June 10

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)
• 1913 - Tikhon Khrennikov, composer
• 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 - Jürgen Prochnow, actor
• 1942 - Preston Manning, Canadian politician
• 1951 - Dan Fouts, American football star
• 1953 - John Edwards, senator
• 1964 - Jimmy Chamberlin, musician
• 1965 - Elizabeth Hurley, actress
• 1965 - Linda Evangelista, supermodel
• 1976 - Denise Cardoso, law student
• 1982 - Tara Lipinski, figure scater

Deaths

• 323 BC - Alexander the Great
• 1190 - Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor
• 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

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