UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 10, the 254th day of 2024 with 112 to follow.

The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.

Those born on this date are under the sign of Virgo. They include Pope Julius III in 1487; fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli in 1890; dancer Adele Astaire in 1896; Hall of Fame golfer Arnold Palmer in 1929; fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in 1933; baseball legend Roger Maris in 1934; Football Hall of Fame member Buck Buchanan in 1940; writer Stephen Jay Gould in 1941; musician Danny Hutton (Three Dog Night) in 1942 (age 82); musician Jose Feliciano in 1945 (age 79); Basketball Hall of Fame member Bob Lanier in 1948; political commentator Bill O'Reilly in 1949 (age 75); musician Joe Perry (Aerosmith) in 1950 (age 74); actor Amy Irving in 1953 (age 71); actor Clark Johnson in 1954 (age 70); actor Kate Burton in 1957 (age 67); musician Siobhan Fahey (Bananarama) in 1958 (age 66); musician David Lowery (Cracker) in 1960 (age 64); filmmaker Chris Columbus in 1958 (age 66); actor Colin Firth in 1960 (age 64); cartoonist Alison Bechdel in 1960 (age 64); Wesley Simina, president of the Federated States of Micronesia, in 1961 (age 63); actor Raymond Cruz in 1961 (age 63); Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Randy "The Big Unit" Johnson in 1963 (age 61); Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma 1964 (age 60); musician Robin Goodridge (Bush) in 1965 (age 59); musician Stevie "D." Dacanay (Buckcherry) in 1966 (age 58); musician Miles Zuniga (Fastball) in 1966 (age 58); Hockey Hall of Fame member Joe Nieuwendyk in 1966 (age 58); filmmaker Guy Ritchie in 1968 (age 56); musician Big Daddy Kane, born Antonio Hardy, in 1968 (age 56); actor Ryan Phillippe in 1974 (age 50); actor Jacob Young in 1979 (age 45); musician Mikey Way (My Chemical Romance) in 1980 (age 44); ballet dancer Misty Copeland in 1982 (age 42); actor Gabriel Bateman in 2004 (age 20).

On this date in history:

In 1813, U.S. naval units under the command of Capt. Oliver Perry defeated a British squadron in the Battle of Lake Erie.

In 1823, Simon Bolivar, who led the wars for independence from Spain in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, was named president of Peru with dictatorial powers.

In 1846, Elias Howe received a patent for the sewing machine.

In 1963, Black students entered all-White public schools of Birmingham, Tuskegee and Mobile in Alabama after U.S. President John F. Kennedy federalized the state's National Guard.

In 1977, Tunisian immigrant Hamida Djandoubi became the last person France executed by guillotine. He was convicted of torturing and strangling his girlfriend because she refused to become a prostitute.

In 1981, Pablo Picasso's epic painting, Guernica, which depicted the air bombing of the Spanish town by Nazi Germany and Fascist Italian planes, was delivered to Spain for the first time since it was painted in 1937. The painter, who was living in France, said it could not be returned to Spain until democracy was restored.

In 2002, Switzerland and Timor-Leste joined the United Nations, expanding the membership roll to 191. It eventually increased to 193.

In 2008, scientists in a Geneva lab activated the Large Hadron Collider, the world's largest and most powerful subatomic particle accelerator, built over a 14-year period and costing an estimated $8 billion. It had to be shut down after nine days for repairs.

In 2011, nearly 200 people died after an overloaded ferry capsized and sank off the coast of Tanzania. More than 600 were rescued.

In 2014, in a speech to the nation, President Barack Obama said the United States and a "broad coalition" will "degrade and ultimately destroy" Islamic State terrorists. The coalition declared victory over the group, also known as ISIS and ISIL, in July 2017, though the group remains active.

In 2020, the August Complex Fire in California's Tehama County became the largest blaze in the state's history at more than 471,000 acres burned. It ultimately burned more than 1 million acres.

In 2022, Britain's King Charles III was formally proclaimed monarch during a ceremony at St. James' Palace in London one day after the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II.

In 2023, Novak Djokovic defeated Daniil Medvedev at the U.S. Open final, tying him with Margaret Court's record for most major titles -- 24 -- on the women or men's tennis circuits.

A thought for the day: "I don't want to end up simply having visited the world." -- American poet Mary Oliver