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June 10th, 2008 (June 10 2008) | Event | The Gora Prai airstrike by the United States reportedly kills 11 Pakistani paramilitary troops. | |
June 10th, 2008 (June 10 2008) | Death | Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani-Soviet writer (born in 1928) | |
June 10th, 2007 (June 10 2007) | Death | Augie Auer, Meteorologist and television presenter (born in 1940) | |
June 10th, 2005 (June 10 2005) | Death | Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer (born in 1915) | |
June 10th, 2004 (June 10 2004) | Death | Ray Charles, American musician (born in 1930) | Ray Charles Quotes |
June 10th, 2003 (June 10 2003) | Event | The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA s Mars Exploration Rover mission. | |
June 10th, 2003 (June 10 2003) | Death | Donald Regan, Chief of Staff and U.S. Treasury Secretary (born in 1918) | |
June 10th, 2003 (June 10 2003) | Death | Bernard Williams, English philosopher (born in 1929) | Philo Quotes |
June 10th, 2003 (June 10 2003) | Death | Dr Phil Williams, Welsh politician and scientist (born in 1939) | |
June 10th, 2002 (June 10 2002) | Event | The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom. | |
June 10th, 2002 (June 10 2002) | Death | John Gotti, American gangster (born in 1940) | |
June 10th, 2001 (June 10 2001) | Event | Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon s first female saint Saint Rafqa | |
June 10th, 2001 (June 10 2001) | Death | Princess Leila of Iran (born in 1970) | |
June 10th, 2001 (June 10 2001) | Death | Mike Mentzer, American bodybuilder (born in 1951) | |
June 10th, 2000 (June 10 2000) | Death | Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (born in 1930) | |
June 10th, 2000 (June 10 2000) | Death | Brian Statham, English cricketer (born in 1930) | |
June 10th, 1999 (June 10 1999) | Event | Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milosevic agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo. | |
June 10th, 1998 (June 10 1998) | Death | Hammond Innes, English author (born in 1914) | |
June 10th, 1998 (June 10 1998) | Death | Jim Hearn, American baseball player (born in 1921) | |
June 10th, 1997 (June 10 1997) | Event | 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. | |
June 10th, 1996 (June 10 1996) | Event | Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without Sinn Fein. | |
June 10th, 1996 (June 10 1996) | Death | George Hees, Canadian politician (born in 1910) | |
June 10th, 1996 (June 10 1996) | Death | Jo Van Fleet, American actress (born in 1914) | |
June 10th, 1993 (June 10 1993) | Death | Les Dawson, English Comedian (born in 1934) | |
June 10th, 1992 (June 10 1992) | Death | U.S. Army Sgt. Zak Hernandez (born in 1973) | |
June 10th, 1991 (June 10 1991) | Death | Vercors, French writer (born in 1902) | |
June 10th, 1988 (June 10 1988) | Death | Louis L Amour, American author (born in 1908) | |
June 10th, 1987 (June 10 1987) | Birth | Amobi Okoye, Nigeria-born American football player | |
June 10th, 1987 (June 10 1987) | Birth | Martin Harnik, Austrian footballer | |
June 10th, 1987 (June 10 1987) | Birth | Kelly Vitz, American actress | |
June 10th, 1987 (June 10 1987) | Death | Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (born in 1943) | |
June 10th, 1986 (June 10 1986) | Death | Merle Miller, American biographer (born in 1919) | |
June 10th, 1985 (June 10 1985) | Birth | Kristina Lundberg, Swedish ice hockey player | |
June 10th, 1985 (June 10 1985) | Birth | Vasilis Torosidis, Greek footballer | |
June 10th, 1983 (June 10 1983) | Birth | Leelee Sobieski, American actress | |
June 10th, 1982 (June 10 1982) | Birth | Princess Madeleine of Sweden | |
June 10th, 1982 (June 10 1982) | Birth | Tara Lipinski, American figure skater | |
June 10th, 1982 (June 10 1982) | Death | Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German author (born in 1945) | |
June 10th, 1982 (June 10 1982) | Death | Addie "Micki" Harris, American singer (Shirelles) (born in 1940) | |
June 10th, 1981 (June 10 1981) | Birth | Burton O Brien, Scottish footballer | |
