September 10 is:
Sewing Machine Day
Swap Ideas Day
TV Dinner Day
National Hot Dog Day
Per foodimentary.com
- It is estimated that over seven billion hot dogs will be eaten by Americans between Memorial Day and Labor Day.
- The term “hot dog” is credited to sports cartoonist Tad Dorgan. At a baseball game in New York in 1901, vendors began selling hot dachsund sausages in rolls.
- The most popular condiment for adults is mustard, while children prefer ketchup.
- The first words Walt Disney’s Mickey Mouse ever uttered in a cartoon were “hot dogs” in “The Karnival Kid” in 1929.
- The average American is believed to eat approximately 60 hot dogs every year.
1776 – George Washington asked for a volunteer to spy on the British; Nathan Hale volunteered. He was captured by the British and executed on September 22. He is probably best remembered for his purported last words before being hanged: “I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.”
1813 – The first defeat of British naval squadron occurred in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812. The leader of the U.S. fleet sent the famous message “We have met the enemy, and they are ours” to U.S. General William Henry Harrison.
Elias Howe was granted a patent for the sewing machine on this date in 1846.
September 10, 1897 Lattimer Massacre – a sheriff’s posse killed twenty unarmed immigrant miners in Pennsylvania. Further medical evidence showed that nearly all the strikers had been shot in the back. The strikers, primarily German, Polish, Lithuanian, and Slovak immigrants, were fighting for decent wages and working conditions in one of the most brutal industries in the nation. The Lattimer Massacre was a touchstone event in the history of the United Mine Workers of America, who used it to organize workers across the region.
On this date in 1945, Mike the Headless Chicken lost his head. He lived for another 18 months. The axe missed the jugular vein, leaving one ear and most of the brain stem intact.
1946 – While riding a train to Darjeeling, Sister Teresa Bojaxhiu of the Loreto Sisters’ Convent claimed to have heard the call of God, directing her “to leave the convent and help the poor while living among them”. She would become known as Mother Teresa.
1953 – Swanson began selling its first “TV dinner.”