June 10
is the 161st day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar (162nd in
leap years), with 204 days remaining.
*
1190 -
Third Crusade:
Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the
Saleph River while leading an army to
Jerusalem.
*
1619 -
Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt of the
Thirty Years' War*
1692 -
Salem witch trials:
Bridget Bishop is hanged at
Gallows Hill near
Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
*
1719 -
Battle of Glen Shiel*
1793 - The
Jardin des Plantes museum opens in
Paris (becoming, a year later, the first public
zoo).
* 1793 -
French Revolution: Following arrests of
Girondin leaders the
Jacobins gain control of the
Committee of Public Safety installing the
revolutionary dictatorship.
*
1801 - Tripoli declares war on the United States for refusing tribute.
*
1829 - First
Boat Race between
Oxford and
Cambridge.
*
1846 -
Mexican-American War: The
California Republic declares independence from
Mexico.
*
1854 - The first class of
United States Naval Academy students graduate.
*
1864 -
American Civil War:
Battle of Brice's Crossroads –
Confederate troops under
Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger
Union force led by General
Samuel D. Sturgis in
Mississippi.
*
1871 - Captain
McLane Tilton leads 109
Marines in naval attack on
Han River forts on
Kanghwa Island Shinmiyangyo,
Korea.
*
1886 - Eruption of
Mount Tarawera in
New Zealand, killing 153 people and destroying the famous
Pink and White Terraces.
*
1898 -
US Marines land on the island of
Cuba during the
Spanish-American War.
*
1924 -
Fascists kidnap and kill
Italian socialist leader
Giacomo Matteotti in
Rome.
*
1925 - Inagural service for the
United Church of Canada, a union of
Presbyterian,
Methodist, and
Congregationalist churches held in
Toronto arena
*
1935 -
Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in
Akron,
Ohio,
United States, by
Bill Wilson and Dr.
Robert Smith.
*
1940 -
World War II:
Italy declares
war on
France and the
United Kingdom.
* 1940 - World War II: U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with [ftp://webstorage2.mcpa.virginia.edu/library/nara/fdr/audiovisual/speeches/fdr_1940_0610.mp3 "Stab in the Back"] speech from the graduation ceremonies of the
University of Virginia.
* 1940 - World War II:
German forces, under General
Erwin Rommel, reach the
English Channel.
* 1940 - World War II:
Canada declares war on
Italy.
* 1940 - World War II:
Norway Surrenders to
German forces.
*
1942 -
World War II:
Nazis burn the Czech village of
Lidice as reprisal for the killing of
Reinhard Heydrich.
*
1944 - World War II: 642 men, women and children are killed in the
Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in
France.
* 1944 - In
baseball, 15-year old
Joe Nuxhall of the
Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
*
1945 -
Australian Imperial Forces landed in Brunei Bay to liberate
Brunei.
*
1947 -
Saab produces its first
automobile.
*
1965 -
Vietnam War:
Battle of Dong Xoai begins.
*
1967 -
Six-Day War ends:
Israel and
Syria agree to a cease-fire.
* 1967 -
Argentina becomes a member of the
Berne Convention copyright treaty.
*
1973 -
John Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire
J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in
Rome,
Italy.
*
1977 -
James Earl Ray escapes from
Brushy Mountain State Prison in
Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on
June 13.
* 1977 -
Apple Computer ships its first
Apple II personal computer.
*
1978 -
Costa Rica becomes a member of the
Berne Convention copyright treaty.
*
1980 - The
African National Congress in
South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader
Nelson Mandela.
* 1980 -
Percy Wood, president of
United Airlines, is injured by an exploding package sent by the
Unabomber.
*
1991 - In what was dubbed "The Mother of All Parades,"
New York City hosts a parade welcoming back troops from
Operation Desert Storm.
*
1996 - Peace talks begin in
Northern Ireland without
Sinn Féin.
*
1997 -
Khmer Rouge leader
Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief
Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold.
*
1999 -
Kosovo War:
NATO suspends its
air strikes after
Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw
Serbian forces from
Kosovo.
*
2001 -
Pope John Paul II canonized
Saint Rafqa*
2003 - The
Spirit Rover is launched, beginning
NASA's
Mars Exploration Rover mission.
*
1213 -
Fakhruddin 'Iraqi, Persian philosopher and Sufi mystic
*
1632 -
Esprit Fléchier, French writer and bishop (d.
1710)
*
1637 -
Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d.
1675)
*
1657 -
James Cragg the Elder, British politician (d.
1721) (baptism: date of birth not recorded)
*
1688 -
James Francis Edward Stuart, "The Old Pretender" (d.
1766)
*
1706 -
John Dollond, English optician (d.
1761)
*
1710 -
James Short, Scottish mathematician and optician (d.
1768)
*
1803 -
Henry Darcy, French scientist (d.
1858)
*
1804 -
Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (d.
