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What happened in history on this day: September 10?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On September 10 in ...
- 2002 - At the Apple Expo in Paris, France, Apple Computer announces that Mac computers shipping in January will boot to Mac OS X only.
- 2004 - Screen Gems releases the film Resident Evil: Apocalypse in the USA. A Sony VAIO laptop computer appears.
- 2006 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A gangster uses a Palm Pilot to schedule his meetings.
- 1925 - Animation work begins on the Alice Comedy film Alice Rattled by Rats.
- 1932 - The Silly Symphony film King Neptune is released to theaters.
- 1941 - The Conciliation Service issues a ruling, setting the ratio of layoffs of strikers to non-strikers.
- 1948 - The Pluto film Pluto's Fledgling is released.
- 1959 - Disney releases the live-action feature film Zorro the Avenger to theaters in Japan. The film is a compilation of several Zorro television episodes.
- 1984 - Ray Watson and Phil Hawley meet with Dennis Stanfill, to interview him for the position of Disney's new CEO.
- 1988 - The ABC TV network debuts The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.
- 1990 - The 2-hour The Disney Afternoon syndicated TV show premieres. Included is a new series, Tale Spin.
- 1990 - The CBS TV network airs a preview of the show Lenny.
- 1993 - The syndicated TV series Bill Nye, the Science Guy begins.
- 1993 - The syndicated TV series Disney's Adventures in Wonderland airs.
- 1993 - The TV series The Crusaders first airs.
- 1993 - Disney releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Money for Nothing to theaters in the US.
- 1996 - Touchstone Home Video releases the film Up Close & Personal on videocassette.
- 1996 - Walt Disney Home Video releases the film Muppet Treasure Island on videocassette.
- 1998 - The United States Postal Service issues a 32-cent postage stamp depicting Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, as part of its series of memories of the 1930s.
- 1999 - The Tatooine Traders merchandise shop opens at the Disney-MGM Studios. The location was previously the Endor Vendors shop.
- 2004 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Fairly Oddparents TV show in the US. The main characters in the book The Three Musketeers all wear black Mouseketeer Mickey Mouse hats.
- 2004 - The Walt Disney Company announces that Michael Eisner will retire as CEO on September 30, 2006.
- 2006 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show in the US. A gangster says "Who wants to sleep with the fishes?" and holds up a Finding Nemo bedspread.
- 2007 - The Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique store opens in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.
- 2009 - Tony Anselmo, the voice of Donald Duck, is named a Disney Legend.
- 2009 - (to September 13) The first Disney D23 Expo is held, at the Anaheim Convention Center in California.
- 1956 - Chevrolet and Styling management review the XP-64 clay model. They decide to show the car at the New York Automobile Show in December.
- 1956 - At Chevrolet, the Car Design Advisory Committee meets, over two days. They decide that project XP-64 would be a competitive racing car with special frame, suspension, engine, drivetrain, and body.
- 1939 - After seven nights of British flights dropping leaflets on Germany, the operation stops due to public criticism that Britain only dropped paper while Germany dropped bombs on Poland.
- 1939 - An article in the New York Times newspaper refers to the conflict in Poland as the "Second World War".
- 1939 - British Expeditionary Force under Lord Gort begins arriving on mainland Europe.
- 1939 - (1310 hours) In Ottawa, Canada, the Governor-General of Canada, Lord Tweedsmuir, announces that Parliament has declared war on Germany, as of the start of the day.
- 1939 - The US extends its embargo on arms shipments to Canada.
- 1941 - (0210 hours) Convoy SC-42 across the Atlantic is attacked by German submarines. U-432 torpedoes and sinks SS Winterswijk. Seven more merchant ships are torpedoed by the end of the day.
- 1941 - A proposal to send two Canadian battalions to Hong Kong reaches British prime minister Winston Churchill's desk for approval. He accepts the recommendation.
- 1941 - (1305 hours) In Convoy SC-42 across the Atlantic, Canadian destroyer Skeena seriously cripples German submarine U-85.
- 1941 - (2138 hours) In Convoy SC-42 across the Atlantic, Canadian corvettes HMCS Chambly and Moosejaw sink German submarine U-501.
- 1941 - (evening) 76 aircraft from Britain attack targets in Italy. They do little damage to military targets.
