September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). There are 112 days remaining.
Events
- 1608 - John Smith elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia
- 1776 - Nathan Hale[?] volunteers to spy
- 1813 - The Battle of Lake Erie
- 1823 - Simon Bolivar named President of Peru
- 1846 - Elias Howe[?] gets a patent for the sewing machine
- 1913 - First paved coast-to-coast highway opened in the US.
- 1919 - Austria and the Allies signed a treaty recognizing the independence of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia.
- 1927 - France wins the first Davis Cup
- 1939 - Canada declares war on Germany.
- 1943 - German forces began their occupation of Rome during World War II.
- 1945 - Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaboration with Nazi Germany.
- 1951 - Great Britain began an economic boycott of Iran.
- 1967 - The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain
- 1972 - United States loses first international basketball game in disputed match versus the Soviet Union at Munich, Germany
- 1974 - Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal
- 1990 - Will Smith made his debut in the television show "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air."
Births
- 920 - Louis IV of France
- 1839 - Isaac Kauffman Funk[?], dictionary publisher (+ 1912)
- 1886 - Hilda Doolittle, poet, novelist (+ 1961)
- 1907 - Fay Wray, Canadian actress
- 1914 - Robert Wise, American director
- 1915 - Edmond O'Brien[?], actor (+ 1985)
- 1920 - Fabio Taglioni, Italian motorcycle engineer
- 1927 - Yma Sumac[?], singer
- 1929 - Arnold Palmer, American golf player
- 1931 - Philip Baker Hall[?], actor
- 1932 - Bo Goldman[?], screenwriter
- 1933 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut
- 1934 - Roger Maris[?], American baseball player (+ 1985)
- 1934 - Charles Kuralt[?], journalist (+ 1997)
- 1938 - Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer
- 1942 - Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (+ 2002)
- 1945 - José Feliciano[?], singer
- 1946 - Jim Hines, American athlete
- 1950 - Joe Perry[?], rock and roll musician, member of Aerosmith
- 1957 - Siobhan Fahey, singer (Bananarama, Shakespear's Sister)
- 1958 - Dan Castallaneta[?], American voice actor
- 1958 - Chris Columbus[?], film director
- 1960 - Colin Firth, actor
- 1968 - Guy Ritchie, film director
- 1968 - Big Daddy Kane[?], rap musician
- 1969 - Jonathon Schaech[?], actor
- 1974 - Ryan Philippe[?], actor
Deaths
- 954 - Louis IV of France
- 1669 - Henrietta Maria, Queen of England
- 1898 - Elisabeth of Austria (assassinated)
- 1935 - Huey Long, American politician
- 1948 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria
- 1961 - Leo Carrillo, actor
- 1966 - Emil Gumbel, German mathematician and pacifist
- 1971 - Nikita Khrushchev, Premier of the Soviet Union
- 1976 - Dalton Trumbo, American writer
- 1983 - Felix Bloch, Swiss physicist
- 1983 - John Vorster[?], Prime Minister of South Africa
Holidays
- Today is National Day in Gibraltar
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Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
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