This Day in History, Sept. 10

1608 - John Smith elected council president of Jamestown, VA.

1846 - Elias Howe gets patent for sewing machine.

1939 - Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining France, the UK, New Zealand and Austrailia.

1943 - WWII: German forces begin their occupation of Rome.

1961 - At the Italian Grand Prix in Monza, a horrific crash on the 2nd lap of the race causes the death of German driver Wolfgang von Trips and 13 spectators hit by his Ferrari.

1972 - The US loses its first International basketball game in a disputed match against the Soviet Union in Munich, Germany.

1990 - The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace in Cote'd'Ivoire, the largest church in Africa and maybe the world, is consecrated by Pope John Paul II.

1993 - My neice Lindsey Henderson was born.