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September 10
1608 - John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia.
1813 - Oliver H. Perry sent his famous message, "We have met the enemy, and they are ours," after defeating the British in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
1846 - Elias Howe of Massachusetts received a patent for his sewing machine.
1919 - New York City welcomed home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25,000 soldiers who had served in the United States 1st Division during World War I.
1924 - A judge in Chicago sentenced Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb to life in prison for the murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks - a "thrill killing" that had shocked the nation.
1939 - Canada declared war on Germany during World War II.
1948 - American-born Mildred Gillars, the Nazi wartime radio broadcaster known as "Axis Sally," was indicted in Washington, D.C., for treason.
1955 - The western television series "Gunsmoke" premiered on CBS.
1960 - Hurricane Donna, a dangerous Category 4 storm eventually blamed for 364 deaths, struck the Florida Keys.
1962 - The United States Supreme Court ordered the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, a black student.
1963 - Twenty black students entered public schools in Birmingham, Mobile, and Tuskegee, Alabama after President John F. Kennedy sent National Guardsmen to end the standoff with Alabama Gov. George Wallace.
1977 - A convicted murderer became the last person to be executed by the guillotine in France.
1987 - Pope John Paul II arrived in Miami, where he was welcomed by President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan as he began a 10-day tour of the United States.
1991 - The Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court.
2000 - The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Cats" closed after 7,485 performances over a nearly 18-year period as the longest-running show in Broadway history.
2000 - NBC's "The West Wing" won a record nine Emmy awards, including best drama series.
2002 - Switzerland became the 190th member of the United Nations.
2005 - Cadaver dogs and boatloads of forensic workers fanned out across New Orleans to collect the corpses left behind by Hurricane Katrina; cleanup crews towed away abandoned cars and even began readying a hotel for reopening.
2010 - During a White House press conference, President Barack Obama blamed Republicans and election-year politics for thwarting his efforts to do more to spur a listless national economy.
2015 - Senate Democrats voted to uphold the hard-fought nuclear accord with Iran, overcoming ferocious Republican opposition.
2015 - New York state approved gradually raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour -- the first time any state had set a minimum wage that high.
2016 - John Hinckley Jr., the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was released from a Washington mental hospital for good.
2018 - Florence exploded into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane as it closed in on North and South Carolina with winds up to 140 mph.
2019 - President Donald Trump abruptly forced out his national security adviser, John Bolton, with whom he had strong disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and other global challenges.
2019 - Apple announced the launch of its own streaming service, while also unveiling three new iPhones boasting an additional camera for taking pictures from extra-wide angles.
Birthdays
22 - Simply Rayne (singer)
22 - Ellise (singer)
24 - Jack Gilinsky (singer)
25 - Matt Rife (comedian)
29 - Hannah Hodson (actress)
30 - Chandler Massey (actor)
33 - Paul Goldschmidt (baseball player)
34 - Ashley Monroe (singer)
37 - Joey Votto (baseball player)
40 - Mikey Way (musician)
41 - Jacob Young (actor)
45 - Kyle Bornheimer (actor)
46 - Ryan Phillippe (actor)
48 - Sara Groves (singer)
51 - Johnathan Schaech (actor)
52 - Guy Ritchie (director)
53 - Nina Repeta (actress)
56 - Raymond Cruz (actor)
57 - Randy Johnson (baseball player)
57 - Sean O'Bryan (actor)
60 - Colin Firth (actor)
63 - Kate Burton (actress)
66 - Clark Johnson (actor)
67 - Amy Irving (actress)
71 - Bill O'Reilly (political commentator/TV host)
72 - Judy Geeson (actress)
78 - Danny Hutton (singer)
80 - Tom Ligon (actor)
87 - Greg Mullavey (actor)
89 - Philip Baker Hall (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 10
1918 - Players on both sides threatened to strike the World Series unless they were guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 to the losers.
1937 - The Cleveland Rams (now Los Angeles Rams) play their inaugural game.
1960 - Future Hall of Famer Jerry Lucas scores 23 points a the United State wins its fifth consecutive men's basketball Olympic gold medal with a 90-63 win over Brazil at the Summer Games in Rome.
1961 - Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit his 400th career home run, the seventh player to achieve the feat.
1972 - Gayle Sayers of the Chicago Bears announced his retirement from football.
1972 - American freestyle wrestler Dan Gable wins the gold medal in the 68 kg weight class at the Munich Olympic Games, becoming the only Olympic wrestler to not have a single point scored against him in the entire competition.
1974 - Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals set a major league record when he stole his 105th base of the season.
1988 - Steffi Graf of West Germany achieved tennis' Grand Slam - winning all four major tournaments in a calendar year - by taking the U.S. Open women's title, the first time the feat had occurred since Margaret Court in 1970.
1989 - Five days after hitting a home run for the New York Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Seattle Mariners, Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown for the Atlanta Falcons against the Los Angeles Rams.
1989 - Indianapolis Colts running back Eric Dickerson becomes the quickest player in NFL history to reach 10,000 career rushing yards, doing so in just his 91st career game.
1990 - For the first time in franchise history, the New York Yankees are swept in a season series as the Oakland Athletics take all 12 regular season matchups.
1992 - A federal jury in Minneapolis struck down the NFL's limited free agency system.
1997 - Mark McGwire joins Babe Ruth as the only players to hit 50 home runs in two consecutive seasons.
2002 - Gary Suter retired after a 17-year NHL career.
2006 - Peyton Manning and his Indianapolis Colts defeated Eli Manning and his New York Giants 26-21 in the first NFL game to feature two brothers starting as opposing quarterbacks.
1608 - John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia.
1813 - Oliver H. Perry sent his famous message, "We have met the enemy, and they are ours," after defeating the British in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.
