (assassinated) (b.
1371)
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1519 -
John Colet, English churchman and educator
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1559 -
Anthony Denny, confidant of King
Henry VIII of England (b.
1501)
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1591 -
Richard Grenville, English soldier and explorer (b.
1542)
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1604 -
William Morgan, Welsh Bible translator (b.
1545)
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1607 -
Luzzasco Luzzaschi, Italian composer and organist (b.
1545)
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1669 -
Henrietta Maria, queen of
Charles I of England (b.
1609)
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1676 -
Gerrard Winstanley, English religious reformer (b.
1609)
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1680 -
Baldassare Ferri, Italian castrato (b.
1610)
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1749 -
Émilie du Châtelet, French mathematician and physicist (b.
1706)
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1759 -
Ferdinand Konščak, Croatian explorer (b.
1703)
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1797 -
Mary Wollstonecraft, English author (b.
1759)
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1801 -
Jason Fairbanks, American murderer (b.
1780)
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1851 -
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator (b.
1787)
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1867 -
Simon Sechter, Austrian composer (b.
1788)
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1898 -
Elisabeth of Austria (assassinated) (b.
1837)
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1935 -
Huey Long, American politician (b.
1893)
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1937 -
Sergei Tretyakov, Russian writer (b.
1892)
*
1948 - King
Ferdinand of Bulgaria (b.
1861)
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1961 -
Leo Carrillo, American actor (b.
1880)
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1965 -
Father Divine, American religious leader (b.
1880)
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1966 -
Emil Gumbel, German mathematician and pacifist (b.
1891)
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1975 -
George Paget Thomson, English physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1892)
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1976 -
Dalton Trumbo, American writer (b.
1905)
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1979 -
Agostinho Neto, Angolan politician (b.
1922)
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1983 -
Felix Bloch, Swiss-born physicist,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1905)
*1983 -
John Vorster,
Prime Minister of South Africa (b.
1915)
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1985 -
Jock Stein,
Scottish football player and manager (b.
1922)
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1996 -
Joanne Dru, American actress (b.
1923)
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1997 -
Jack Adkisson, professional wrestler (b.
1929)
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1998 -
Carl Forgione, actor (b.
1944)
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1999 -
Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (b.
1927)
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2000 -
Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist and writer. (b.
1921)
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2004 -
Brock Adams, American politician (b.
1927)
*
2005 -
Clarence Gatemouth Brown, American guitarist and singer (b.
1924)
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Calendar of Saints - Virgin of the Wonders;
Nicholas of Tolentino* Also see
September 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)*
Gibraltar -
National Day* World Suicide Prevention Day
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Teacher's Day in China
*
Day of the Child in
Honduras*
Grandparent's Day (US)
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10 September was the name of a communist faction in
Turkey.
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