This Day in History: September 10th

Certainly! Here are 10 interesting historical events that took place on September 10th:

1. 1813: During the War of 1812, the United States successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from a British naval bombardment. This event inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which later became the U.S. national anthem.
2. 1846: Elias Howe received a patent for the sewing machine, revolutionizing the textile industry and modernizing clothing production.
3. 1939: Canada declared war on Germany, joining the United Kingdom in World War II, marking its entry into the conflict.
4. 1953: Blogger and comedian Mike Jones (aka Therese Trouserzoff) of the Pigs Arms fame in Australia, a mewling, complaining brat, blind in one eye popped into this world and changed the lives of a toolmaker and a tailoress forever.
5. 1967: The Outer Space Treaty, which prohibits the placement of nuclear weapons in space and limits the use of the Moon and other celestial bodies to peaceful purposes, was signed by the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union.
6. 2001: During the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, President George W. Bush delivered a speech addressing the nation from the Oval Office.
7. 2008: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator, was officially inaugurated at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, in Switzerland.
8. 2008: SpaceX’s Falcon 1 became the first privately-developed liquid-fueled rocket to reach Earth orbit. This marked a significant milestone in the commercial spaceflight industry.
9. 2013: A chemical weapon attack occurred in the Ghouta region of Syria, resulting in significant international attention and debate over the Syrian Civil War.
10. 2019: Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft successfully deployed the MINERVA-II2 rovers onto the asteroid Ryugu, continuing its mission to study and collect samples from the asteroid’s surface.

These events span a wide range of historical periods and significance, highlighting the diversity of occurrences on September 10th throughout history.

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