June 10th, 1981 (June 10 1981) | Birth | Hoku, American singer and actress | |
June 10th, 1981 (June 10 1981) | Birth | Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein, of Jordan | |
June 10th, 1981 (June 10 1981) | Birth | Jonathan Bennett, actor (Mean Girls) | |
June 10th, 1980 (June 10 1980) | Event | The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela. | Nelson Mandela Quotes |
June 10th, 1980 (June 10 1980) | Birth | Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer | |
June 10th, 1980 (June 10 1980) | Birth | Jessica Di Cicco, American actress | |
June 10th, 1979 (June 10 1979) | Birth | Konstantinos Loumpoutis, Greek footballer | |
June 10th, 1979 (June 10 1979) | Birth | Jake Tsakalidis, Georgian-Greek basketball player | |
June 10th, 1978 (June 10 1978) | Event | Costa Rica becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. | |
June 10th, 1978 (June 10 1978) | Birth | Shane West, American actor | |
June 10th, 1978 (June 10 1978) | Birth | Brian West, American soccer player | |
June 10th, 1977 (June 10 1977) | Event | James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13. | |
June 10th, 1977 (June 10 1977) | Event | Apple Computer ships its first Apple II personal computer. | |
June 10th, 1977 (June 10 1977) | Birth | Takako Matsu, Japanese singer and actress | |
June 10th, 1977 (June 10 1977) | Birth | Adam Darski, Polish musician most known for being the leader of Behemoth | |
June 10th, 1977 (June 10 1977) | Birth | Mike Rosenthal, American football player, sports radio talk show host | |
June 10th, 1976 (June 10 1976) | Birth | Freddy Garcia, American baseball player | |
June 10th, 1976 (June 10 1976) | Birth | Hadi Saei Bonehkohal, Persian taekwondoka | |
June 10th, 1976 (June 10 1976) | Birth | Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer | |
June 10th, 1976 (June 10 1976) | Birth | Esther Ouwehand, Dutch politician, parliamentarian for the Party for the Animals | |
June 10th, 1976 (June 10 1976) | Death | Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-born producer (born in 1873) | |
June 10th, 1975 (June 10 1975) | Birth | Henrik Pedersen, Danish footballer | |
June 10th, 1975 (June 10 1975) | Birth | Risto Jussilainen, Finnish ski jumper | |
June 10th, 1974 (June 10 1974) | Event | Brandon Ramirez, noted visionary and graphics designer born in TJ, Mexico. Known as the father of Rambo the next generation. | |
June 10th, 1974 (June 10 1974) | Death | Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (born in 1900) | |
June 10th, 1973 (June 10 1973) | Event | John Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy. | |
June 10th, 1973 (June 10 1973) | Birth | Faith Evans, American singer | Evans Quotes |
June 10th, 1973 (June 10 1973) | Birth | Pokey Reese, American baseball player | |
June 10th, 1973 (June 10 1973) | Birth | Flesh-N-Bone, American rapper, (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) | |
June 10th, 1973 (June 10 1973) | Death | William Inge, American playwright (born in 1913) | |
June 10th, 1973 (June 10 1973) | Death | Erich von Manstein, German military commander (born in 1887) | Erich von Manstein Quotes |
June 10th, 1972 (June 10 1972) | Birth | Steven Fischer, American film producer and director | |
June 10th, 1972 (June 10 1972) | Birth | Radmila Sekerinska, Macedonian politician | |
June 10th, 1971 (June 10 1971) | Birth | Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Congressman, Governor | |
June 10th, 1971 (June 10 1971) | Birth | Joel Hailey, American singer | |
June 10th, 1971 (June 10 1971) | Birth | Bruno N Gotty, French footballer | |
June 10th, 1971 (June 10 1971) | Birth | Kyle Sandilands, Australian radio host and TV personality | |
June 10th, 1971 (June 10 1971) | Death | Michael Rennie, English actor (born in 1909) | |
June 10th, 1970 (June 10 1970) | Birth | Mike Doughty, American singer | |
June 10th, 1969 (June 10 1969) | Birth | Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer | |
June 10th, 1969 (June 10 1969) | Birth | Kate Snow, American TV journalist | |
June 10th, 1968 (June 10 1968) | Birth | Bill Burr, American comedian | |
