Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/September 10
- 1813 - The Battle of Lake Erie was fought between the United States and Great Britain.
- 1823 - Simón Bolívar was named President of Peru.
- 1846 - Elias Howe patented the sewing machine.
- 1960 - Mickey Mantle hit what is thought to be the Major League's longest home run an estimated 643 feet.
- 1990 - The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro, the largest church in Africa, was consecrated by Pope John Paul II.
- 2003 - Anna Lindh, the foreign minister of Sweden, was fatally stabbed.
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