Today in History

    What happened on the 10th of September in history?

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    • 1608
      John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council Va.
    • 1813
      Comm Oliver H. Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie
    • 1846
      Elias Howe patents the sewing machine.
    • 1847
      1st theater opens in Hawaii
    • 1913
      Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway
    • 1919
      Indian's Ray Caldwell no hits Yankees 3-0
    • 1919
      NYC welcomes home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25 000 WW I soldiers
    • 1922
      Largest Polo Grounds crowd Meusel Ruth & Gehrig consecutive HRs
    • 1924
      Leopold and Loeb found guilty of murder
    • 1937
      2nd American Football League plays 1st game (LA 21 Pittsburgh 0).
    • 1939
      Canada declares war on Germany
    • 1945
      Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaborating with Nazis.
    • 1950
      Joe DiMaggio hits 3 homers
    • 1953
      Swanson sells it's 1st "TV Dinner"
    • 1955
      Gunsmoke premieres on CBS television
    • 1962
      Mickey Mantle hits HR # 400
    • 1963
      20 black students entered public schools in Alabama
    • 1974
      Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
    • 1976
      2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia killing all 176 people
    • 1977
      Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits
    • 1977
      Convicted murderer Hamida Djandoubi last to die in the guillotine
    • 1978
      The 4th game of the Boston Massacre Yanks beat Red Sox 7-4. This ties them for 1st place. Yanks outhit em 67-21 and outscore 42-9