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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_10" title="September 10">September 10</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1509" title="1509">1509</a> – The "<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1509_Constantinople_earthquake" title="1509 Constantinople earthquake">Minor Judgement Day</a></b>" earthquake struck in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_of_Marmara" title="Sea of Marmara">Sea of Marmara</a>, devastating much of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantinople" title="Constantinople">Constantinople</a> and killing more than 1,000 people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1779" title="1779">1779</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War" title="American Revolutionary War">American Revolutionary War</a>: Captain <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pickles_(American_Revolution)" title="William Pickles (American Revolution)">William Pickles</a> of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_Navy" title="Continental Navy">Continental Navy</a> boarded and captured the British sloop HMS <i>West Florida</i> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Lake_Pontchartrain" title="Battle of Lake Pontchartrain">Battle of Lake Pontchartrain</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_the_Headless_Chicken" title="Mike the Headless Chicken">Mike the Headless Chicken</a></b> was decapitated on a farm in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>; he survived another 18 months as part of sideshows before choking to death.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974" title="1974">1974</a> – After centuries of Portuguese rule, the country of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea-Bissau" title="Guinea-Bissau">Guinea-Bissau</a></b> was formally recognized as independent.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983" title="1983">1983</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon_Ellen_(1983)" title="Typhoon Ellen (1983)">Typhoon Ellen</a></b> dissipated after destroying hundreds of homes across Hong Kong and the Philippines.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Matilda" title="Empress Matilda">Empress Matilda</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1167); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville,_3rd_Duke_of_Buckingham_and_Chandos" title="Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos">Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1823); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.D." title="H.D.">H.D.</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1886); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Hamid_(soldier)" title="Abdul Hamid (soldier)">Abdul Hamid</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1965)</p>
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