June 10th, 1968 (June 10 1968) | Birth | Jimmy Shea, American skeleton racer | |
June 10th, 1968 (June 10 1968) | Birth | The D.O.C., American rapper | |
June 10th, 1967 (June 10 1967) | Event | Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire. | |
June 10th, 1967 (June 10 1967) | Event | Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. | |
June 10th, 1967 (June 10 1967) | Birth | Emma Anderson, British guitarist and songwriter (Lush, Sing-Sing) | |
June 10th, 1967 (June 10 1967) | Death | Spencer Tracy, American actor (born in 1900) | |
June 10th, 1966 (June 10 1966) | Birth | David Platt, English footballer | |
June 10th, 1965 (June 10 1965) | Event | Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Xoai begins. | |
June 10th, 1965 (June 10 1965) | Birth | Elizabeth Hurley, British actress | |
June 10th, 1964 (June 10 1964) | Birth | Jimmy Chamberlin, American musician (The Smashing Pumpkins) | |
June 10th, 1964 (June 10 1964) | Birth | Ben Daniels, British actor | |
June 10th, 1964 (June 10 1964) | Birth | Tony Martin, Australian comedian | |
June 10th, 1963 (June 10 1963) | Birth | Brad Henry, American politician (current Oklahoma governor) | |
June 10th, 1963 (June 10 1963) | Birth | Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress | |
June 10th, 1962 (June 10 1962) | Birth | Gina Gershon, American actress | |
June 10th, 1962 (June 10 1962) | Birth | Koma Wong Ka-Kui, Hong Kong musician (Beyond) (died in 1993) | |
June 10th, 1962 (June 10 1962) | Birth | Vincent Perez, Swiss actor | |
June 10th, 1962 (June 10 1962) | Birth | Akie Abe, current First Lady of Japan | |
June 10th, 1962 (June 10 1962) | Birth | Brent Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player | |
June 10th, 1961 (June 10 1961) | Birth | Kim Deal, American musician (Pixies), (The Breeders) | |
June 10th, 1961 (June 10 1961) | Birth | Kelley Deal, American musician (The Breeders) | |
June 10th, 1960 (June 10 1960) | Birth | Balakrishna Nandamuri, Indian actor | |
June 10th, 1960 (June 10 1960) | Birth | Maxi Priest, American musician | |
June 10th, 1959 (June 10 1959) | Birth | Eliot Spitzer, American politician | |
June 10th, 1959 (June 10 1959) | Birth | Carlo Ancelotti, A.C. Milan coach | |
June 10th, 1959 (June 10 1959) | Death | Zoltan Mesko, Hungarian Nazi (born in 1883) | |
June 10th, 1958 (June 10 1958) | Death | Angelina Weld Grimke, American journalist (born in 1880) | |
June 10th, 1957 (June 10 1957) | Birth | Lindsay Hoyle, British politician | |
June 10th, 1957 (June 10 1957) | Birth | Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese architect | |
June 10th, 1956 (June 10 1956) | Birth | Georg Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg, head of the House of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | |
June 10th, 1953 (June 10 1953) | Birth | John Edwards, American politician | John Edwards Quotes |
June 10th, 1951 (June 10 1951) | Birth | Dan Fouts, American football player | |
June 10th, 1950 (June 10 1950) | Birth | Elias Sosa, Major League Baseball pitcher | |
June 10th, 1949 (June 10 1949) | Birth | John Sentamu, Archbishop of York | |
June 10th, 1949 (June 10 1949) | Death | Sigrid Undset, Norwegian writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1882) | |
June 10th, 1947 (June 10 1947) | Event | Saab produces its first automobile. | |
June 10th, 1947 (June 10 1947) | Birth | Ken Singleton, American baseball player | |
June 10th, 1947 (June 10 1947) | Death | Alexander Bethune, Canadian politician (born in 1852) | |
June 10th, 1946 (June 10 1946) | Death | Jack Johnson, American boxer (born in 1878) | Jack Johnson Quotes |
June 10th, 1945 (June 10 1945) | Event | Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei. | |
June 10th, 1944 (June 10 1944) | Event | World War II: 642 men, women and children are killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France. | |
June 10th, 1944 (June 10 1944) | Event | World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia Prefecture, Greece 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops. | |
June 10th, 1944 (June 10 1944) | Event | In baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game. | |
