History for September 10

History for September 10 - On-This-Day.com:
Edmond O'Brien 1915, Arnold Daniel Palmer 1929, Roger Maris 1934 


Jose Feliciano 1945, Bob Lanier 1948, Judy Geeson 1948 


Amy Irving 1953, Colin Firth 1960, Ryan Phillippe 1974 


1813 - The first defeat of British naval squadron occurred in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The leader of the U.S. fleet sent the famous message "We have met the enemy, and they are ours" to U.S. General William Henry Harrison. 


1846 - Elias Howe received a patent for his sewing machine. 


1897 - British police arrest George Smith for drunken driving. It was the first DWI. 


1921 - The Ayus Autobahn in Germany opened near Berlin. The road is known for its nonexistent speed limit. 


1948 - Mildred "Axis Sally" Gillars was indicted for treason in Washington, DC. Gillars was a Nazi radio propagandist during World War II. She was convicted and spent 12 years in prison. 


1953 - Swanson began selling its first "TV dinner." 


1955 - "Gunsmoke" premiered on CBS. 


1955 - Bert Parks began a 25-year career as host of the "Miss America Pageant" on NBC. 


1979 - U.S. President Carter granted clemency to four Puerto Rican nationalists who had been imprisoned for an attack on the U.S. House of Representatives in 1954 and an attempted assassination of U.S. President Truman in 1950. 


1998 - U.S. President Clinton met with members of his Cabinet to apologize, ask forgiveness and promise to improve as a person in the wake of the scandal involving Monica Lewinsky.