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What happened in history on this day: June 10?
On June 10 in ...
- 1051 - Death of St. Bardo in Paderborn (Germany); Benedictine monk, abbot, Archbishop of Mainz (1031), constructed Cathedral of Mainz.
- 1190 - Death of Friedrich I (Friedrich Barbarossa).
- 1580 - Luís Vaz de Camoes Portugal's national poet, dies.
- 1610 - First Dutch settlers arrive (from New Jersey), to colonize Manhattan Island.
- 1639 - First American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware).
- 1682 - Tornado in Connecticut uproots a 3-foot diameter oak tree.
- 1688 - Birth of James to King James II of England and Mary of Modena.
- 1706 - Birth of John Dollond owner of first patent for achromatic lens.
- 1720 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard.
- 1735 - Birth of John Morgan American physician-in-chief of Continental Army.
- 1752 - Benjamin Franklin flies a kite during a thunderstorm and collects a charge in a Leyden jar when the kite is struck by lightning, enabling him to demonstrate the electrical nature of lightning.
- 1760 - New York passes first effective law regulating practice of medicine.
- 1772 - Burning of the Gaspée, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders.
- 1776 - Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Declaration of Independence.
- 1801 - Tripoli declares war on US for refusing tribute.
- 1809 - First US steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves New York for Philadelphia.
- 1819 - Birth of Gustave Courbet in France; realist painter (Funeral at Ornans).
- 1836 - Birth of Yamaoka Tesshu; Japanese swordsman, master of kendo.
- 1839 - Nathaniel Pryor, sargeant of Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies.
- 1840 - Senator Daniel Webster of Massachusetts introduces a resolution in the US Senate to reduce postal rates and for issuance of postage stamps to prepay postage.
- 1840 - An assassin fires a shot at Queen Victoria.
- 1846 - Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tire.
- 1854 - Georg F.B. Reiman proposes that space is curved.
- 1863 - Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Mississippi; Forrest with 3500 defeats 8000 Federal troops.
- 1868 - Second Belmont Stakes, General Duke wins.
- 1880 - Charlie Jones is first to hit two home runs in one inning.
- 1895 - Birth of Hattie McDaniel in Wichita, Kansas, USA; actress (Mammy - Gone With The Wind (1939, supporting actress Oscar award), Amos and Andy radio show, Eddie Cantor radio show, Beulah radio show (1947-51), Beulah TV show (1950-52)).
- 1895 - Birth of Immanuel Velikovsky; writer (Worlds in Collision).
- 1898 - US Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War.
- 1899 - The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- 1903 - King Alexander I and Queen Dragia of Serbia are assassinated.
- 1905 - First forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine, USA.
- 1908 - First flying club, Aeronautical Society of New York, opens.
- 1910 - Birth of Morgan "Bill" Evans in Santa Monica, California, USA; gardener and landscaper of Disneyland, supervised and trained landscape architects for all other Disney parks, named a Disney Legend in 1992.
- 1910 - Birth of Chester Arthur Burnett AKA Howlin' Wolf in West Point, Mississippi, USA; rocker, harmonica player ("Evil", "Big City Blues").
- 1911 - Birth of Terence Rattigan; playwright (Winslow Boy, Browning Version).
- 1913 - Birth of Thor Johnson in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, USA; conductor (Cincinnati Symphony 1958).
- 1913 - Birth of Wilbur J Cohen; first employee of US Social Security System.
- 1914 - Birth of Saul Bellow; author (Mr Sammler's Planet).
- 1915 - Birth of Oscar Comras in the Bronx, New York, USA; drummer (namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park).
- 1916 - Great Arab Revolt begins.
- 1921 - Babe Ruth becomes all-time home run champion with number 120 (Gavvy Cravath).
- 1921 - Birth of Prince Philip Mountbatten in Greece; Duke of Edinburgh, married to Queen Elizabeth II.
- 1922 - Birth of Judy Garland AKA Frances Gumm in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; actress/singer (The Wizard of Oz (1939, Academy Award)).
- 1922 - Birth of Rose Moffard; American politician (Arizona acting Governor).
- 1923 - Birth of Earl Hamner Junior in Schuyler, Virginia, USA; TV narrator (The Waltons).
- 1923 - Birth of Robert Maxwell [Jan Hoch] in Czechoslovakia; billionaire/CEO (New York Daily News).
