September 10. History Parade 1608. In Virginia, John Smith is elected president of Jamestown council. 1770. Jose due Escandon, the Father of the lower Rio Grande Valley ,Texas, died in Mexico City. 1772. New regulations for presidios of Texas were formally introduced . The new plan specified the pay and responsibilities for chaplains, officers and men. 1794. The U.S. s first nondenominational college , Blunt College in Knoxville ( now the University of Tennessee ) is chartered. 1813. Following the Battle of Lake Erie, Oliver Hazard Perry sends the message We have met the enemy and they are ours, 1846. Elias However of Spencer, Massachusetts, patents a hand-cranked sewing machine. 1913. The Lincoln Highway, the first coast-to-coast paved U.S. highway, stretching from New York City to San Francisco, opens ( now replaced by I-80. 1955. The TV show Gunsmoke premieres on CBS, beginning a 20- year run.
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