Today in History: September 10, CERN’s Large Hadron Collider powered up

This day is Wednesday Sept the rd day of There are days left in the year Currently in history On Sept the Large Hadron Collider at the European Organization for Nuclear Research CERN was powered up for the first time successfully firing the first beam of protons through its -mile underground ring tunnel Also on this date In John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in Virginia Related Articles Grove of giant sequoia trees burns in California s Sierra National Forest NTSB describes the turbulence that threw passengers around the cabin on a Delta flight Scientists are baffled by a powerful and long-lasting gamma ray explosion outside our galaxy More than containers fall off ship in California port Princeton doctoral candidate kidnapped in Iraq has been freed We both started sobbing sister says In Elias Howe received a patent for his sewing machine In running barefoot Abebe Bikila of Ethiopia won the Olympic marathon in Rome becoming the first Black African to win Olympic gold In Hurricane Donna a dangerous Category storm blamed for deaths struck the Florida Keys In Black students entered Alabama residents schools following a standoff between federal officials and Alabama Gov George C Wallace In four Puerto Rican nationalists imprisoned for a attack on the U S House of Representatives and a attempted killing of President Harry S Truman were freed from prison after being granted clemency by President Jimmy Carter In Pope John Paul II arrived in Miami where he was welcomed by President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan as he began a -day tour of the United States In the Senate Judiciary Committee opened hearings on the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the U S Supreme Court The proceedings would become a watershed moment in the discussion of sexual harassment when Anita Hill a law professor who had previously worked under Thomas came forward with statements against him In teams of forensic workers and cadaver dogs fanned out across New Orleans to collect the corpses left behind by Hurricane Katrina In King Charles III was officially proclaimed Britain s monarch in a pomp-filled ceremony two days after the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II In the modern day s Birthdays Scientist-author Jared Diamond is Singer Jos Feliciano is Former Canadian first lady Margaret Trudeau is Political commentator Bill O Reilly is Rock musician Joe Perry Aerosmith is Actor Amy Irving is Sen Cynthia Lummis R-Wyoming is Actor-director Clark Johnson is Actor Kate Burton is Film director Chris Columbus is Actor Colin Firth is Cartoonist Alison Bechdel is Baseball Hall of Famer Randy Johnson is Actor Raymond Cruz is Rapper Big Daddy Kane is Film director Guy Ritchie is Actor Ryan Phillippe FIHL -ih-pee is Ballerina Misty Copeland is Former MLB All-Star Joey Votto is