June 10th, 1944 (June 10 1944) | Death | Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (born in 1910) | |
June 10th, 1942 (June 10 1942) | Event | World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich. | Reinhard Heydrich Quotes |
June 10th, 1942 (June 10 1942) | Birth | Preston Manning, Canadian politician | |
June 10th, 1941 (June 10 1941) | Birth | Jurgen Prochnow, German actor | |
June 10th, 1941 (June 10 1941) | Birth | Mickey Jones, American musician and actor | |
June 10th, 1941 (June 10 1941) | Birth | Shirley Owens, American singer (Shirelles) | |
June 10th, 1941 (June 10 1941) | Birth | David Walker, Australian racing driver | |
June 10th, 1940 (June 10 1940) | Event | World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom. | |
June 10th, 1940 (June 10 1940) | Event | World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy s actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia. | |
June 10th, 1940 (June 10 1940) | Event | World War II: German forces, under General Erwin Rommel, reach the English Channel. | Erwin Rommel Quotes |
June 10th, 1940 (June 10 1940) | Event | World War II: Canada declares war on Italy. | |
June 10th, 1940 (June 10 1940) | Event | World War II: Norway surrenders to German forces. | |
June 10th, 1940 (June 10 1940) | Birth | Augie Auer, Meteorologist and television presenter (died in 2007) | |
June 10th, 1940 (June 10 1940) | Birth | John Stevens, British drummer (died in 1994) | |
June 10th, 1940 (June 10 1940) | Death | Marcus Garvey, American civil rights activist (born in 1887) | |
June 10th, 1937 (June 10 1937) | Death | Robert Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada (born in 1854) | |
June 10th, 1935 (June 10 1935) | Event | Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson. | |
June 10th, 1935 (June 10 1935) | Birth | Vic Elford, British racing driver | |
June 10th, 1934 (June 10 1934) | Death | Frederick Delius, English composer (born in 1862) | |
June 10th, 1933 (June 10 1933) | Birth | Georgi Atanasov, Bulgarian Prime Minister | |
June 10th, 1933 (June 10 1933) | Birth | F. Lee Bailey, American attorney | |
June 10th, 1932 (June 10 1932) | Birth | Branko Lustig, film producer | |
June 10th, 1931 (June 10 1931) | Birth | Joao Gilberto, Brazilian singer and guitarist | |
June 10th, 1930 (June 10 1930) | Death | Adolf Harnack, German theologian (born in 1851) | Adolf Ogi Quotes |
June 10th, 1929 (June 10 1929) | Birth | Harald Juhnke, German actor and comedian (died in 2005) | |
June 10th, 1929 (June 10 1929) | Birth | Ian McCahon Sinclair, Australian politician | |
June 10th, 1929 (June 10 1929) | Birth | E. O. Wilson, American biologist | |
June 10th, 1928 (June 10 1928) | Birth | Maurice Sendak, American writer | Maurice Sendak Quotes |
June 10th, 1927 (June 10 1927) | Birth | Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician | |
June 10th, 1927 (June 10 1927) | Birth | Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-born footballer (died in 2002) | |
June 10th, 1926 (June 10 1926) | Birth | Lionel Jeffries, British actor | |
June 10th, 1926 (June 10 1926) | Death | Antoni Gaudi, Spanish, Catalan architect (born in 1852) | |
June 10th, 1925 (June 10 1925) | Event | Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches held in Toronto Arena. | |
June 10th, 1925 (June 10 1925) | Birth | Nat Hentoff, American historian, novelist, jazz critic, and columnist | |
June 10th, 1924 (June 10 1924) | Event | Fascists kidnap and kill Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome. | |
June 10th, 1923 (June 10 1923) | Birth | Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born newspaperman (died in 1991) | |
June 10th, 1923 (June 10 1923) | Death | Pierre Loti, French sailor (born in 1850) | |
June 10th, 1922 (June 10 1922) | Birth | Judy Garland, American musical actress (died in 1969) | Judy Garland Quotes |
June 10th, 1921 (June 10 1921) | Birth | Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | Duke of Edinburgh Philip Quotes |
June 10th, 1921 (June 10 1921) | Birth | Jean Robic, French cyclist (died in 1980) | |
