On This Day

September 10th

1608 John Smith elected president of the Jamestown colony council. 1846 Elias Howe receives patent for his sewing machine. 1847 1st theater opens in Hawaii. 1913 Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway. 1953 Swanson sells it's first "TV Dinner". 1955 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS television.

Birthdays

1934 Charles Kuralt, "On the road..." for CBS.