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On This Day, Sept. 10: Obama promises to 'degrade,' 'destroy' ISIS

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In 1813 , U.S. naval units under the command of Capt. Oliver Perry defeated a British squadron in the Battle of Lake Erie .

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 1963 , black students entered the white public schools of Birmingham , Tuskegee and Mobile in Alabama .

In 1977 , Tunisian immigrant Hamida Djandoubi became the last person France executed by guillotine.