WillDekkard
09-10-2010, 03:14 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on
This Date in History - September 10th
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* 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.
* 1509 An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Istanbul.
* 1547 The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.
* 1608 John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
* 1776 American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
* 1798 At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.
* 1813 The United States defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
* 1823 Simσn Bolνvar is named President of Peru.
* 1846 Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
* 1858 George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
* 1897 Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 20 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.
* 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 mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss.
* 1939 World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
* 1942 World War II: The British Army carries 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 The United Kingdom begins an economic boycott of Iran.
* 1961 Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are 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 suffers its first loss of an 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 Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
* 1990 The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Cτte d'Ivoire the largest church in Africa is consecrated by Pope John Paul II.
* 2001 Charles Ingram cheats his way into winning one million pounds on a British version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
* 2002 Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.
* 2003 Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of Sweden, is fatally stabbed while shopping, and dies the following day.
* 2007 Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
* 2008 The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
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This Date in History - September 10th
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* 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.
* 1509 An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Istanbul.
* 1547 The Battle of Pinkie Cleugh, the last full scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.
* 1608 John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
* 1776 American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army.
* 1798 At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.
* 1813 The United States defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
* 1823 Simσn Bolνvar is named President of Peru.
* 1846 Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
* 1858 George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora.
* 1897 Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 20 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.
* 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 mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss.
* 1939 World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia.
* 1942 World War II: The British Army carries 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 The United Kingdom begins an economic boycott of Iran.
* 1961 Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators who are 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 suffers its first loss of an 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 Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
* 1990 The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Yamoussoukro, Cτte d'Ivoire the largest church in Africa is consecrated by Pope John Paul II.
* 2001 Charles Ingram cheats his way into winning one million pounds on a British version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire.
* 2002 Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, joins the United Nations.
* 2003 Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of Sweden, is fatally stabbed while shopping, and dies the following day.
* 2007 Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
* 2008 The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland.
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