- 1943 - American forces expand their bridgehead at Salerno, landing most of the 45th Division.
- 1944 - German air forces attack the Tri Duby airfield in Slovakia in several waves. At the end, only four Slovak aircraft remain operational.
- 1944 - Canadian engineers complete a bridge over the Gent Canal in Belgium, allowing tanks to cross.
- 1944 - British General Bernard Montgomery and US General Dwight Eisenhower meet in Brussels, Belgium. Eisenhower agrees to an airborne operation with Arnhem as the first objective.
- 1944 - Operation Comet, a one-division airborne assault toward Arnhem, becomes Operation Market Garden, involving three airborne divisions.
- 1944 - (2129 hours) A third German V-2 rocket hits England, landing at North Fambridge near Maldon, in Essex, about 40 miles east of London. There is no damage or casualites.
- 1984 - Luzembourg issues a postage stamp marking the 40th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy.
- 1992 - Palau issues ten postage stamps marking the 50th anniversary of World War II in the Pacific.
- 1999 - Chad issues a postage stamp depicting World War II, as part of a series on the Millennium.
- 1998 - Acclaim Entertainment releases the Mortal Kombat and Mortal Kombat II video games for the Game Boy in Japan.
- 1998 - Sony CEA releases the Spyro the Dragon video game for the PlayStation in the US.
- 2001 - Nintendo releases the Advance Wars video game for the Game Boy Advance in the US.
- 2004 - Screen Gems releases the film Resident Evil: Apocalypse in the USA. The film is based on the Resident Evil video game series, and contains references to several of the Resident Evil (Biohazard) games.
- 2007 - Sony releases a new PlayStation Portable. The updated unit is 0.75 inches thick (versus 0.9), slimmer battery, weight 6.7 ounces (versus 9.2), includes cable output to TV, 64 MB RAM (versus 32), various other modifications. Price is US$169.99.
- 1635 - Swedish Council concludes the Truce of Stuhmsdorf with Poland, surrendering Prussia to Poland for 26 years truce.
- 2003 - Swedish Foreign Minister Anna Lindh is stabbed several times while shopping in Stockholm. She dies the following morning of heart and lung failure.
- 2002 - A & W Concentrate Company is granted a registered trademark of "A & W ROOT BEER" as applied to root beer and concentrates and syrups for making root beer.
- 2008 - The Royal Canadian Mint releases the 8th circulating 2010 Olympics coin, a 25-cent coin depicting figure skating.
- 1981 - Donna Pope is sworn in a Director of the Mint.
- 1858 - John Holden hits the first recorded home run (Brooklyn versus New York).
- 1919 - Cleveland Indians' Ray Caldwell no-hits New York Yankees 3-0.
- 1922 - Largest Polo Grounds baseball crowd; Non Meusel, Babe Ruth, and Lou Gehrig make consecutive home runs.
- 1927 - France wins its first Davis Cup in tennis.
- 1937 - Second American Football League plays first game (Los Angeles Bulldogs 21, Pittsburgh Americans 0); Cleveland Rams plays their first NFL game, lose 28-0.
- 1950 - Joe DiMaggio becomes first to hit three home runs in a game at Griffith Stadium.
- 1960 - New York Yankees player Mickey Mantle hits 643-foot home run over right field roof in Detroit, Michigan.
- 1960 - Running barefoot, Ethiopian Abebe Bikila wins Rome Olympic marathon.
- 1962 - Rod Laver wins the Grand Slam of tennis.
- 1963 - Philadelphia Phillies beat Houston Colt .45s, 16-0.
- 1965 - Philadelphia Phillies' 10,000th game to a decision since 1900, Phillies beat Saint Louis Cardinals.
- 1967 - Chicago White Sox player Joel Horlen no-hits Detroit Tigers, 6-0.
- 1969 - New York Mets sweep Montreal Expos putting them in first place for first time.
- 1972 - Emerson Fittipaldi is youngest to win an auto race World Championship.
- 1972 - US Men's Olympic basketball team's first loss, 51-50 to USSR (disputed).
- 1973 - Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton.
- 1973 - New York Jets trade pro football's leading receiver Don Maynard to Saint Louis Cardinals.
- 1974 - Lou Brock ties (104) and then sets (105) baseball stolen base mark.
