September 10
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September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 112 days remaining until the end of the year.
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[edit] Events
- 506 - The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
- 1419 - John the Fearless, Duke 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 - Lattimer Massacre - a sheriff's posse kills twenty 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 HMAS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near 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 on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign.
- 1943 - World War II: German forces begin their occupation of Rome.
- 1951 - United Kingdom began an economic boycott of Iran.
- 1961 - Italian Grand Prix, a crash 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 against the Soviet Union at Munich, Germany.
- 1974 - Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
- 1976 - A British Airways Hawker Siddeley 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.
- 1990 - The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire – the largest church in Africa is consecrated by Pope John Paul II.
- 2002 - Switzerland, known for its neutrality, joins the United Nations. All The Things She Said, by t.A.T.u., was released in United States and Canada.
- 2003 - Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of Sweden, is stabbed fatally while shopping, and dies of her wounds on September 11.
- 2007 - Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
- 2007 - The Premier of the Australian state of Queensland, Peter Beattie, announced he would resign from the top job on September 13.
[edit] Births
- 1169 - Alexius II Comnenus, Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183)
- 1487 - Pope Julius III (d. 1555)
- 1550 - Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, 7th Duke of Medina Sidonia, commander of the Spanish Armada (d. 1615)
- 1561 - Hernando Arias de Saavedra, Spanish colonial governor (d. 1634)
- 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)
- 1786 - Nicolás Bravo, Mexican politician and soldier (d. 1854)
- 1786 - William Mason, American politician (d. 1860)
- 1788 - Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes, French archaeologist (d. 1868)
- 1801 - Marie Laveau, American Voodoo Practitioner (d. 1881)
- 1836 - Joseph Wheeler, American 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, Austrian-Bohemian novelist (d. 1945)
- 1892 - Arthur Compton, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1962)
- 1895 - Kavi Samrat Viswanatha Satyanarayana, Telugu writer (d. 1976).
- 1896 - Ye Ting, Chinese military leader (d. 1946)
- 1896 - Adele Astaire, American dancer and entertainer (d. 1981)
- 1896 - Robert Taschereau, Canadian Governor General and chief justice (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, United States Army Lt. General (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
- 1918 - Rin Tin Tin, German shepherd dog (d. 1932)
- 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 disabilities advocate
- 1929 - Arnold Palmer, American golfer
- 1931 - Philip Baker Hall, American actor
- 1932 - Bo Goldman, American screenwriter
- 1933 - Yevgeny Khrunov, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2000)
- 1934 - Charles Kuralt, American journalist (d. 1997)
- 1934 - Roger Maris, American baseball player (d. 1985)
- 1937 - Jared Diamond, American biologist and 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
- 1943 - Daniel Truhitte, American actor
- 1943 - Neale Donald Walsch, American author
- 1944 - Sir Thomas Allen, English baritone
- 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 Pierre Trudeau
- 1948 - Judy Geeson, English actress
- 1949 - Don Muraco, professional wrestler
- 1949 - Bill O'Reilly, American journalist and commentator
- 1950 - Joe Perry, American musician (Aerosmith)
- 1952 - Vic Toews, Canadian politician
- 1953 - Amy Irving, American actress
- 1956 - Johnny Hickman, American musician (Cracker)
- 1957 - Carol Decker, UK singer T'Pau
- 1957 - Kate Burton, Swiss actress
- 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
- 1963 - Bill Stevenson, American music producer and musician (Descendents), (Black Flag), (ALL), (Only Crime)
- 1965 - Robin Goodridge, English rock drummer (Bush)
- 1966 - Richard Melville Ballerand, tri-national strategy adviser
- 1966 - Joe Nieuwendyk, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968 - Big Daddy Kane, American rapper
- 1968 - Guy Ritchie, British film director
- 1969 - Jonathon Schaech, American actor
- 1970 - Paula Kelley, musician
- 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 - Mirko Filipovic, Croatian martial artist
- 1974 - Ben Wallace, American basketball player
- 1975 - Jonathan Hoenig, American investment advisor
- 1975 - Sammy Knight, American football player
- 1976 - Gustavo Kuerten, Brazilian tennis player
- 1976 - Federico Gasperoni, San Marinese football player
- 1977 - Danys Báez, Cuban baseball player
- 1978 - Nish Selvadurai, Australian comedian
- 1979 - Øyvind 'Mustis' Johan Mustaparta, musicianDimmu Borgir
- 1980 - Mikey Way, American bassist (My Chemical Romance)
- 1982 - Staffan Kronwall, Swedish hockey player
- 1982 - Guillermo Israilevich, Argentinian-Israeli footballer
- 1983 - Fernando Belluschi, Argentinian footballer
- 1985 - James B Graham, English rugby player
- 1986 - Ed Minton, musician Elliot Minor
- 1988 - Jordan Staal, Canadian hockey player
- 1989 - Sanjaya Malakar, American Idol contestant
[edit] Deaths
- 210 BC - Qin Shi Huang, first emperor of China.
- 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)
- 1217 - William de Reviers, 5th Earl of Devon
- 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)
- 1978 - Ronnie Peterson, Swedish Formula One driver (b. 1944)
- 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)
- 1995 - Charles Denner, French actor (b. 1926)
- 1996 - Joanne Dru, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1996 - Hans List, Austrian scientist and inventor (b. 1896)
- 1997 - Jack Adkisson, professional wrestler (b. 1929)
- 1998 - Carl Forgione, British 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 (b.1969)
- 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)
- 2007 - Jane Wyman, American actress (b.1917)
- 2007 - Anita Roddick, British Businesswoman (b.1942)
- 2007 - Ted Stepien, former owner of the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers (b. 1925)
[edit] Holidays and observances
- Calendar of Saints - Nicholas of Tolentino; Saint Aubert.
- Also see September 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics).
- Gibraltar - National Day.
- Teacher's Day in China.
- Free Hugs - International Campaign.
[edit] External links
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