June 10 (original) (raw)
June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining.
Events
- 1610 - The first Dutch colonists settle on Manhattan Island
- 1692 - Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged as a witch
- 1801 - The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declare war on the United States
- 1829 - First boat race between Oxford and Cambridge
- 1846 - Mexican-American War: The California Republic declares independence from Mexico.
- 1854 - The first class graduates from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland
- 1857 - Canadian Assembly passes bill adopting decimal currency
- 1898 - Spanish-American War: United States Marines land in Cuba
- 1935 - Alcoholics Anonymous is founded, in New York City
- 1940 - World War II:
- Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom
- German forces, under General Rommel, reach the English Channel
- Canada declares war on Italy
- Norway Surrender to Germans
- 1947 - Saab produces its first automobile
- 1956 - 1956 Summer Olympics: Equestrian events open in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1967 - The Six-Day War ends
- 1977 - James Earl Ray escapes from prison
- 1980 - Nelson Mandela is released from prison
Births
- 1819 - Gustave Courbet, painter (+ 1877)
- 1844 - Carl Hagenbeck, animal trainer
- 1895 - Hattie McDaniel, actress, and the first African American to win an Academy Award (+ 1952)
- 1901 - Frederick Loewe, composer (+ 1988)
- 1903 - Theo Lingen actor (+ 1978)
- 1903 - Clyde Beatty, hunter, circus impresario (+ 1965)
- 1910 - Howlin' Wolf, blues musician born as "Chester Burnett" (+ 1976)
- 1911 - Terence Rattigan, playwright (+ 1977)
- 1915 - Saul Bellow, author, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1976
- 1921 - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- 1922 - Judy Garland, actress, singer (+ 1969)
- 1928 - Maurice Sendak, writer, producer, illustrator
- 1930 - Theo Sommer, journalist
- 1933 - F. Lee Bailey, celebrity attorney
- 1941 - J�rgen Prochnow, actor
- 1942 - Preston Manning, Canadian politician
- 1951 - Dan Fouts, American football star
- 1965 - Elizabeth Hurley, actress
- 1965 - Linda Evangelista, supermodel
- 1976 - Denise Cardoso, law student
- 1982 - Tara Lipinski, figure scater
Deaths
- 323 BC - Alexander the Great
- 1692 - Bridget Bishop, accused witch
- 1836 - Andre Marie Ampere, physicist
- 1909 - Edward Everett Hale, author
- 1918 - Arrigo Boito, poet and composer
- 1937 - Robert Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada
- 1940 - Marcus Garvey, civil rights activist
- 1946 - Jack Johnson, boxer
- 1949 - Sigrid Undset, author, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature, 1928
- 1967 - Spencer Tracy, actor
- 1971 - Michael Rennie, actor
- 1973 - William Inge, playwright
- 1974 - Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester
- 1976 - Adolph Zukor, producer (+ 1976)
- 1982 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, author
- 1988 - Louis L'Amour, author
- 2000 - Hafez al-Assad, president of Syria
- 2001 - Princess Leila of Iran
- 2002 - John Gotti, Mafia boss
- 2003 - Donald Regan, Chief of Staff and U.S. Treasury Secretary
Holidays and observances
- Roman Empire - fourth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
See also:
June 9 - June 11 - May 10 - July 10 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,August, September, October, November, December