1846 - Elias Howe of Massachusetts received a patent for his sewing machine.
1919 - New York City welcomed home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25,000 soldiers who had served in the United States 1st Division during World War I.
1924 - A judge in Chicago sentenced Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb to life in prison for the murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks - a "thrill killing" that had shocked the nation.
1939 - Canada declared war on Germany during World War II.
1948 - American-born Mildred Gillars, the Nazi wartime radio broadcaster known as "Axis Sally," was indicted in Washington, D.C., for treason.
1955 - The western television series "Gunsmoke" premiered on CBS.
1960 - Hurricane Donna, a dangerous Category 4 storm eventually blamed for 364 deaths, struck the Florida Keys.
1962 - The United States Supreme Court ordered the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, a black student.
1963 - Twenty black students entered public schools in Birmingham, Mobile, and Tuskegee, Alabama after President John F. Kennedy sent National Guardsmen to end the standoff with Alabama Gov. George Wallace.
1977 - A convicted murderer became the last person to be executed by the guillotine in France.
1987 - Pope John Paul II arrived in Miami, where he was welcomed by President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan as he began a 10-day tour of the United States.
1991 - The Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U.S. Supreme Court.
2000 - The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical "Cats" closed after 7,485 performances over a nearly 18-year period as the longest-running show in Broadway history.
2000 - NBC's "The West Wing" won a record nine Emmy awards, including best drama series.
2002 - Switzerland became the 190th member of the United Nations.
2005 - Cadaver dogs and boatloads of forensic workers fanned out across New Orleans to collect the corpses left behind by Hurricane Katrina; cleanup crews towed away abandoned cars and even began readying a hotel for reopening.
2010 - During a White House press conference, President Barack Obama blamed Republicans and election-year politics for thwarting his efforts to do more to spur a listless national economy.
2015 - Senate Democrats voted to uphold the hard-fought nuclear accord with Iran, overcoming ferocious Republican opposition.
2015 - New York state approved gradually raising the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour -- the first time any state had set a minimum wage that high.
2016 - John Hinckley Jr., the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981, was released from a Washington mental hospital for good.
2018 - Florence exploded into a potentially catastrophic Category 4 hurricane as it closed in on North and South Carolina with winds up to 140 mph.
2019 - President Donald Trump abruptly forced out his national security adviser, John Bolton, with whom he had strong disagreements on Iran, Afghanistan and other global challenges.
2019 - Apple announced the launch of its own streaming service, while also unveiling three new iPhones boasting an additional camera for taking pictures from extra-wide angles.
Birthdays
22 - Simply Rayne (singer)
22 - Ellise (singer)
24 - Jack Gilinsky (singer)
25 - Matt Rife (comedian)
29 - Hannah Hodson (actress)
30 - Chandler Massey (actor)
33 - Paul Goldschmidt (baseball player)
34 - Ashley Monroe (singer)
37 - Joey Votto (baseball player)
40 - Mikey Way (musician)
41 - Jacob Young (actor)
45 - Kyle Bornheimer (actor)
46 - Ryan Phillippe (actor)
48 - Sara Groves (singer)
51 - Johnathan Schaech (actor)
52 - Guy Ritchie (director)
53 - Nina Repeta (actress)
56 - Raymond Cruz (actor)
57 - Randy Johnson (baseball player)
57 - Sean O'Bryan (actor)
60 - Colin Firth (actor)
63 - Kate Burton (actress)
66 - Clark Johnson (actor)
67 - Amy Irving (actress)
71 - Bill O'Reilly (political commentator/TV host)
72 - Judy Geeson (actress)
78 - Danny Hutton (singer)
80 - Tom Ligon (actor)
87 - Greg Mullavey (actor)
89 - Philip Baker Hall (actor)
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Today in Sports History - September 10
1918 - Players on both sides threatened to strike the World Series unless they were guaranteed $2,500 to the winners and $1,000 to the losers.
1937 - The Cleveland Rams (now Los Angeles Rams) play their inaugural game.
1960 - Future Hall of Famer Jerry Lucas scores 23 points a the United State wins its fifth consecutive men's basketball Olympic gold medal with a 90-63 win over Brazil at the Summer Games in Rome.
1961 - Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees hit his 400th career home run, the seventh player to achieve the feat.
1972 - Gayle Sayers of the Chicago Bears announced his retirement from football.
1972 - American freestyle wrestler Dan Gable wins the gold medal in the 68 kg weight class at the Munich Olympic Games, becoming the only Olympic wrestler to not have a single point scored against him in the entire competition.
1974 - Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals set a major league record when he stole his 105th base of the season.
1988 - Steffi Graf of West Germany achieved tennis' Grand Slam - winning all four major tournaments in a calendar year - by taking the U.S. Open women's title, the first time the feat had occurred since Margaret Court in 1970.
1989 - Five days after hitting a home run for the New York Yankees in a 12-2 win over the Seattle Mariners, Deion Sanders returns a punt 68 yards for a touchdown for the Atlanta Falcons against the Los Angeles Rams.
1989 - Indianapolis Colts running back Eric Dickerson becomes the quickest player in NFL history to reach 10,000 career rushing yards, doing so in just his 91st career game.
1990 - For the first time in franchise history, the New York Yankees are swept in a season series as the Oakland Athletics take all 12 regular season matchups.
1992 - A federal jury in Minneapolis struck down the NFL's limited free agency system.
1997 - Mark McGwire joins Babe Ruth as the only players to hit 50 home runs in two consecutive seasons.
2002 - Gary Suter retired after a 17-year NHL career.
2006 - Peyton Manning and his Indianapolis Colts defeated Eli Manning and his New York Giants 26-21 in the first NFL game to feature two brothers starting as opposing quarterbacks.