1846: Elias Howe received a patent for his sewing machine. 1926: Germany joined the League of Nations. 1940: Buckingham Palace was struck by a German bomb. 1941: Celebrated evolutionary theorist and former Harvard University professor Stephen Jay Gould was born. 1955: Gunsmoke premiered on CBS. 1961: Mickey Mantle tied a major league baseball record for … Continue reading September 10th: On this day in history