0954 France's Louis IV dies September 10 at age 33 and is succeeded by his son Lothair, 13, who will reign until 986

1349 Jews who survived a massacre in Constance Germany are burned to death

1543 DeSoto's expedition returns to Mexico.

1608 John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council, Va

1776 George Washington asks for a spy volunteer, Nathan Hale volunteers

1798 British Hondurus beats Spain in battle of St George

1810 The British secretary of state for foreign affairs George Canning, 40, resigns September 9, saying that the War Office is hampering progress in the Peninsular War

1813 Comm Oliver H Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie

1813 The Americans defeat the British naval forces in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

1846 Elias Howe receives a US patent for his hand-crank sewing machine.

1847 The first theater opens in Hawaii

1849 Edwin Booth, later to assassinate president Abraham Lincoln, makes his acting debut.

1869 Baptist minister invents the rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan

1899 2nd quake in 7 days hits Yakutat Bay Alaska

1899 In the Yakutat Bay, Alaska area, one of the 15 Largest Earthquakes in the United States, measured at 8.2

1910 Great Idaho Fire destroys 3 million acres of timber

1913 Cleveland Call &Post established

1913 George W Buckner, named minister to Liberia

1913 Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway

1916 The suspension span ofQuebec Bridge over the St. Lawrence which was being lifted, buckled and fell into the river killing 10 - 12 workmen.

1919 NYC welcomes home Gen John J Pershing &25,000 WW I soldiers

1924 Leopold &Loeb found guilty of murder

1927 France wins its 1st Davis Cup

1930 Charles E Mitchell, named minister to Liberia

1939 Canada declares war on Germany during WWII.

1939 HMS OXLEY, sunk by "friendly fire " off Norwegian coast, south of Stavanger in North Sea torpedoed in error by RN submarine 'Triton'.

1943 Tottori, Japan a 7.4 quake resulted in 1,190 deaths. One of the world's deadliest earthquakes.

1945 Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaborating with Nazis

1953 Swanson sells its 1st "TV dinner"

1954 12 second shock kills 1,460 in Orleansville Algeria

1955 "Gunsmoke" premiers on CBS TV

1955 The western series Gunsmoke debuts on CBS-TV for the first of 20 seasons (whew!).

1956 Louisville Ky public schools integrate

1960 Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins Rome Olympic marathon

1962 Rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis

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