2013: Dr. Ruth Benerito, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, USDA, chemist who helped develop wrinkle-free cotton, died in New Orleans at the age of 97.

1882: Robert Goddard, the father of modern rocketry, was born. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland is named after the space pioneer.

1813: Following victory on Sept. 10, 1813 in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812, Commodore Perry joined General William Henry Harrison, who later became president, in Canada near Moraviantown by the Thames River (now Ontario) to fight the British for the second time in 30 days. Tecumseh, an Indian ally of the British, was killed at the Battle of the Thames and the British suffered another defeat by American forces. Tecumseh's death fractured the confederation of tribes Tecumseh had formed.