June 10

Events

1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|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 University of Oxford|Oxford and University of Cambridge|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 States of America|Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger United States|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 - United States|US United States Marine Corps|Marines land on the island of Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

1924 - Fascists kidnap and kill Italy|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|Akron, Ohio, United States, by Bill W.|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 speech from the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.

1940 - World War II: Germany|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 Germany|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.

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 for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works|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, 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 for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works|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.

2003 - The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.

2001 - Pope John Paul II canonized Saint Rafqa

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)

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)

1810 - Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (d. 1884)

1819 - Gustave Courbet, French painter (d. 1877)

1835 - Rebecca Latimer Felton, U.S. Senator (d. 1930)

1861 - Pierre Duhem, French physicist and philosopher of science (d. 1916)

1862 - Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (d. 1937)

1880 - André Derain, French painter and illustrator (d. 1954)

1895 - Hattie McDaniel, American actress (d. 1952)

1897 - Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia (d. 1918)

1901 - Frederick Loewe, Austrian-born American composer (d. 1988)

1907 - Fairfield Porter, American painter (d. 1975)

1910 - Howlin' Wolf, American musician (d. 1976)

1911 - Terence Rattigan, British playwright (d. 1977)

1913 - Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer

1915 - Saul Bellow, Canadian-born writer, Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)

1921 - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

1922 - Judy Garland, American actress,singer, and poet (d. 1969)

1923 - Robert Maxwell, Czech-born newspaperman (d. 1991)

1926 - Lionel Jeffries British actor

1927 - Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician

1927 - Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-Spanish footballer (d. 2002)

1928 - Maurice Sendak, American writer, producer, and illustrator

1929 - Harald Juhnke, German actor and comedian (d. 2005)

1929 - Ian Sinclair|Ian McCahon Sinclair, Australian politician

1931 - João Gilberto, Brazilian singer

1933 - F. Lee Bailey, American attorney

1940 - John Stevens (drummer)|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

1949 - Ronnie James Dio, American singer

1951 - Dan Fouts, American football player

1953 - John Edwards, U.S. Senator

1957 - Lindsay Hoyle, British politician

1957 - Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese one class authorized architect and builder

1959 - Eliot Spitzer, New York Attorney General

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

1968 - Jimmy Shea, American skeleton racer

1969 - Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer

1971 - Joel Hailey, American singer

1971 - Bruno N'Gotty, French footballer

1973 - Faith Evans, American singer

1975 - Henrik Pedersen, Danish footballer

1976 - Freddy Garcia, baseball player

1978 - Shane West, American actor

1982 - Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Helsingia and Gestricia|Princess Madeleine of Sweden

1982 - Tara Lipinski, American figure skater

1982 - Leelee Sobieski, American actress

Deaths

323 BC - Alexander the Great (b. 356 BC)

1075 - Ernest of Austria (Babenberg)|Ernest of Austria (b. 1027)

1190 - Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor (drowned) (b. 1122)

1424 - Duke Ernest of Austria (Habsburg)|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 Friedrich Anton, count von Diebitsch, Russian field marshal (b. 1785)

1836 - André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (b. 1775)

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 Askerc|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)|Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878)

1947 - Alexander Bethune, Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia (b. 1852)

1949 - Sigrid Undset, Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize in Literature|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)

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)

1993 - Les Dawson, British comedian (b. 1933 or 1934|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 - 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 United States Treasury|U.S. Treasury Secretary (b. 1918)

2003 - Bernard Williams, English philosopher (b. 1929)

2003 - Dr Phil Williams (politician)|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)

Holidays and observances

Roman Empire – fourth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta (mythology)|Vesta

Portugal – National day of Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities

External links

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