A look back at events in history on September 10 with Mike Badham

1766: Convicted robber Pat Redmond was hanged before a crowd in Cork. Straight afterwards an actor removed the body and revived it for a bet. That evening, a drunken Redmond appeared in the theatre shouting his thanks. Several audience members fainted at seeing the "dead" man walk in.

1846: In the US, Elias Howe patented his lock-stitch sewing machine. The needle moved side to side and the cloth went vertically (the opposite to modern machines). Some doctors criticised the gadget. They said the treadle action would over-excite seamstresses.

1891: In New York, Canadian Henry Sayers published a song which went to the top of the hit parade in England and stayed there for years. In fact, Tara ra boom de ay is still played when film makers want to evoke the atmosphere of the Naughty Nineties. 1894: London cab driver George Smith became the first person convicted of drunken driving. He was fined £1.

1918: An ice machine-gun was patented in the US. It was meant for farmers to irrigate their fields, but never caught on.

1929: Golf wizard Arnold Palmer was born in Pennsylvania. He was the first golfer to top $100,000 a year, and was a millionaire before he was 40.

1942: The RAF dropped 100,000 bombs on Dusseldorf in less than one hour.

1945: Vidkun Quisling, who as Norway's premier had collaborated with the Germans during the war, was sentenced to death.

1989: Hungary opened its western border. This enabled thousands of East German refugees to escape from communism.

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