Major Events
- 1190 Third Crusade: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph River (modern Turkey) leading an army to Jerusalem
- 1786 A landslide dam on the Dadu River caused by earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China
- 1898 US Marines land in Cuba during the Spanish–American War
- 1916 Hashemite-led Arabs of the Hejaz rise up against the ruling Ottoman Empire in the Great Arab Revolt of World War I
- 1963 US Equal Pay Act signed into law by President John F. Kennedy
- 1977 Apple Computer ships its first Apple II computers
- 2003 The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission
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Jun 10 in Film & TV
- 2007 "The Sopranos" series finale on HBO (infamous "cut to black" ending)
Jun 10 in Music
- 1865 Richard Wagner's opera "Tristan und Isolde" premieres in Munich, Germany
Jun 10 in Sport
- 1977 American golfer Al Geiberger becomes first player in history to post a sub-60 score, 59 (−13) in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event, during the 2nd round Danny Thomas Memphis Classic at Colonial CC in Cordova, Tennessee
Did You Know?
Nicolaus Otto
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Prince Philip
Maurice Sendak
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Hattie McDaniel
Judy Garland
Elizabeth Hurley
Bill Burr
Leelee Sobieski
Fun Fact About June 10
Andrew Jackson's African Grey parrot "Poll" is removed from his funeral for swearing at The Hermitage, Tennessee. Funeral attendee William Menefee Norment recorded: "Before the sermon and while the crowd was gathering, a wicked parrot that was a household pet got excited and commenced swearing so loud and long as to disturb the people and had to be carried from the house”
Famous Weddings
- 1799 Fur trader and explorer David Thompson (29) marries Metis woman Charlotte Small (13) at Île-à-la-Crosse
- 1962 NFL Chicago Bears running back Gale Sayers (19) weds his high school sweetheart Linda McNeil
- 1967 Margrethe II of Denmark (27) weds Prince Henrik of Denmark (32) at the Naval Church of Copenhagen in Denmark
Famous Divorces
- 2004 Model-actress Ali Landry (30) divorces "Saved by the Bell" actor Mario Lopez (30) due to irreconcilable differences, after 2 weeks of marriage
More June 10 Weddings
Alexander the Great
Frederick Barbarossa
Marcus Garvey
Spencer Tracy
John Gotti
Ted KaczynskiArticles, Photos and Quiz
Please Don’t Drink To My Success
Surgeon “Doctor Bob” could not perform an operation without alcoholic assistance. But he took his last drink on this day – and Alcoholics Anonymous was born.
June 10, 1935
Spirit Rover Begins Mars Mission
The first color image compiled by photos from the Spirit rover - at the time the highest quality photo taken on another planet
June 10, 2003