June 10th, 1919 (June 10 1919) | Birth | Kevin O Flanagan, Irish athlete and physician (died in 2006) | |
June 10th, 1919 (June 10 1919) | Birth | Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian Negotiator and community leader (died in 2007) | |
June 10th, 1918 (June 10 1918) | Event | The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent Istvan sinks after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat. | |
June 10th, 1918 (June 10 1918) | Birth | Barry Morse, British-born Canadian actor (died in 2008) | |
June 10th, 1918 (June 10 1918) | Death | Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (born in 1842) | |
June 10th, 1915 (June 10 1915) | Birth | Saul Bellow, Nobel laureate (died in 2005) | Saul Bellow Quotes |
June 10th, 1913 (June 10 1913) | Birth | Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer (died in 2007) | |
June 10th, 1912 (June 10 1912) | Birth | Jean Lesage, Premier of Quebec (died in 1980) | |
June 10th, 1912 (June 10 1912) | Death | Anton Askerc, Slovenian poet (born in 1856) | |
June 10th, 1911 (June 10 1911) | Birth | Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musician and musicologist (died in 1984) | |
June 10th, 1911 (June 10 1911) | Birth | Terence Rattigan, British playwright (died in 1977) | Terence Rattigan Quotes |
June 10th, 1910 (June 10 1910) | Birth | Howlin Wolf, American musician (died in 1976) | |
June 10th, 1910 (June 10 1910) | Birth | Frank Demaree, American baseball player (died in 1958) | |
June 10th, 1910 (June 10 1910) | Birth | Robert Still, English composer (died in 1971) | |
June 10th, 1909 (June 10 1909) | Death | Edward Everett Hale, American author (born in 1822) | Edward Vere Quotes |
June 10th, 1908 (June 10 1908) | Birth | Robert Cummings, American actor (died in 1990) | |
June 10th, 1907 (June 10 1907) | Birth | Fairfield Porter, American painter (died in 1975) | |
June 10th, 1902 (June 10 1902) | Death | Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (born in 1845) | |
June 10th, 1901 (June 10 1901) | Birth | Frederick Loewe, Austrian-born composer (died in 1988) | |
June 10th, 1901 (June 10 1901) | Death | Robert Williams Buchanan, British dramatist (born in 1841) | |
June 10th, 1899 (June 10 1899) | Death | Ernest Chausson, French composer (born in 1855) | |
June 10th, 1898 (June 10 1898) | Event | Spanish-American War: U.S. Marines land on the island of Cuba. | |
June 10th, 1898 (June 10 1898) | Death | Tuone Udaina, last speaker of the Dalmatian language. | |
June 10th, 1896 (June 10 1896) | Death | Amelia Dyer, English murderer (born in 1829) | |
June 10th, 1895 (June 10 1895) | Birth | Hattie McDaniel, American actress (died in 1952) | |
June 10th, 1891 (June 10 1891) | Birth | Al Dubin, American lyricist (died in 1945) | |
June 10th, 1889 (June 10 1889) | Birth | Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (died in 1973) | |
June 10th, 1886 (June 10 1886) | Event | Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces. | |
June 10th, 1880 (June 10 1880) | Birth | Andre Derain, French painter (died in 1954) | |
June 10th, 1871 (June 10 1871) | Event | Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 Marines in naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea. | |
June 10th, 1864 (June 10 1864) | Event | 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. | |
June 10th, 1863 (June 10 1863) | Birth | Louis Couperus, Dutch novelist (died in 1923) | |
June 10th, 1862 (June 10 1862) | Birth | Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (died in 1937) | |
June 10th, 1861 (June 10 1861) | Birth | Pierre Duhem, French physicist (died in 1916) | |
June 10th, 1854 (June 10 1854) | Event | The first class of the United States Naval Academy students graduate. | |
June 10th, 1849 (June 10 1849) | Death | Thomas Robert Bugeaud, Marshal of France and duke of Isly (born in 1784) | |
June 10th, 1840 (June 10 1840) | Birth | Theodor Philipsen Danish painter (died in 1920) | |
June 10th, 1839 (June 10 1839) | Birth | Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Council President of Denmark (died in 1912) | |
June 10th, 1838 (June 10 1838) | Event | Myall Creek Massacre in Australia: 28 Aboriginal Australians are murdered. | |
