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. File Photo by Ali Jasim/UPI In 1963, Black students entered the white public schools of Birmingham, Tuskegee