- 1924 - First political convention broadcast on radio: Republicans at Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1924 - Giacomo Matteotti, Italian socialist deputy, assassinated by fascists.
- 1925 - Birth of Nat Hentoff; columnist/novelist (Village Voice, The Cold Society).
- 1926 - Birth of June Haver; actress (Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door).
- 1928 - Birth of Maurice Sendak in New York City, New York, USA; author/illustrator ("Where The Wild Things Are").
- 1929 - Birth of James McDivitt in Chicago, Illinois, USA; Brigadier General US Air Force/astronaut (Gemini 4, Apollo 9).
- 1932 - First demonstration of artificial lightning, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1932 - Birth of Gardner McKay in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Pleasure Seekers, Boots and Saddles).
- 1933 - Birth of F Lee Bailey in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA; attorney (Sam Shepard case).
- 1934 - Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (overtime) in soccer's second World Cup at Rome.
- 1935 - Dr Robert Smith and William Wilson of Akron, Ohio form Alcoholics Anonymous.
- 1937 - Birth of Richard Foreman in New York City, New York, USA; theatrical director (Daily Life).
- 1939 - Birth of Alexandra Stewart in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; actress (Sins, Mistral's Daughter, In Praise of Older Women).
- 1940 - Italy declares war on England and France.
- 1941 - Birth of Shirley Alston in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; singer (The Shirelles - "Soldier Boy").
- 1941 - Marcus Garvey dies at age 52 in London, England.
- 1942 - German troops destroy the village of Lidice in Czechoslovakia, in retribution for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich. The men are killed, the women taken to internment camps, and children taken to be raised by German families. The city is burned to the ground, 400 graves are dug up, and new roads are built.
- 1943 - A patent is issued in Argentina for a ball-point pen.
- 1943 - Birth of Jeff Greenfield in New York City, New York, USA; media commentator (Firing Line, Nightline, CBS news analyst).
- 1943 - Franklin Roosevelt becomes first US president to visit a foreign country during wartime.
- 1943 - US President Franklin Roosevelt signs withholding tax bill into law.
- 1944 - Joe Nuxhall at age 15 becomes youngest Major League baseball player.
- 1944 - In the town of Oradour-sur-Clone near Limoges, France, German SS units lock men in barns, women and children in a church, fire machine-guns on both, then set fire to them. About 1000 are killed; only six escape. This was done to deter the French population from helping the Maquis.
- 1945 - Birth of Ron Glass in Evansville, Indiana, USA; actor (Ron - Barney Miller, New Odd Couple).
- 1946 - Birth of Matthew Fisher in England; keyboardist (Procal Harum - "Conquistador").
- 1946 - Italian Republic established.
- 1946 - Jack Johnson, first black heavyweight champion, dies in car accident.
- 1947 - Swedish aircraft company Saab introduces its first car, the Saab 92. It features front-wheel drive, two doors, green paint.
- 1951 - Birth of Dan Fouts; NFL quarterback (San Diego Chargers), football commentator.
- 1952 - Chicago White Sox player Sam Mele is 6th to get six RBIs in an inning (4th).
- 1955 - First separation of virus into component parts reported.
- 1955 - Birth of Andrew Stevens in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actor (Seduction, Boys in Company C, Fury, Dallas, Emerald Point NAS).
- 1956 - (to June 17) The Equestrian games of the Games of the XVI Olympiad are held in Stockholm, due to host country Australia's animal quarantine laws.
- 1957 - Harold MacMillan becomes British Prime Minister.
- 1957 - John Diefenbacker (Conservative) elected Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1959 - Birth of Timothy Van Patten in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (White Shadow, Master, The Sopranos, Now and Again).
- 1959 - Rocky Colovito hits four home runs in one game.
- 1961 - Birth of Maxi Priest; singer (Wide World).
- 1961 - Birth of Kim Deal; bassist (The Pixies).
- 1962 - A record 54 home runs hit in Major League Baseball.
- 1962 - Birth of Gina Gershon; actress (Ugly Betty, The Batman, Tripping the Rift).
- 1962 - Birth of Duane Sutter; NHL player (New York Islanders).
- 1962 - Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR sets long jump record at 27 feet 3.25 inches.
- 1963 - Birth of Jeanne Tripplehorn; actress (Big Love).
- 1964 - Southern filibuster on US civil rights bill ends; closure invoked.
