1 of 5 | On Sept. 10, 1813, U.S. naval units under the command of Capt. Oliver Perry, pictured standing at the front of the boat in this painting, defeated a British squadron in the Battle of Lake Erie. File Image by Percy Moran/Library of Congress
Sept. 10 (UPI) -- On this date in history:
In 1813, U.S. naval units under the command of Capt. Oliver Perry defeated a British squadron in the Battle of Lake Erie.
In 1823, Simon Bolivar, who led the wars for independence from Spain in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru and Bolivia, was named president of Peru with dictatorial powers.
In 1846, Elias Howe received a patent for the sewing machine.