1884)
*
1825 -
Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (d.
1897)
*
1819 -
Gustave Courbet, French painter (d.
1877)
*
1835 -
Rebecca Latimer Felton, U.S. Senator (d.
1930)
*
1839 -
Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg,
Council President of Denmark (d.
1912)
*
1861 -
Pierre Duhem, French physicist and philosopher of science (d.
1916)
*
1862 -
Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (d.
1937)
*
1863 -
Louis Couperus, Dutch novelist and poet (d.
1923)
*
1880 -
André Derain, French painter and illustrator (d.
1954)
*
1889 -
Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (d.
1973)
*
1895 -
Hattie McDaniel, American actress (d.
1952)
*
1897 -
Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia (d.
1918)
*
1901 -
Frederick Loewe, Austrian-born composer (d.
1988)
*
1907 -
Fairfield Porter, American painter (d.
1975)
*
1908 -
Robert Cummings, American actor (d.
1990)
*
1910 -
Howlin' Wolf, American musician (d.
1976)
* 1910 -
Frank Demaree, baseball player (d.
1958)
*
1911 -
Terence Rattigan, British playwright (d.
1977)
*
1912 -
Jean Lesage, Premier of
Quebec (d.
1980)
*
1913 -
Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer
*
1915 -
Saul Bellow, Canadian-born writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (d.
2005)
*
1918 -
Barry Morse, British-born Canadian actor
*
1921 -
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh* 1921 -
Jean Robic, French cyclist (d.
1980)
*
1922 -
Judy Garland, American actress, and singer (d.
1969)
*
1923 -
Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born newspaperman (d.
1991)
*
1926 -
Lionel Jeffries, British actor
*
1927 -
Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician
* 1927 -
Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-born footballer (d.
2002)
*
1928 -
Maurice Sendak, American writer, producer, and illustrator
*
1929 -
Harald Juhnke, German actor and comedian (d.
2005)
* 1929 -
Ian McCahon Sinclair, Australian politician
* 1929 -
E. O. Wilson, American biologist
*
1931 -
João Gilberto, Brazilian singer
*
1933 -
F. Lee Bailey, American attorney
*
1940 -
John Stevens, British drummer (d.
1994)
*
1941 -
Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
* 1941 -
Mickey Jones, American musician and actor
* 1941 -
Shirley Owens, American singer (
Shirelles)
*
1942 -
Preston Manning, Canadian politician
*
1947 -
Ken Singleton, Major league baseball player
*
1949 -
John Sentamu, Archbishop of York
*
1949 -
Ronnie James Dio, American singer
*
1950 -
Elias Sosa, Major League baseball pitcher
*
1951 -
Dan Fouts, American football player
*
1953 -
John Edwards, Former U.S. Senator, and 2004 Vice Presidential candidate
*
1957 -
Lindsay Hoyle, British politician
* 1957 -
Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese one class authorized architect and builder
*
1959 -
Eliot Spitzer, New York Attorney General
*
1961 -
Kim Deal, Musician in
the Pixies and
the Breeders*
1962 -
Gina Gershon, American actress
* 1962 -
Vincent Perez, Swiss actor
*
1963 -
Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress
*
1964 -
Jimmy Chamberlin, American musician
*
1965 -
Elizabeth Hurley, British actress
*
1966 -
David Platt, British footballer
*
1968 -
Jimmy Shea, American skeleton racer
*
1969 -
Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer
*
1970 -
Mike Doughty, American singer/songwriter
*
1971 -
Joel Hailey, American singer
* 1971 -
Bruno N'Gotty, French footballer
*
1972 -
Radmila Šekerinska, Macedonian politician
*
1973 -
Faith Evans, American singer
* 1973 -
Pokey Reese, baseball player
*
1975 -
Henrik Pedersen, Danish footballer
* 1975 -
Risto Jussilainen, Finnish ski jumper
*
1976 -
Freddy Garcia, baseball player
* 1976 -
Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer
*
1977 -
Takako Matsu, Japanese singer and actress
*
1978 -
Shane West, American actor
*
1979 -
Alex Garcia, (not the chef)
*
1980 -
Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
*
1982 -
Princess Madeleine of Sweden
* 1982 -
Tara Lipinski, American figure skater
* 1982 -
Leelee Sobieski, American actress
*
1985 -
Kristina Lundberg, Swedish ice hockey player
*
1986 -
Joey Zimmerman, American actor and musician
*
323 BC -
Alexander the Great (b.
356 BC)
*
1075 -
Ernest of Austria (b.
1027)
*
1190 -
Frederick Barbarossa,
Holy Roman Emperor (drowned) (b.
1122)
*
1424 - Duke
Ernest of Austria (b.
1377)
*
1552 -
Alexander Barclay, English poet
*
1556 -
Martin Agricola, German composer (b.
1486)
*
1580 -
Luis de Camões, Portuguese poet
*
1607 -
John Popham, English politician
*
1654 -
Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (b.
