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September 10 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 111 days remaining until the end of the year.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 .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 1939 - World War II : The submarine HMAS 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 .1951 - United Kingdom began an economic boycott of Iran .1961 - At the Italian Grand Prix in Monza , a horrific crash on 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 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 , was executed at Baumettes Prison in Marseille .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 .2002 - Switzerland , known for its neutrality , joins the United Nations .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, in Islamabad, Pakistan.2007 - The Premier of the Australian state of Queensland , Peter Beattie , announced he would resign from the top job on September 13 .2017 – Hurricane Irma makes landfall on Cudjoe Key, Florida as a Category 4, after causing catastrophic damage throughout the Caribbean. Irma resulted in 134 deaths and $64.76 billion (2017 USD) in damage.Births [ ] 1169 - Alexius II Comnenus , Byzantine Emperor (d. 1183 )1487 - Pope Julius III (d. 1555 )1550 - Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno , 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 )1836 - Joseph Wheeler , Confederate and United States Army 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 diplomat1918 - Rin Tin Tin , German shepherd dog (d. 1932 )1920 - Fabio Taglioni , Italian motorcycle engineer (d. 2001 )1924 - Ted Kluszewski , Major League baseball player (d. 1988 )1928 - Jean Vanier , Canadian disabilities advocate1929 - Arnold Palmer , American golfer1931 - Philip Baker Hall , American actor1932 - Bo Goldman , American screenwriter1933 - 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 author1938 - Karl Lagerfeld , German fashion designer1941 - 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 wrestler1943 - Daniel Truhitte , American actor
1943 - Neale Donald Walsch , American author1944 - Sir Thomas Allen , English baritone1945 - Jose Feliciano , Puerto Rican singer1946 - Jim Hines , American athlete1946 - Don Powell , English drummer (Slade )
1948 - Tony Gatlif , Algerian-born director1948 - Bob Lanier , American basketball player
1948 - Margaret Trudeau , former wife of Pierre Trudeau
1948 - Judy Geeson , English actress
1949 - Don Muraco , professional wrestler1949 - Bill O'Reilly , American journalist and commentator
1950 - Joe Perry , American musician (Aerosmith )1952 - Vic Toews , Canadian politician1953 - Amy Irving , American actress1957 - Carol Decker , UK singer T'Pau 1957 - Kate Burton , Swiss actress
1958 - Chris Columbus , American film director1958 - Siobhan Fahey , Irish singer (Bananarama and Shakespear's Sister )
1959 - Peter Nelson , American actor1960 - Colin Firth , English actor1960 - David Lowery , American musician (Cracker )
1963 - Randy Johnson , American baseball player1963 - Bill Stevenson , American music producer, punk rock drummer (Descendents ), (Black Flag ), (ALL ), (Only Crime )1965 - Robin Goodridge , English rock drummer (Bush )1966 - Richard Melville Ballerand , tri-national strategy adviser1966 - Joe Nieuwendyk , Canadian ice hockey player
1968 - Big Daddy Kane , American rapper1968 - Guy Ritchie , British film director
1969 - Jonathon Schaech , American actor1970 - Paula Kelley , American singer-songwriter1972 - Ghada Shouaa , Syrian athlete1972 - James Duval , American actor
1972 - Bente Skari , Norwegian cross country skier
1973 - Ferdinand Coly , Senegalese footballer1974 - Ryan Phillippe , American actor1974 - Mirko Filipovic , Croatian kickboxer and mixed martial artist
1974 - Ben Wallace , American basketball player
1975 - Jonathan Hoenig , American investment advisor1975 - Sammy Knight , American football player
1976 - Gustavo Kuerten , Brazilian tennis player1976 - Federico Gasperoni , San Marinese football player
1977 - Danys Báez , Cuban baseball player1978 - Nish Selvadurai , Australian comedian1979 - Øyvind 'Mustis ' Johan Mustaparta, Keyboardist for the band Dimmu Borgir 1980 - Mikey Way , American bassist (My Chemical Romance )1982 - Staffan Kronwall , Swedish hockey player1982 - Guillermo Israilevich , Argentinian-Israeli footballer
1983 - Fernando Belluschi , Argentinian footballer1985 - James B Graham , English rugby player1988 - Jordan Staal , Canadian hockey player1989 - Sanjaya Malakar , American Idol contestantDeaths [ ] 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 (b. 1102 )1197 - Henry II of Champagne (b. 1166 )1217 - William de Reviers 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 arts1519 - John Colet , English churchman and educator1559 - 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 )
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130 Familypedia people were born on September 10
165 Familypedia people died on September 10
79 Familypedia people were first married on September 10