- 1964 - Birth of Jimmy Chamberlin; drummer (Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan).
- 1965 - A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2370 van Altena.
- 1965 - Birth of Joey Santiago; guitarist (The Pixies).
- 1966 - Birth of Doug McKeon in New Jersey, USA; actor (Big Shamus Little Shamus, Centennial, From Earth to the Moon).
- 1966 - Cleveland Indians' Sonny Siebert no-hits Washington Senators, 2-0.
- 1967 - 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California, USA.
- 1967 - Birth of Human Beatbox (Darren Robinson); rocker (Fat Boys - "Jail House Rock").
- 1967 - Birth of Emma Anderson; guitarist (Lush).
- 1967 - Birth of Brian Hofeldt; country guitarist (The Derailers).
- 1970 - Death of Earl Grant at age 37 in an auto accident in New Mexico, USA; organist, pianist, singer ("The End" (1958), "Ebb Tide", "Swinging Gently").
- 1970 - Birth of Mike Doughty; singer (Soul Coughing).
- 1971 - Eleven die in a train crash in Salem, Illinois.
- 1971 - Michael Rennie, actor (Day the Earth Stood Still), dies at age 61.
- 1971 - Birth of Jo-Jo; singer (K-Ci and Jo-Jo).
- 1973 - Birth of David Friedman in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Jason - Little House on the Prairie).
- 1975 - Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal US Central Intelligence Agency files on Americans.
- 1976 - 67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome.
- 1977 - Apple Computer ships its first Apple II personal computer.
- 1977 - James Earl Ray (convicted killer of Martin Luther King Junior) escapes from prison.
- 1978 - Birth of Shane West; American actor (ER, Now and Again).
- 1978 - Birth of LeMisha Grinstead; singer (702).
- 1978 - New York Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis.
- 1979 - Baltimore Orioles pull their 8th triple play (5-4-3 versus Cleveland Indians).
- 1980 - A Unabomber bomb injures United Airlines president Percy Wood in Lake Forest, Illinois.
- 1980 - The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a statement by their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela, which says in part: 'UNITE! MOBILISE! FIGHT ON! BETWEEN THE ANVIL OF UNITED MASS ACTION AND THE HAMMER OF THE ARMED STRUGGLE WE SHALL CRUSH APARTHEID!'
- 1981 - Irish Republican Army's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail.
- 1981 - Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's National League record of 3,630 hits.
- 1981 - Russell "Lucky" Hayden, actor (Judge Roy Bean), dies at age 68.
- 1981 - Sebastian Coe of England sets the 800m record (1:41.73) in Florence, Italy.
- 1982 - Birth of Leelee Sobieski; actress (Joan of Arc, Uprising, Hercules).
- 1982 - Israeli troops reach outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon.
- 1982 - Birth of Princess Madeleine of Sweden.
- 1982 - ABC airs the TV sitcom Taxi for the final time.
- 1982 - Death of Micki Harris at age 42 in Los Angeles, California, USA; singer (The Shirelles).
- 1983 - Death of Larry Hooper, American singer (The Lawrence Welk Show) (born 1917).
- 1983 - Texas Instruments announces that poor sales of TI 99/4A computers, software, and peripherals would result in a second quarter loss of US$100 million. The news drives the company's stock price down almost US$50.
- 1983 - MGM releases the film Octopussy to theaters.
- 1983 - Paramount releases the film Trading Places to theaters.
- 1984 - Ivan Lendl wins the French Open, his first grand slam title.
- 1984 - US missile shoots down an incoming missile in space for first time.
- 1984 - Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 2.39 metres.
- 1984 - Boston Celtics beat Los Angeles Lakers, for the NBA championship.
- 1985 - Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at age 68.
- 1985 - Claus von Bulow acquitted on charges he tried to murder his wife.
- 1985 - Coca-Cola announces they would bring back their 99-year-old formula.
- 1985 - Death of George Chandler at age 87 of Alzheimer's disease; actor (Uncle Petrie Martin - Lassie TV show (1950-59)).
- 1986 - A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's National League.
- 1987 - In Illinois, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurs.
- 1988 - Greatest number of participants (31,678) on a bicycle tour (London, England).
- 1989 - Home Box Office debuts the TV anthology Tales From The Crypt.
- 1989 - Major French Open upset, as Spain's Arantxa Sanchez, 17 beats heavily Steffi Graf, also first Spaniard to win a grand slam title.
