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On September 10, learn about the most interesting events and historical facts from across history. The Gregorian calendar’s 253rd day is September 10. During a Pennsylvania strike, law authorities killed 19 unarmed immigrant miners; Elias Howe received a sewing machine patent. During Hurricane Irma, 134 people died on Cudjoe Key, Florida.
Virgo is the zodiac sign for September 10th. Karl Lagerfeld, Big Daddy Kane, and Jose Feliciano all have famous birthdays. It’s World Suicide Prevention Day today. (September 10, 1846) (September 10, 1967) (September 10, 1988) (September 10, 1993) (September 10, 2008)
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The first US patent (U.S. Patent 4,750) has been given to Elias Howe for a sewing machine with a lockstitch design.
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Gibraltar National Day.
Steffi Graf completed the Grand Slam of tennis by winning the US Open; she was the first woman to do so since Margaret Court in 1970.
The X-Files, an American science fiction television series starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson, first aired on Fox, where it gained a tremendous audience.
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The world's most powerful particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, successfully tested its first run. The European Nuclear Research Organization successfully shot the first protons throughout the tunnel circuit at stages.
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