Five interesting events that happened on September 10th. Thanks For Watching!
1813 In the first unqualified defeat of a British naval squadron in history, U.S. Captain Oliver Hazard Perry leads a fleet of nine American ships to victory over a squadron of six British warships at the Battle of Lake Erie.
1897 a 25-year-old London taxi driver named George Smith becomes the first person ever arrested for drunk driving after slamming his cab into a building. Smith later pleaded guilty and was fined 25 shillings.
1919 New York City holds a parade to welcome home General John J. Pershing, commander in chief of the American Expeditionary Force (AEF), and some 25,000 world war 1 soldiers
1991 Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is released as a single.
2008 scientists successfully flip the switch for the first time on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC).