1598)
*
1680 -
Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (b.
1635)
*
1735 -
Thomas Hearne, English antiquarian (b.
1678)
*
1776 -
Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b.
1722)
*
1791 -
Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (b.
1720)
*
1831 -
Hans Karl von Diebitsch, Russian field marshal (b.
1785)
*
1836 -
André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (b.
1775)
*
1849 -
Thomas Robert Bugeaud de la Piconnerie, French marshal (b.
1784)
*
1899 -
Ernest Chausson, French composer (b.
1855)
*
1901 -
Robert Williams Buchanan, British poet, novelist and dramatist (b.
1841)
*
1902 -
Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (b.
1845)
*
1909 -
Edward Everett Hale, American author (b.
1822)
*
1912 -
Anton Aškerc, Slovenian poet (b.
1856)
*
1918 -
Arrigo Boito, Italian poet and composer (b.
1842)
*
1923 -
Pierre Loti, French sailor and writer (b.
1850)
*
1926 -
Antoni Gaudí, Catalan architect (b.
1852)
*
1930 -
Adolf Harnack, German theologian (b.
1851)
*
1934 -
Frederick Delius, English composer (b.
1862)
*
1937 -
Robert Borden, eighth
Prime Minister of Canada (b.
1854)
*
1940 -
Marcus Garvey, American civil rights activist (b.
1887)
*
1944 -
Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (b.
1910)
*
1946 -
Jack Johnson, American boxer (b.
1878)
*
1947 -
Alexander Bethune, Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia (b.
1852)
*
1949 -
Sigrid Undset, Norwegian writer,
Nobel Prize laureate (b.
1882)
*
1958 -
Angelina Weld Grimke, American journalist and poet (b.
1880)
*
1967 -
Spencer Tracy, American actor (b.
1900)
*
1971 -
Michael Rennie, English actor (b.
1909)
*
1973 -
William Inge, American playwright (b.
1913)
*1973 -
Erich von Manstein, German military commander (b.
1887)
*
1974 -
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b.
1900)
*
1976 -
Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-born producer (b.
1873)
*
1982 -
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German author and film director (b.
1945)
* 1982 -
Addie "Micki" Harris, American singer (
Shirelles) (b.
1940)
*
1986 -
Merle Miller, American biographer (b.
1919)
*
1988 -
Louis L'Amour, American author (b.
1908)
*
1991 -
Vercors, French writer and illustrator (b.
1902)
*
1993 -
Les Dawson, British comedian (b.
1933 or
34)
*
1996 -
George Hees, Canadian politician (b.
1910)
* 1996 -
Jo Van Fleet, American actress
*
1998 -
Hammond Innes, English author (b.
1914)
* 1998 -
Jim Hearn, baseball player (b.
1921)
*
2000 -
Hafez al-Assad,
President of
Syria (b.
1930)
* 2000 -
Brian Statham, English cricketer (b.
1930)
*
2001 -
Princess Leila of Iran (b.
1970)
* 2001 -
Mike Mentzer, philosopher, bodybuilder, and author (b.
1951)
*
2002 -
John Gotti, American gangster (b.
1940)
*
2003 -
Donald Regan, Chief of Staff and
U.S. Treasury Secretary (b.
1918)
* 2003 -
Bernard Williams, English philosopher (b.
1929)
* 2003 - Dr
Phil Williams, Welsh politician and scientist (b.
1939)
*
2004 -
Ray Charles, American singer and musician (b.
1930)
*
2005 -
Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer (b.
1915)
*
2006 -
Moe Drabowsky, baseball player (b.
1935)
*
Roman Empire – fourth day of the
Vestalia in honor of
Vesta*
Portugal Day – National day of Portugal,
Camões and the Portuguese Communities
Liturgical feasts
*
Saint Amantius, martyr [GTZ: Metz]
*
Saint Anianus,
bishop of Chartres *
Saint Aster (died 362)
*
Saint Bardo*
Saint Censurius,
bishop of Auxerre *
Saint Evremundus, abbot [GTZ: Senlis]
*
Saint Fortunatus,
bishop of Trier, confessor
*Blessed
Getulius, Amancius and Cerealus, martyrs [GTZ: Trier]
*Blessed Henry of Treviso, confessor
*Jodocus, abbot, confessor [GTZ: Liège]
*Saint
Landericus, bishop of Paris, confessor [BLS; GTZ: Paris; PCP (Paris)]
*
Saint Landoald, bishop [WTS (Bruges)]
*
Saint Maurinus, abbot, martyr [GTZ: Cologne]
*
Saint Onuphrius, hermit, confessor [GTZ: Augsburg]
*Blessed priest
Ward Poppe*Blessed
Margaret, queen of Scotland [PRI: England]
*
Saint Olivia*
BBC: On This Day*
The New York Times: On This Day*
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