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.
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 "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.

Births

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)
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
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
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

Deaths

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)
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 - Nathalie Mahy (10) and Stacy Lemmens (7), Belgian girls that since 10 June are missing

Holidays and observances

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 Metz
Saint Anianus, bishop of Chartres
Saint Aster (died 362)
Saint Bardo
Saint Censurius, bishop of Auxerre
Saint Evremundus, abbot Senlis
Saint Fortunatus, bishop of Trier, confessor
Blessed Getulius, Amancius and Cerealus, martyrs Trier
Blessed Henry of Treviso, confessor
Jodocus, abbot, confessor Liège
Saint Landericus, bishop of Paris, confessor GTZ: Paris; PCP (Paris)
Saint Landoald, bishop (Bruges)
Saint Maurinus, abbot, martyr Cologne
Saint Onuphrius, hermit, confessor Augsburg
Blessed priest Ward Poppe
Blessed Margaret, queen of Scotland England
Saint Olivia

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