June 10
June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years ), with 204 days remaining.
Events
1190 - Third Crusade : Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem .
1692 - Salem witch trials : Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
1793 - The Jardin des Plantes museum opened in Paris (a year later it would become the first public zoo ).
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 .
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 .
1935 - Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron , Ohio by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith .
1940 - World War II : Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom .
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 - 15-year old Joe Nuxhall becomes the youngest baseballer to pitch a game in major league history.
1947 - Saab produces its first automobile .
1956 - 1956 Summer Olympics : Equestrian events open in Stockholm , Sweden .
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 - 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 (he was recaptured on June 13 ).
1977 - Apple Computer ships its first Apple II personal computer.
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 has been deemed "The Mother of All Parades," New York 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 .
Births
1657 - James Cragg the Elder , English politician (d. 1721 )
1688 - James Francis Edward Stuart , "The Old Pretender" (d. 1766 )
1803 - Henry Darcy , French scientist (d. 1858 )
1819 - Gustave Courbet , French painter (d. 1877 )
1835 - Rebecca Latimer Felton , first woman US Senator (d. 1930 )
1844 - Carl Hagenbeck , animal trainer
1861 - Pierre Duhem , French physicist and philosopher of science (d. 1916 )
1862 - Mrs Leslie Carter , nee Caroline Dudley, Broadway actress & star, (d. 1937 )
1880 - André Derain , French painter and illustrator (d. 1954 )
1895 - Hattie McDaniel , actress, and the first African American to win an Academy Award (d. 1952 )
1897 - Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia (d. 1918 )
1901 - Frederick Loewe , composer (d. 1988 )
1903 - Theo Lingen actor (d. 1978 )
1903 - Clyde Beatty , hunter, circus impresario (d. 1965 )
1907 - Fairfield Porter , American painter (d. 1975 )
1910 - Howlin' Wolf , blues musician born as "Chester Burnett" (d. 1976 )
1911 - Terence Rattigan , playwright (d. 1977 )
1913 - Tikhon Khrennikov , composer
1915 - Saul Bellow , Canadian author, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 2005 )
1921 - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
1922 - Judy Garland , American actress, singer (d. 1969 )
1926 - Lionel Jeffries actor
1923 - Robert Maxwell , owner of Mirror Group Newspapers (d. 1991 )
1927 - Lin Yang-kang , politician in the Republic of China on Taiwan
1928 - Maurice Sendak , writer, producer, illustrator
1929 - Harald Juhnke , German actor and comedian (d. 2005 )
1929 - Ian McCahon Sinclair , Australian politician
1930 - Theo Sommer , journalist
1933 - F. Lee Bailey , celebrity attorney
1940 - John Stevens , British drummer (d. 1994 )
1941 - Jürgen Prochnow , actor
1941 - Shirley Owens , singer, member of the Shirelles
1942 - Preston Manning , Canadian politician
1949 - Ronald James Padavona , (a.k.a. Ronnie James Dio) Heavy metal singer
1951 - Dan Fouts , American football star
1953 - John Edwards , senator
1957 - Lindsay Hoyle , British politician
1962 - Gina Gershon , American actress
1963 - Jeanne Tripplehorn , American actress
1964 - Jimmy Chamberlin , musician
1965 - Elizabeth Hurley , actress
1965 - Linda Evangelista , supermodel
1968 - Jimmy Shea , American skeleton racer
1971 - Joel Hailey aka JoJo, R&B singer
1973 - Faith Evans , R&B singer
1976 - Freddy Garcia , baseball pitcher
1981 - Miranda Gard , Singer
1982 - Princess Madeleine of Sweden
1982 - Tara Lipinski , figure skater
Deaths
323 BC - Alexander the Great (b. 356 BC )
1075 - Margrave Ernest the Brave of Austria
1190 - Frederick Barbarossa , Holy Roman Emperor (drowned) (b. 1122 )
1424 - Duke Ernest the Iron of Inner Austria
1580 - Luis de Camões , Portuguese poet (b. 1524 )
1654 - Alessandro Algardi , Italian sculptor (b. 1598 )
1692 - Bridget Bishop , accused witch
1831 - Hans Karl Friedrich Anton, count von Diebitsch , Russian field marshal (b. 1785 )
1836 - André-Marie Ampère , French physicist (b. 1775 )
1901 - Robert Williams Buchanan , British poet, novelist and dramatist (b. 1841 )
1902 - Jacint Verdaguer , Catalan poet (b. 1845 )
1909 - Edward Everett Hale , author
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 )
1946 - Jack Johnson , boxer (b. 1878 )
1947 - Alexander Bethune , twelfth Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia (b. 1852 )
1949 - Sigrid Undset , Norwegian author, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature (b. 1882 )
1958 - Angelina Weld Grimke , journalist and poet (b. 1880 )
1967 - Spencer Tracy , actor (b. 1900 )
1971 - Michael Rennie , actor (b. 1909 )
1973 - William Inge , playwright (b. 1913 )
1974 - Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1900 )
1976 - Adolph Zukor , producer (b. 1873 )
1982 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder , author, movie director (b. 1945 )
1982 - Addie "Micki" Harris , singer (Shirelles ) (b. 1940 )
1986 - Merle Miller , biographer (b. 1919 )
1988 - Louis L'Amour , American author (b. 1908 )
1993 - Les Dawson , British comedian (b. 1933 or 34 )
1996 - George Hees , Canadian politician (b. 1910 )
1998 - Hammond Innes , English author (b. 1914 )
2000 - Hafez al-Assad , President of Syria (b. 1930 )
2000 - Arambam Somorendra , playwright (b. 1936 )
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 , Mafia boss (b. 1940 )
2003 - Donald Regan , Chief of Staff and U.S. Treasury Secretary (b. 1918 )
2003 - Dr Phil Williams , Welsh politician and scientist (b. 1939 )
2004 - Ray Charles , American singer and musician (b. 1930 )
Holidays and observances
External links
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