- 1989 - Death of Richard Quine at age 68 of self-inflicted gunshot wound; actor/director (The Mickey Rooney Show, Hec Ramsey, Project UFO, How to Murder Your Wife, Bell Book and Candle, Sex and the Single Girl).
- 1990 - Detroit Pistons beat Portland Trail Blazers for first time since 1974 in Portland, Oregon.
- 1991 - Mother of All Parades-New York City welcomes Desert Storm troops.
- 1991 - ABC airs TV serial drama Twin Peaks for the final time.
- 1994 - Fox releases the film Speed to theaters.
- 1996 - Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without Sinn Féin.
- 1996 - The Colorado Avalanche win their first Stanley Cup in their first season based out of Denver, Colorado, defeating the Florida Panthers four games to none. Avalanche captain Joe Sakic wins the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff Most Valuable Player.
- 1996 - In the Andreanof Islands, Alaska, magnitude 7.9 and 7.3 earthquakes occurs.
- 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.
- 1998 - The 1998 FIFA World Cup begins in France.
- 1998 - Death of Steve Sanders at age 45 of self-inflicted gunshot wound in Florida, USA; singer (Oak Ridge Boys).
- 1999 - NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan MiloÜevic agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
- 2000 - The New Jersey Devils defeat the defending champion Dallas Stars 2-1 in double overtime in Game six of the 2000 Stanley Cup Finals to win their second Stanley Cup Championship.
- 2000 - Death of Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (born 1930).
- 2000 - Death of Judd Rose at age 44 from a brain tumor; broadcast journalist (ABC, CNN anchor).
- 2001 - Death of Princess Leila of Iran (born 1970).
- 2002 - An annular solar eclipse occurs.
- 2002 - In the United Kingdom, Kevin Warwick carries out the first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans.
- 2003 - NASA begins its Mars Exploration Rover mission by launching Spirit Rover.
- 2003 - Death of Donald Regan, U.S. Treasury Secretary (born 1918).
- 2004 - Death of Ray Charles at age 73 from liver failure; American singer and musician ("Confession Blues", "What'd I Say", "Georgia on My Mind" (1960, Grammy award), "Hit the Road Jack" (Grammy award)) (born 1930).
- 2005 - Fox releases the film Mr. & Mrs. Smith to theaters.
- 2006 - President Mahmoud Abbas sets July 26 as the date for a national referendum in the Palestinian National Authority.
- 2007 - Two large meteoroids enter the atmosphere over Sri Lanka, breaking into smaller pieces and landing in several areas.
- 2008 - Death of Vo Van Kiet, prime minister of Vietnam (1991-97), architect of Vietnam's transformation from a socialist system to a market economy, at age 85 in Singapore.
- 2008 - A Sudan Airways Airbus A-310 passenger jet carrying more than 200 passengers bursts into flames after veering off a runway at an airport in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum, killing at least 28 people.
- 2008 - 700,000 protesters assemble in Seoul, South Korea, to protest the resumption of beef imports from the USA, calling for the resignation of President Lee Myung-bak. Prime Minister Han Seung-soo, all 15 cabinet ministers, and nine of Lee's senior aides offer ro resign.
- 2010 - The South Korean Naro-1 space rocket carrying a scientific satellite explodes 137 seconds into its flight, likely during the first-stage ignition.
- 2010 - Christie's auctioneers in England sell a 1983 painting by Indian artist Syed Haider Raza for US$3.5 million, a record for a modern Indian work.
- 2010 - The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency successfully deploys their solar sail, Ikaros, in orbit, as a demonstration of the principle of using sunlight as a simple and efficient means of propulsion.
- 2010 - The Burmese government denies recent reports that it is developing a nuclear weapons programme.
- 2010 - The Chicago Blackhawks defeat the Philadelphia Flyers 4-3 in overtime to win the National Hockey League's Stanley Cup, their first cup win in 49 years.
- 2017 - The 2017 World Expo is opened in Astana, Kazakhstan.
- 2020 - Swedish police investigators announce conclusion that Prime Minister Olof Palme's 1986 assassin was Stig Engstrom. As Engstrom died in 2000, the case is now closed.
- 2021 - An annular solar eclipse is visible from Canada, Greenland, the North Pole, and the Russian Far East.
- 2021 - E! airs the final episode of the show Keeping Up With the Kardashians, ending the 20th season.
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