June, 10th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Tuesday 10, 2003:
The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.

Thursday 10, 1999:
Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milo?evi? agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.

Tuesday 10, 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.

Monday 10, 1996:
Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without Sinn Féin.

Monday 10, 1991:
In what was dubbed "The Mother of All Parades," New York City hosts a parade welcoming back troops from Operation Desert Storm.

Tuesday 10, 1980:
Percy Wood, president of United Airlines, is injured by an exploding package sent by the Unabomber.

Saturday 10, 1978:
Costa Rica becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

Friday 10, 1977:
Apple Computer ships its first Apple II personal computer.

Sunday 10, 1973:
Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy.

Saturday 10, 1967:
Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

Thursday 10, 1965:
Vietnam War: Battle of Dong Xoai begins.

Tuesday 10, 1947:
Saab produces its first automobile.

Saturday 10, 1944:
In baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.

Wednesday 10, 1942:
World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice as reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich.

Monday 10, 1940:
World War II: Norway Surrenders to German forces.

Monday 10, 1935:
Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.

Wednesday 10, 1925:
Inagural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches held in Toronto arena

Tuesday 10, 1924:
Fascists kidnap and kill Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.

Friday 10, 1898:
US Marines land on the island of Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

Thursday 10, 1886:
Eruption of Mount Tarawera in New Zealand, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces.

Friday 10, 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.

Saturday 10, 1854:
The first class of United States Naval Academy students graduate.

Wednesday 10, 1846:
Mexican-American War: The California Republic declares independence from Mexico.

Wednesday 10, 1829:
First Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge.

Wednesday 10, 1801:
1801 - Tripoli declares war on the United States for refusing tribute.

Monday 10, 1793:
French Revolution: Following arrests of Girondin leaders the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.

Saturday 10, 1719:
Battle of Glen Shiel

Tuesday 10, 1692:
Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".

Monday 10, 1619:
Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt of the Thirty Years' War

Sunday 10, 1190:
Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/10-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 10

1982:
Princess Madeleine of Sweden (b: June 10, 1982) (Biography of Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Helsingia and Gestricia)
Tara Lipinski, American figure skater (b: June 10, 1982) (Biography of Tara Lipinski)
Leelee Sobieski, American actress (b: June 10, 1982) (Biography of Leelee Sobieski)

1978:
Shane West, American actor (b: June 10, 1978) (Biography of Shane West)

1976:
Freddy Garcia, baseball player (b: June 10, 1976) (Biography of Freddy Garcia)

1973:
Faith Evans, American singer (b: June 10, 1973) (Biography of Faith Evans)

1971:
Joel Hailey, American singer (b: June 10, 1971) (Biography of Joel Hailey)

1969:
Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer (b: June 10, 1969) (Biography of Ronny Johnsen)

1968:
Jimmy Shea, American skeleton racer (b: June 10, 1968) (Biography of Jimmy Shea)

1965:
Elizabeth Hurley, British actress (b: June 10, 1965) (Biography of Elizabeth Hurley)

1964:
Jimmy Chamberlin, American musician (b: June 10, 1964) (Biography of Jimmy Chamberlin)

1963:
Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress (b: June 10, 1963) (Biography of Jeanne Tripplehorn)

1962:
Gina Gershon, American actress (b: June 10, 1962) (Biography of Gina Gershon)
Vincent Perez, Swiss Actor (b: June 10, 1962) (Biography of Vincent Perez)

1959:
Eliot Spitzer, New York Attorney General (b: June 10, 1959) (Biography of Eliot Spitzer)

1957:
Lindsay Hoyle, British politician (b: June 10, 1957) (Biography of Lindsay Hoyle)

1953:
John Edwards, U.S. Senator (b: June 10, 1953) (Biography of John Edwards)

1951:
Dan Fouts, American football player (b: June 10, 1951) (Biography of Dan Fouts)

1942:
Preston Manning, Canadian politician (b: June 10, 1942) (Biography of Preston Manning)

1941:
Jürgen Prochnow, German actor (b: June 10, 1941) (Biography of Jürgen Prochnow)
Mickey Jones, American musician and actor (b: June 10, 1941) (Biography of Mickey Jones)
Shirley Owens, American singer (Shirelles) (b: June 10, 1941) (Biography of Shirley Owens)

1940:
John Stevens, British drummer (b: June 10, 1940) (Biography of John Stevens (drummer))

1933:
F. Lee Bailey, American attorney (b: June 10, 1933) (Biography of F. Lee Bailey)

1931:
João Gilberto, Brazilian singer (b: June 10, 1931) (Biography of João Gilberto)

