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September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). There are 112 days left.
In 21st century social and political discourse, "September 10" may refer to conditions or sensibilities before the attacks of September 11, 2001, contrasted with those that came on or after that date.
[edit] Events
- 506 - The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
- 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's Caye, 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 kills more than nineteen unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania, United States.
- 1898 - Empress Elizabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni.
- 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 - World War II: 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.
- 1939 - Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining France, the UK, New Zealand and Australia in the Allies.
- 1942 - World War II: The British carry out an amphibious landing at Majunga, north-west Madagascar, to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
- 1943 - World War II: German forces begin their occupation of Rome.
- 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 was originally thought to be the Major League baseball's longest home run, sending the ball an estimated 643 feet.
- 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.
- 1963 - 20 African-American students enter public schools in 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 againist the Soviet Union at Munich, Germany.
- 1974 - Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
- 1976 - A British Airways Trident and an Inex-Adria 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.
- 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.
- 1988 - At his residence in Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden launches al Qaeda.
- 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.
- 1993 - The X-Files premieres on FOX.
- 1996 - Austrian inventor and automotive pioneer] Hans List, founder of AVL List, dies.
- 2000 - The last Broadway theatre performance of CATS.
- 2001 - Norwegian parliamentary election, 2001.
- 2001 - Lawsuit filed accusing former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger of involvement in the assassination of the head of the Chilean military, Rene Schneider, in 1970.
- 2002 - Switzerland, known for its neutrality, 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.
- 2006 - Michael Schumacher, the most successful driver in Formula One history, announces that he will retire.
[edit] Births
- 1169 - Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183)
- 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)
- 1659 - Henry Purcell, English composer (d. 1695)
- 1714 - Niccolò Jommelli, Italian composer (d. 1774)
- 1758 - Hannah Webster Foster, American author (d. 1840)
- 1788 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (d. 1868)
- 1836 - Joseph Wheeler, Confederate Lt. General and United States General (d. 1906)
- 1839 - Isaac Kauffman Funk, American publisher (d. 1912)
- 1839 - Charles Peirce, American philosopher (d. 1914)
- 1844 - Abel Hoadley, Australian confectioner (d. 1918)
- 1852 - Alice Brown Davis, Seminole chief (d. 1935)
- 1861 - Niels Hansen Jacobsen, Danish sculptor and ceramist (d. 1941)
- 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)
- 1896 - Ye Ting, Chinese military leader (d. 1946)
- 1896 - Robert Taschereau, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and Governor general of Canada (d. 1970)
- 1897 - Hilde Hildebrand, German actress (d. 1976)
- 1898 - Bessie Love, American actress (d. 1986)
- 1898 - Waldo Semon, American inventor (d. 1999)
- 1904 - Max Shachtman, American Trotskyist politician (d. 1972)
- 1907 - Alva R. Fitch, American World War II and Korean soldier (d. 1989)
- 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 Súmac, Peruvian singer
- 1924 - Ted Kluszewski, Major League baseball player (d. 1988)
- 1928 - Jean Vanier, Canadian humanitarian.
- 1929 - Arnold Palmer, American golfer
- 1931 - Philip Baker Hall, American actor
- 1933 - Yevgeny Khrunov, cosmonaut (d. 2000)
- 1934 - Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d. 1997)
- 1934 - Roger Maris, baseball player (d. 1985)
- 1937 - Jared Diamond, American evolutionary biologist, physiologist, biogeographer and nonfiction author.
