Today in History
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2014 First Invictus Games Held
The international games bring together wounded armed forces personnel and veterans who compete in at
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2008 Large Hadron Collider Goes Live
The world’s largest particle collider, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) was built by the European Org
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1977 Last Person to be Executed in France
Hamida Djandoubi was also the last person to be executed by a guillotine. Djandoubi was convicted an
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1960 Baghdad Conference Begins
The 5-day long conference in Iraq’s capital city ended with the creation of the Organization of the
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1846 Patent For Sewing Machine Awarded
The United States’ Patent Office awarded a patent for the first sewing machine with a lockstitch des
Births On This Day,
September, 10
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1976 Matt Morgan
American wrestler, actor
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1960 Colin Firth
English actor
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1941 Stephen Jay Gould
American paleontologist
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1872 Ranjitsinhji
Indian cricketer
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1839 Charles Sanders Peirce
American philosopher, mathematician, scientist
Deaths On This Day,
September, 10
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1985 Jock Stein
Scottish footballer, manager
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1935 Huey Long
American politician
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1898 Empress Elisabeth of Austria
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1797 Mary Wollstonecraft
English author, philosopher
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1669 Henrietta Maria of France