June 10th, 1836 (June 10 1836) | Death | Andre-Marie Ampere, French physicist (born in 1775) | |
June 10th, 1835 (June 10 1835) | Birth | Rebecca Latimer Felton, U.S. Senator (died in 1930) | |
June 10th, 1831 (June 10 1831) | Death | Hans Karl von Diebitsch, Russian field marshal (born in 1785) | |
June 10th, 1829 (June 10 1829) | Event | The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place. | |
June 10th, 1825 (June 10 1825) | Birth | Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (died in 1897) | |
June 10th, 1825 (June 10 1825) | Birth | Princess Hildegard of Bavaria died in 1864 | |
June 10th, 1819 (June 10 1819) | Birth | Gustave Courbet, French painter (died in 1877) | |
June 10th, 1805 (June 10 1805) | Event | First Barbary War: Yussif Karamanli signs a treaty ending hostilities with the United States. | |
June 10th, 1804 (June 10 1804) | Birth | Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (died in 1884) | |
June 10th, 1803 (June 10 1803) | Birth | Henry Darcy, French scientist (died in 1858) | |
June 10th, 1793 (June 10 1793) | Event | The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo. | |
June 10th, 1793 (June 10 1793) | Event | French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship. | |
June 10th, 1791 (June 10 1791) | Death | Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (born in 1720) | |
June 10th, 1786 (June 10 1786) | Event | A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China. | |
June 10th, 1776 (June 10 1776) | Death | Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (born in 1722) | |
June 10th, 1770 (June 10 1770) | Event | Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef. | |
June 10th, 1753 (June 10 1753) | Birth | William Eustis, 12th Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1825) | |
June 10th, 1735 (June 10 1735) | Death | Thomas Hearne, English antiquarian (born in 1678) | |
June 10th, 1719 (June 10 1719) | Event | Jacobite Rising: Battle of Glen Shiel. | |
June 10th, 1710 (June 10 1710) | Birth | James Short, Scottish mathematician (died in 1768) | |
June 10th, 1706 (June 10 1706) | Birth | John Dollond, English optician (died in 1761) | |
June 10th, 1692 (June 10 1692) | Event | Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries". | |
June 10th, 1688 (June 10 1688) | Birth | James Francis Edward Stuart (died in 1766) | |
June 10th, 1680 (June 10 1680) | Death | Johan Goransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (born in 1635) | |
June 10th, 1657 (June 10 1657) | Birth | James Cragg the Elder, British politician (died in 1721) | |
June 10th, 1654 (June 10 1654) | Death | Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (born in 1598) | |
June 10th, 1637 (June 10 1637) | Birth | Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (died in 1675) | |
June 10th, 1632 (June 10 1632) | Birth | Esprit Flechier, French writer and bishop (died in 1710) | |
June 10th, 1619 (June 10 1619) | Event | Thirty Years War: Battle of Zablati, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt. | |
June 10th, 1607 (June 10 1607) | Death | John Popham, English politician | |
June 10th, 1580 (June 10 1580) | Death | Luis de Camoes, Portuguese poet | Luis de Camoes Quotes |
June 10th, 1556 (June 10 1556) | Death | Martin Agricola, German composer (born in 1486) | |
June 10th, 1552 (June 10 1552) | Death | Alexander Barclay, English poet | |
June 10th, 1539 (June 10 1539) | Event | Council of Trent: Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice. | |
June 10th, 1424 (June 10 1424) | Death | Duke Ernest of Austria (born in 1377) | |
June 10th, 1213 (June 10 1213) | Birth | Fakhruddin Iraqi, Persian philosopher | Philo Quotes |
June 10th, 1190 (June 10 1190) | Event | Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem. | |
June 10th, 1190 (June 10 1190) | Death | Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor (born in 1122) | |
June 10th, 1075 (June 10 1075) | Death | Ernest of Austria (born in 1027) | |
June 10th, 0323 (June 10 0323) | Death | Alexander the Great (born in 356 BC) | Alexander the Great Quotes |