- 1938 - Karl Lagerfeld, German fashion designer
- 1941 - Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (d. 2002)
- 1941 - Christopher Hogwood, English conductor
- 1941 - Gunpei Yokoi, Japanese inventor and video game designer (d. 1997)
- 1942 - Danny Hutton, American singer (Three Dog Night)
- 1943 - Eldridge Coleman ("Superstar" Billy Graham), American professional wrestler
- 1945 - Jose Feliciano, Puerto Rican singer
- 1946 - Jim Hines, American athlete
- 1946 - Don Powell, English drummer (Slade)
- 1948 - Tony Gatlif, Algerian-born director
- 1948 - Bob Lanier, American basketball player
- 1948 - Margaret Trudeau, former wife of late Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau
- 1948 - Judy Geeson, English actress
- 1949 - Don Muraco, professional wrestler
- 1949 - Bill O'Reilly, American journalist, author, and commentator
- 1950 - Joe Perry, American musician (Aerosmith)
- 1952 - Vic Toews, Canadian politician
- 1953 - Amy Irving, American actress
- 1957 - Carol Decker, UK singer, notably with T'Pau
- 1958 - Chris Columbus, American film director
- 1958 - Siobhan Fahey, Irish singer (Bananarama and Shakespear's Sister)
- 1959 - Peter Nelson, American actor
- 1960 - Colin Firth, English actor
- 1960 - David Lowery, American musician (Cracker)
- 1963 - Randy Johnson, American baseball player
- 1965 - Robin Goodridge, English rock drummer (Bush)
- 1966 - Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968 - Big Daddy Kane, American rapper
- 1968 - Guy Ritchie, British film director
- 1969 - Jonathon Schaech, American actor
- 1972 - Ghada Shouaa, Syrian athlete
- 1972 - James Duval, American actor
- 1972 - Bente Skari, Norwegian cross country skier
- 1973 - Ferdinand Coly, Senegalese footballer
- 1974 - Ryan Phillippe, American actor
- 1974 - Ben Wallace, American basketball player
- 1976 - Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
- 1976 - Federico Gasperoni, San Marinese football player
- 1980 - Robert Green, English football player
- 1980 - Mikey Way, American, bassist for rock band My Chemical Romance
- 1988 - Jordan Staal, Canadian hockey player
[edit] Deaths
- 918 - Count Baldwin II of Flanders (b. 865)
- 954 - King Louis IV of France (b. 920)
- 1167 - Empress Matilda, wife of Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1102)
- 1197 - Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166)
- 1308 - Emperor Go-Nijō of Japan (b. 1285)
- 1419 - John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy (assassinated) (b. 1371)
- 1482 - Federico da Montefeltro, Italian Renaissance condottiero and patron of arts
- 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)
- 1801 - Jason Fairbanks, American murderer (b. 1780)
- 1851 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator (b. 1787)
- 1867 - Simon Sechter, Austrian composer (b. 1788)
- 1898 - Elisabeth of Austria (assassinated) (b. 1837)
- 1905 - Pete Browning, American baseball player (b. 1861)
- 1915 - Charles Boucher de Boucherville, Premier of Quebec (b. 1822)
- 1931 - Dmitri Egorov, Russian mathematician (b. 1869)
- 1935 - Huey Long, American politician (b. 1893)
- 1937 - Sergei Tretyakov, Russian writer (b. 1892)
- 1948 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria (b. 1861)
- 1961 - Leo Carrillo, American actor (b. 1880)
- 1961 - Wolfgang von Trips, German racing driver (b. 1928)
- 1965 - Father Divine, American religious leader (b. 1880)
- 1966 - Emil Gumbel, German mathematician and pacifist (b. 1891)
- 1971 - Pier Angeli, Italian actress (b. 1932)
- 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)
- 1991 - Jack Crawford, Australian tennis player (b. 1908)
- 1996 - Joanne Dru, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1997 - Jack Adkisson, professional wrestler (b. 1929)
- 1998 - Carl Forgione, actor (b. 1944)
- 1999 - Alfredo Kraus, Spanish tenor (b. 1927)
- 2000 - Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah, Pakistani journalist and writer. (b. 1921)
- 2001 - DJ Uncle Al, A Miami, Florida DJ.
- 2004 - Brock Adams, American politician (b. 1927)
- 2005 - Clarence Gatemouth Brown, American guitarist and singer (b. 1924)
- 2006 - Patty Berg, American female golf player (b. 1918)
- 2006 - King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV of Tonga (b. 1918)
- 2006 - Daniel Wayne Smith, son of Playboy model, Anna Nicole Smith (b. 1986)
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[edit] External links
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