September 10 - This Day in History

September 10: General Interest
1897: First drunk driving arrest

On this day in 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 pled guilty and was fined 25 shillings... read more


American Revolution
1776 : Nathan Hale volunteers to spy behind British lines
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nathan-hale-volunteers-to-spy-behind-british-lines


Automotive
1897 : Londoner George Smith gets caught driving drunk
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/londoner-george-smith-gets-caught-driving-drunk


Civil War
1861 : North and South fight indecisive battle at Carnifex Ferry
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/engagement-at-carnifex-ferry


Cold War
1989 : Hungary allows East Germans refugees to leave
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hungary-allows-east-germans-refugees-to-leave


Crime
1931 : Crime boss Salvatore Maranazano is murdered
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/crime-boss-salvatore-maranazano-is-murdered

1977 : Serial-killing couple meets
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/serial-killing-couple-meets


Disaster
1976 : Jets collide over Zagreb
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jets-collide-over-zagreb


General Interest
1608 : Smith to lead Jamestown
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/smith-to-lead-jamestown

1813 : The Battle of Lake Erie
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-battle-of-lake-erie

1977 : The guillotine falls silent
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-guillotine-falls-silent

1981 : Guernica returned to Spain
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/guernica-returned-to-spain


Hollywood
2000 : Halle Berry wins Emmy for Dandridge
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/halle-berry-wins-emmy-for-dandridge


Literary
1941 : Stephen Jay Gould is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stephen-jay-gould-is-born


Music
1991 : Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is released as a single
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nirvanas-quotsmells-like-teen-spiritquot-is-released-as-a-single


Old West
1881 : Tensions grow in Tombstone, Arizona, after a stage coach robbery
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/tensions-grow-in-tombstone-arizona-after-a-stage-coach-robbery


Presidential
1833 : Andrew Jackson shuts down Second Bank of the U.S.
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/andrew-jackson-shuts-down-second-bank-of-the-us


Sports
1962 : Rod Laver wins Grand Slam
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rod-laver-wins-grand-slam


Vietnam War
1963 : President Kennedy gets mixed signals
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-kennedy-gets-mixed-signals

1964 : President Johnson sends signal to both North and South Vietnamese
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-johnson-sends-signal-to-both-north-and-south-vietnamese


World War I
1919 : New York City parade honors World War I veterans
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/new-york-city-parade-honors-us-soldiers-from-world-war-i


World War II
1940 : British War Cabinet reacts to the Blitz in kind
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-war-cabinet-reacts-to-the-blitz-in-kind