# What happened on September 10 in history?

**Date:** September 10  
**Events recorded:** 46  
**Years spanned:** 506 – 2025  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/september/10/

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## Featured Event

**2024** — Polaris Dawn, the first private crewed spaceflight to involve a spacewalk, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaris_Dawn)

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## Events on this date

- **506** — The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Agde))
- **1089** — The first synod of pope Urban II starts in Melfi, with seventy bishops and twelve abbots in attendance. The synod issues several decrees about church law and deals with the relation with the Greek part of the Church. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synod_of_Melfi_(1089)))
- **1419** — John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_John_the_Fearless))
- **1509** — An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1509_Constantinople_earthquake))
- **1515** — Thomas Wolsey is invested as a Cardinal. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wolsey))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Pinkie))
- **1561** — Fourth Battle of Kawanakajima: Takeda Shingen defeats Uesugi Kenshin in the climax of their ongoing conflicts. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_of_Kawanakajima))
- **1570** — Spanish Jesuit missionaries land in present-day Virginia to establish the short-lived Ajacán Mission. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajac%C3%A1n_Mission))
- **1573** — German pirate Klein Henszlein and 33 of his crew are beheaded in Hamburg. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klein_Henszlein))
- **1607** — Edward Maria Wingfield is ousted as first president of the governing council of the Colony of Virginia; he is replaced by John Ratcliffe. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Maria_Wingfield))
- **1608** — John Smith is elected council president of Jamestown, Virginia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Smith_(explorer)))
- **1622** — Fifty-five Christians are executed in Nagasaki during the Great Genna Martyrdom. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagasaki))
- **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 measures which will lead to the Catalan Republic. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reapers'_War))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach))
- **1776** — American Revolutionary War: Nathan Hale volunteers to spy for the Continental Army. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War))
- **1798** — At the Battle of St. George's Caye, British Honduras defeats Spain. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_St._George's_Caye))
- **1813** — The United States defeats a British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Erie))
- **1846** — Elias Howe is granted a patent for the sewing machine. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Howe))
- **1858** — George Mary Searle discovers the asteroid 55 Pandora. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mary_Searle))
- **1897** — Lattimer massacre: A sheriff's posse kills 19 unarmed striking immigrant miners in Lattimer, Pennsylvania, United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattimer_massacre))
- **1898** — Empress Elisabeth of Austria is assassinated by Luigi Lucheni. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria))
- **1918** — Russian Civil War: The Red Army captures Kazan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Civil_War))
- **1919** — The Republic of German-Austria signs the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, ceding significant territories to Italy, Yugoslavia, and Czechoslovakia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_German-Austria))
- **1932** — The New York City Subway's third competing subway system, the municipally owned IND, is opened. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Subway_System))
- **1936** — The first world individual Speedway World Championship was held at London's Wembley Stadium. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speedway_World_Championship))
- **1937** — Nine nations attend the Nyon Conference to address international piracy in the Mediterranean Sea. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyon_Conference))
- **1939** — World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss of a submarine in the war. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1939** — World War II: The Canadian declaration of war on Germany receives royal assent. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_declaration_of_war_on_Germany))
- **1942** — World War II: The British Army carries out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Madagascar))
- **1943** — World War II: In the course of Operation Achse, German troops begin their occupation of Rome. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Achse))
- **1960** — At the Summer Olympics in Rome, Abebe Bikila becomes the first sub-Saharan African to win a gold medal, winning the marathon in bare feet. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abebe_Bikila))
- **1961** — In the Italian Grand Prix, a crash causes the death of German Formula One driver Wolfgang von Trips and 15 spectators who are hit by his Ferrari, the deadliest accident in F1 history. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1961_Italian_Grand_Prix))
- **1961** — A President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crashes just after takeoff from Shannon Airport, Ireland. All 83 passengers and crew are killed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_DC-6))
- **1967** — The people of Gibraltar vote to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1967_Gibraltar_sovereignty_referendum))
- **1974** — Guinea-Bissau gains independence from Portugal. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau))
- **1976** — A British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria DC-9 collide near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing 176. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976_Zagreb_mid-air_collision))
- **1977** — Hamida Djandoubi, convicted of torture and murder, is the last person to be executed by guillotine in France. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamida_Djandoubi))
- **2000** — Operation Barras successfully frees six British soldiers held captive for over two weeks and contributes to the end of the Sierra Leone Civil War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barras))
- **2001** — Antônio da Costa Santos, mayor of Campinas, Brazil is assassinated. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B4nio_da_Costa_Santos))
- **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. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Ingram))
- **2002** — Switzerland, traditionally a neutral country, becomes a full member of the United Nations. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Switzerland))
- **2007** — Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif returns to Pakistan after seven years in exile, following a military coup in October 1999. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawaz_Sharif))
- **2008** — The Large Hadron Collider at CERN, described as the biggest scientific experiment in history, is powered up in Geneva, Switzerland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_Hadron_Collider))
- **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 $77.2 billion (2017 USD) in damage. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Irma))
- **2024** — Polaris Dawn, the first private crewed spaceflight to involve a spacewalk, is launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaris_Dawn))
- **2025** — American right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk is assassinated while onstage at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservatism_in_the_United_States))

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## Notable births on September 10

- **2004** — **Gabriel Bateman** — American actor[citation needed] ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Bateman))
- **2001** — **Armando Broja** — Albanian-born English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armando_Broja))
- **2001** — **Nick Cross** — American football player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Cross_(American_football)))
- **1999** — **Laura Taylor** — Australian swimmer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Taylor_(swimmer)))
- **1999** — **jschlatt** — American YouTuber and singer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jschlatt))
- **1998** — **Anna Blinkova** — Russian tennis player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Blinkova))
- **1998** — **Sheck Wes** — American rapper ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheck_Wes))
- **1997** — **Brooke Henderson** — Canadian golfer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Henderson))
- **1997** — **Troy Terry** — American ice hockey player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_Terry))
- **1995** — **Jack Grealish** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Grealish))

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## Notable deaths on September 10

- **2024** — **Frankie Beverly** — American soul/funk singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (born 1946) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie_Beverly))
- **2024** — **Jim Sasser** — American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Ambassador to China (born 1936) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sasser))
- **2023** — **Ian Wilmut** — British embryologist (born 1944) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Wilmut))
- **2020** — **Diana Rigg** — British actress (born 1938) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Rigg))
- **2015** — **Norman Farberow** — American psychologist and academic (born 1918) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Farberow))
- **2015** — **Adrian Frutiger** — Swiss typeface designer (born 1928) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Frutiger))
- **2015** — **Antoine Lahad** — Lebanese general (born 1927) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoine_Lahad))
- **2014** — **Emilio Botín** — Spanish banker and businessman (born 1934) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Bot%C3%ADn))
- **2014** — **Richard Kiel** — American actor (born 1939) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Kiel))
- **2014** — **Edward Nelson** — American mathematician and academic (born 1932) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Nelson))

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