1929:
Harald Juhnke, German actor and comedian (b: June 10, 1929 ; d: April 1, 2005) (Biography of Harald Juhnke)
Ian McCahon Sinclair, Australian politician (b: June 10, 1929) (Biography of Ian Sinclair)

1928:
Maurice Sendak, American writer, producer, and illustrator (b: June 10, 1928) (Biography of Maurice Sendak)

1927:
Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician (b: June 10, 1927) (Biography of Lin Yang-kang)

1926:
Lionel Jeffries British actor (b: June 10, 1926) (Biography of Lionel Jeffries)

1923:
Robert Maxwell, Czech-born newspaperman (b: June 10, 1923) (Biography of Robert Maxwell)

1922:
Judy Garland, American actress and singer (b: June 10, 1922 ; d: June 22, 1969) (Biography of Judy Garland)

1921:
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (b: June 10, 1921) (Biography of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh)

1915:
Saul Bellow, Canadian-born author, Nobel Prize laureate (b: June 10, 1915 ; d: April 5, 2005) (Biography of Saul Bellow)

1913:
Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer (b: June 10, 1913) (Biography of Tikhon Khrennikov)

1911:
Terence Rattigan, British playwright (b: June 10, 1911) (Biography of Terence Rattigan)

1910:
Howlin' Wolf, American musician (b: June 10, 1910) (Biography of Howlin' Wolf)

1907:
Fairfield Porter, American painter (b: June 10, 1907) (Biography of Fairfield Porter)

1901:
Frederick Loewe, Austrian-born American composer (b: June 10, 1901 ; d: February 14, 1988) (Biography of Frederick Loewe)

1897:
Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia (b: June 10, 1897) (Biography of Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia)

1895:
Hattie McDaniel, American actress (b: June 10, 1895 ; d: October 26, 1952) (Biography of Hattie McDaniel)

1880:
André Derain, French painter and illustrator (b: June 10, 1880) (Biography of André Derain)

1861:
Pierre Duhem, French physicist and philosopher of science (b: June 10, 1861) (Biography of Pierre Duhem)

1835:
Rebecca Latimer Felton, U.S. Senator (b: June 10, 1835) (Biography of Rebecca Latimer Felton)

1819:
Gustave Courbet, French painter (b: June 10, 1819 ; d: December 31, 1877) (Biography of Gustave Courbet)

1803:
Henry Darcy, French scientist (b: June 10, 1803) (Biography of Henry Darcy)

1706:
John Dollond, English optician (b: June 10, 1706 ; d: November 30, 1761) (Biography of John Dollond)

1688:
James Francis Edward Stuart, "The Old Pretender" (b: June 10, 1688 ; d: January 1, 1766) (Biography of James Francis Edward Stuart)

1657:
James Cragg the Elder, English politician (b: June 10, 1657) (Biography of James Cragg the Elder)

1637:
Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (b: June 10, 1637 ; d: May 18, 1675) (Biography of Jacques Marquette)

1632:
Esprit Fléchier, French writer and Bishop of Nîmes (b: June 10, 1632 ; d: February 16, 1710) (Biography of Esprit Fléchier)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/10-june/births.html

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People who died on June 10

2005:
Curtis Pitts (d: June 10, 2005) (Biography of Curtis Pitts)

2004:
Ray Charles, American musician and singer (b: September 23, 1930 ; d: June 10, 2004) (Biography of Ray Charles)

2003:
Donald Regan, Chief of Staff and U.S. Treasury Secretary (b: December 21, 1918 ; d: June 10, 2003) (Biography of Donald Regan)
Bernard Williams, English philosopher (b: September 21, 1929 ; d: June 10, 2003) (Biography of Bernard Williams)
Phil Williams (politician) (d: June 10, 2003) (Biography of Phil Williams (politician))

2002:
John Gotti, American gangster (b: October 27, 1940 ; d: June 10, 2002) (Biography of John Gotti)

2001:
Princess Leila of Iran (b: March 27, 1970 ; d: June 10, 2001) (Biography of Princess Leila of Iran)
Mike Mentzer (d: June 10, 2001) (Biography of Mike Mentzer)

2000:
Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (b: October 6, 1930 ; d: June 10, 2000) (Biography of Hafez al-Assad)
Brian Statham, English cricketer (b: June 17, 1930 ; d: June 10, 2000) (Biography of Brian Statham)

1998:
Hammond Innes, English writer (b: July 15, 1914 ; d: June 10, 1998) (Biography of Hammond Innes)

1996:
George Hees (d: June 10, 1996) (Biography of George Hees)

