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 - Jürgen 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
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