Today is Tuesday, Sept. 10, the 253rd day of 2019. There are 112 days left in the year.Today’s Highlight in History:On Sept. 10, 1813, an American naval force commanded by Oliver H. Perry defeated the British in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. (Afterward, Perry sent the message, “We have met the enemy and they are ours.”)On this date:In 1912, the jungle character Tarzan made his debut as “Tarzan of the Apes” by Edgar Rice Burroughs was first published in The All-Story magazine. In 1919, New York City welcomed home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25,000 soldiers who’d served in the U.S. First Division during World War I.In 1935, Sen. Huey P. Long died in Baton Rouge two days after being shot in the Louisiana state Capitol, allegedly by Dr. Carl Weiss.In 1960, Hurricane Donna, a dangerous Category 4 storm eventually blamed for 364 deaths, struck the Florida Keys.In 1962, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, a black student.In 1963, 20 black students entered Alabama public schools following a standoff between federal authorities and Gov. George C. Wallace.In 1979, four Puerto Rican nationalists imprisoned for a 1954 attack on… Read full this story
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