History of September 10

On September 10 the following events have occured in our world's history.

1608 - John Smith elected president of Jamestown colony council Va.
1813 - Comm Oliver H. Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie
1846 - Elias Howe patents the sewing machine.
1847 - 1st theater opens in Hawaii
1913 - Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway
1919 - NYC welcomes home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25 000 WW I soldiers
1919 - Indian's Ray Caldwell no hits Yankees 3-0
1922 - Largest Polo Grounds crowd Meusel Ruth & Gehrig consecutive HRs
1924 - Leopold and Loeb found guilty of murder
1937 - 2nd American Football League plays 1st game (LA 21 Pittsburgh 0).
1939 - Canada declares war on Germany
1945 - Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaborating with Nazis.
1950 - Joe DiMaggio hits 3 homers
1953 - Swanson sells it's 1st "TV Dinner"
1955 - Gunsmoke premieres on CBS television
1962 - Mickey Mantle hits HR # 400
1963 - 20 black students entered public schools in Alabama
1974 - Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal.
1976 - 2 airliners collide over Yugoslavia killing all 176 people
1977 - Blue Jays beat Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits
1977 - Convicted murderer Hamida Djandoubi last to die in the guillotine
1978 - The 4th game of the Boston Massacre Yanks beat Red Sox 7-4. This ties them for 1st place. Yanks outhit em 67-21 and outscore 42-9