1993:
Les Dawson (d: June 10, 1993) (Biography of Les Dawson)

1988:
Louis L'Amour, American author (b: March 22, 1908 ; d: June 10, 1988) (Biography of Louis L'Amour)

1986:
Merle Miller, American biographer (b: May 17, 1919 ; d: June 10, 1986) (Biography of Merle Miller)

1982:
Addie "Micki" Harris, singer (Shirelles) (b: January 22, 1940 ; d: June 10, 1982) (Biography of Addie "Micki" Harris)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German film director (b: May 31, 1945 ; d: June 10, 1982) (Biography of Rainer Werner Fassbinder)

1976:
Adolph Zukor, Hungarian producer (b: January 7, 1873 ; d: June 10, 1976) (Biography of Adolph Zukor)

1974:
Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (d: June 10, 1974) (Biography of Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester)

1973:
William Inge, American playwright (b: May 3, 1913 ; d: June 10, 1973) (Biography of William Inge)

1971:
Michael Rennie, English actor (b: August 25, 1909 ; d: June 10, 1971) (Biography of Michael Rennie)

1967:
Spencer Tracy, American actor (b: April 5, 1900 ; d: June 10, 1967) (Biography of Spencer Tracy)

1958:
Angelina Weld Grimke (d: June 10, 1958) (Biography of Angelina Weld Grimke)

1949:
Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b: May 20, 1882 ; d: June 10, 1949) (Biography of Sigrid Undset)

1947:
Alexander Bethune (d: June 10, 1947) (Biography of Alexander Bethune)

1946:
Jack Johnson, American boxer (b: March 31, 1878 ; d: June 10, 1946) (Biography of Jack Johnson (boxer))

1940:
Marcus Garvey, Jamaican leader, Rastafari prophet (b: August 17, 1887 ; d: June 10, 1940) (Biography of Marcus Garvey)

1937:
Robert Borden (d: June 10, 1937) (Biography of Robert Borden)

1934:
Frederick Delius, English composer (b: January 29, 1862 ; d: June 10, 1934) (Biography of Frederick Delius)

1930:
Adolf Harnack (d: June 10, 1930) (Biography of Adolf Harnack)

1926:
Antoni Gaudí, Catalan architect (b: June 25, 1852 ; d: June 10, 1926) (Biography of Antoni Gaudí)

1923:
Pierre Loti, French writer (b: January 14, 1850 ; d: June 10, 1923) (Biography of Pierre Loti)

1918:
Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (b: February 24, 1842 ; d: June 10, 1918) (Biography of Arrigo Boito)

1912:
Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (b: January 9, 1856 ; d: June 10, 1912) (Biography of Anton Askerc)

1909:
Edward Everett Hale, American writer, (b: April 3, 1822 ; d: June 10, 1909) (Biography of Edward Everett Hale)

1902:
Jacint Verdaguer (d: June 10, 1902) (Biography of Jacint Verdaguer)

1901:
Robert Williams Buchanan (d: June 10, 1901) (Biography of Robert Williams Buchanan)

1899:
Ernest Chausson, French composer (b: January 20, 1855 ; d: June 10, 1899) (Biography of Ernest Chausson)

1836:
André-Marie Ampère (d: June 10, 1836) (Biography of André-Marie Ampère)

1831:
Hans Karl Friedrich Anton, count von Diebitsch (d: June 10, 1831) (Biography of Hans Karl Friedrich Anton, count von Diebitsch)

1735:
Thomas Hearne (d: June 10, 1735) (Biography of Thomas Hearne)

1680:
Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (b: February 18, 1635 ; d: June 10, 1680) (Biography of Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna)

1654:
Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor and architect (b: July 31, 1598 ; d: June 10, 1654) (Biography of Alessandro Algardi)

1607:
John Popham (d: June 10, 1607) (Biography of John Popham)

1580:
Luis de Camões (d: June 10, 1580) (Biography of Luis de Camões)

1556:
Martin Agricola, German composer (b: January 6, 1486 ; d: June 10, 1556) (Biography of Martin Agricola)

1552:
Alexander Barclay (d: June 10, 1552) (Biography of Alexander Barclay)

1424:
Ernest of Austria (Habsburg) (d: June 10, 1424) (Biography of Ernest of Austria (Habsburg))

1190:
Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (d: June 10, 1190) (Biography of Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor)

1075:
Ernest of Austria (Babenberg) (d: June 10, 1075) (Biography of Ernest of Austria (Babenberg))

-323:
Alexander the Great (d: June 10, -323) (Biography of Alexander the Great)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/10-june/deaths.html