Events for September 10
1918 – Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan.
1897 – Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States.
1724 – Johann Sebastian Bach leads the first performance of Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, a chorale cantata based on a passion hymn by Johann Rist.
1974 – Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
1608 – John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia.
1509 – An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople.
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.
1561 – Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts.
506 – The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
1607 – Edward Maria Wingfield ousted as first president of the governing council of the Colony of Virginia; he is replaced by John Ratcliffe.
1936 – First World Individual Motorcycle Speedway Championship, Held at London's (England) Wembley Stadium
2001 – During his appearance on the British TV game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?, contestant Charles Ingram reaches the £1 million top prize, but it was later revealed that he had cheated to the top prize by listening to coughs from his wife and another contestant.
1977 – Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France.
1846 – Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine.
2007 – Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999.
1798 – At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain.
1419 – John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
2002 – Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations.
1547 – The Battle of Pinkie, the last full-scale military confrontation between England and Scotland, resulting in a decisive victory for the forces of Edward VI.
1640 – Reapers' War: Junta de Braços (Assembly of Estates) of the Principality of Catalonia summoned. It assumes the sovereignty and enacts a series of revolutionary mesures which will lead to the Catalan Republic.
2001 – Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated.
Notable Births & Deaths for September 10
1987 – Nana Tanimura, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
1988 – Jared Lee Loughner, American mass murderer
2012 – Robert Gammage, American captain, lawyer, and politician (b. 1938)
1990 – Corban Knight, Canadian ice hockey player
2014 – Emilio Botín, Spanish banker and businessman (b. 1934)
2011 – Cliff Robertson, American actor (b. 1923)
2007 – Jane Wyman, American actress (b. 1917)
2014 – George Spencer, American baseball player (b. 1926)
2014 – Paul K. Sybrowsky, American religious leader and academic (b. 1944)
1986 – Angel McCoughtry, American basketball player
1989 – Manish Pandey, Indian cricketer
2013 – Clay Shaw, American accountant and politician (b. 1939)
1991 – Boadu Maxwell Acosty, Ghanaian footballer
1999 – Laura Taylor, Australian swimmer
2015 – Adrian Frutiger, Swiss typeface designer (b. 1928)
2020 – Diana Rigg, British actress (b. 1938)
2013 – John Hambrick, American journalist and actor (b. 1940)
2012 – Raquel Correa, Chilean journalist (b. 1934)
2012 – Lance LeGault, American actor and stuntman (b. 1935)
2015 – Norman Farberow, American psychologist and academic (b. 1918)
1994 – Mohamed Sylla, French rapper
1988 – Bobby Sharp, Canadian wrestler
2008 – Gérald Beaudoin, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1929)
1986 – Eoin Morgan, Irish- English cricketer
2015 – Antoine Lahad, Lebanese general (b. 1927)
2013 – Ibrahim Makhous, Syrian politician, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1925)
1997 – Brooke Henderson, Canadian golfer
1987 – Paul Goldschmidt, American baseball player
1998 – Anna Blinkova, Russian tennis player
2012 – John Moffatt, English actor and playwright (b. 1922)
1991 – Sam Morsy, Egyptian footballer
1986 – Ashley Monroe, American singer-songwriter
1997 – Troy Terry, American ice hockey player
2013 – Jack Vance, Canadian general (b. 1933)
1992 – Ricky Ledo, American basketball player
2012 – Stanley Long, English director, producer, cinematographer, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
2014 – Edward Nelson, American mathematician and academic (b. 1932)
1989 – Matt Ritchie, English footballer
2004 – Gabriel Bateman, American actor
1989 – Lee Sawyer, English footballer
2023 – Ian Wilmut, British embryologist (b. 1944)
1987 – Alex Saxon, American actor
2013 – Josef Němec, Czech boxer (b. 1933)
1992 – Ayub Masika, Kenyan footballer
2008 – Vernon Handley, English conductor (b. 1930)
2014 – Richard Kiel, American actor (b. 1939)
1988 – Jordan Staal, Canadian ice hockey player
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{ "info":"OnThisDay API", "date":"April_20", "updated":"1615972324",
"data":{
"Events":[
{
"text":"1303 – The Sapienza University of Rome is instituted by a bull of Pope Boniface VIII.[1]",
"html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1303\" title=\"1303\">1303</a> – The <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapienza_University_of_Rome\" title=\"Sapienza University of Rome\">Sapienza University of Rome</a> is instituted by a <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_bull\" title=\"Papal bull\">bull</a> of <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Boniface_VIII\" title=\"Pope Boniface VIII\">Pope Boniface VIII</a>."
},
//.. MORE DATA ..//
],
"Births":[
{
"text":"1494 – Johannes Agricola, German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)[8]",
"html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/1494\" title=\"1494\">1494</a> – <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Agricola\" title=\"Johannes Agricola\">Johannes Agricola</a>, German theologian and reformer (d. 1566)"
},
//.. MORE DATA ..//
],
"Deaths":[
{
"text":"689 – Cædwalla, king of Wessex (b. 659)[21]",
"html":"<a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/689\" title=\"689\">689</a> – <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A6dwalla_of_Wessex\" title=\"Cædwalla of Wessex\">Cædwalla</a>, king of <a href=\"https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Wessex\" title=\"Wessex\">Wessex</a> (b. 659)" },
//.. MORE DATA ..//
}
]
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