On This Day in History

September 10

Historical Events

1776 George Washington asks for a spy, Nathan Hale volunteers

1813 American naval commander Oliver Hazard Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie

As submitted to the patent office in 1846

1846 Elias Howe takes out a US patent for a lockstitch sewing machine

1924 Leopold and Loeb are found guilty of the murder of Robert Franks in Chicago in "the crime of the century"

2008 The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in the history of mankind, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland

2020 California's August Complex wildfire becomes the largest recorded in state history at 471,000 acres (736 square miles)

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Famous Birthdays

Julius III 1487 - 1555 Maria Theresa of Spain 1638 - 1683

Stephen Jay Gould 1941 - 2002 Jack Ma 60th Birthday

Also Peyton Randolph and Colin Firth (64).

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Famous Deaths

Qin Shi Huang 259 BC - 210 BC Mary Wollstonecraft 1759 - 1797

Also John the Fearless and Patty Berg.

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Nelson's Dying Wish: Save Emma

Admiral Lord Nelson sailed into the life of Lady Emma Hamilton for the first time on this day. It would be the start of one of history’s great love affairs.

Lord Nelson's Dying Wish