- 1974 - Teuvo Louhivouri sets cycling distance record of 515.8 miles in 24 hours.
- 1977 - Toronto Blue Jays beat New York Yankees 19-3 with 20 hits.
- 1978 - Arlyne Rhode sets female footbow distance record (1,113 yards and 30 inches).
- 1978 - 4th game of the Boston Massacre; New York Yankees beat Boston Red Sox 7-4. This ties them for first place. Yankees out-hit Red Sox 67-21; score 42-9.
- 1980 - Bill Gullickson sets rookie record of striking out 18.
- 1984 - Sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days).
- 1988 - Steffi Graf wins US Open.
- 1989 - Boris Becker beats Yvan Lendl for the US Open championship.
- 1990 - Nineteen-year old Pete Sampras beats Andre Agassi to win the US Open of tennis.
- 1990 - First time in New York Yankees' history they are completely swept in a season series, Oakland Athletics beat them 12 games to 0.
- 1990 - First time since 1966 that all eight grand slam tennis champions are different.
- 1990 - Seattle Mariners' Matt Young becomes 21st American League player to strike out four in one inning.
- 2006 - Seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher announces he will retire from Formula One racing at the end of the year.
- 2007 - (to September 30) The 2007 FIFA Women's World Cup is held in China.
- 2022 - At T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Washington, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Seattle Mariners beats Atlanta Braves by score 3-1.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats San Diego Padres by score 8-4.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Colorado Rockies beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 7-5.
- 2022 - At Target Field in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Minnesota Twins by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At American Family Field in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats Cincinnati Reds by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Angels beats Houston Astros by score 6-1.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Toronto Blue Jays beats Texas Rangers by score 11-7.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Miami Marlins by score 11-3.
- 2022 - At Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Washington Nationals by score 8-5.
- 2022 - At Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Boston Red Sox beats Baltimore Orioles by score 17-4.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Detroit Tigers beats Kansas City Royals by score 8-4.
- 2022 - At RingCentral Coliseum, Oakland, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago White Sox beats Oakland Athletics by score 10-2.
- 2022 - At Wrigley Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Francisco Giants beats Chicago Cubs by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 10-3.
- 1986 - Bryan O'Connor named chairman of US Space Flight Safety Panel.
- 1931 - The worst hurricane in Belize history kills an estimated 1,500 people.
- 2017 - Hurricane Irma strikes Florida Keys islands as Category 4 storm.
- 1813 - US Navy Commodore Oliver H Perry defeats the British in the Battle of Lake Erie.
- 1848 - Gold dust price in San Francisco is set at $16 per ounce.
- 1899 - In Yakutat Bay, Alaska, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake occurs.
- 1910 - Great Idaho Fire destroys three million acres of timber.
- 1913 - George W Buckner is named US minister to Liberia.
- 1913 - Lincoln Highway opens as first US paved coast-to-coast highway.
- 1919 - New York City welcomes home General John J Pershing and 25,000 WW I soldiers.
- 1939 - An article in the New York Times newspaper refers to the conflict in Poland as the "Second World War".
- 1939 - The US extends its embargo on arms shipments to Canada.
- 1979 - Three Puerto Rican nationalists who attempted to kill US President Harry Truman are freed.
- 1981 - Picasso's painting Guernica is moved from New York to Madrid, Spain.
- 1984 - Sean O'Keefe (11) is youngest to cycle across US (24 days).
- 1986 - Bryan O'Connor named chairman of US Space Flight Safety Panel.
- 1990 - US President George Bush and Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Helsinki, Finland.
- 2001 - US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld calls a meeting of hundreds of Pentagon senior staff, giving a speech calling the Pentagon bureaucracy an adversary to the security of the USA. He says "... today we declare war on bureaucracy".
- 2008 - Lehman Brothers investment bank of New York posts a record quarterly loss of US$3.9 billion.
- 2017 - Hurricane Irma strikes Florida Keys islands as Category 4 storm.
Other history:
- 1846 - Elias Howe patents the sewing machine.
- 2001 - Norwegian parliamentary election: Kjell Magne Bondevik returns to power as head of a conservative coalition.
- 2002 - Switzerland, known for its neutrality, finally joins the United Nations.
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