June 10

June 10 is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 204 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 1190 – Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.
• 1329 – The Battle of Pelekanon results in a Byzantine defeat by the Ottoman Empire.
• 1523 - Copenhagen is surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city won't recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark.
• 1539 – Council of Trent: Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
• 1619 – Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.
• 1624 – Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.
• 1692 – Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
• 1719 – Jacobite Rising: Battle of Glen Shiel.
• 1786 – A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
• 1793 – The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
• 1793 – French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
• 1805 – First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States.
• 1829 – The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place.
• 1838 – Myall Creek Massacre in Australia: 28 Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
• 1854 – The first class of United States Naval Academy students graduate.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel - Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
• 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.
• 1871 – Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 U.S. Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
• 1878 – League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stephano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria and Greece.
• 1886 – Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces.
• 1898 – Spanish-American War: U.S. Marines land on the island of Cuba.
• 1912 – The Villisca Axe Murders were discovered in Villisca, Iowa.
• 1916 – The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire.
• 1918 – The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat.
• 1924 – Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
• 1925 – Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches, held in the Toronto Arena.
• 1935 – Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
• 1935 – Chaco War ends: a truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
• 1936 – The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is founded.
• 1940 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
• 1940 – World War II: Norway surrenders to German forces.
• 1940 – World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
• 1942 – World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich.
• 1944 – World War II: 642 men, women and children are killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France.
• 1944 – World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
• 1944 – In baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
• 1945 – Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
• 1947 – Saab produces its first automobile.
• 1957 – John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the Canadian federal election, 1957, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
• 1963 – Equal Pay Act of 1963 aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex (see Gender pay gap). It was signed into law on June 10, 1963 by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program
• 1967 – The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
• 1967 – Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
• 1977 – James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13.
• 1977 – The Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale.
• 1980 – The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
• 1990 – British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities
• 1996 – Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
• 1997 – Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
• 1999 – Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
• 2001 – Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
• 2002 – The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
• 2003 – The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.

Births

• 1213 – Fakhruddin 'Iraqi, Persian philosopher (d. 1289)
• 1632 – Esprit Fléchier, French writer and bishop (d. 1710)
• 1657 – James Craggs the Elder, English politician (d. 1721)
• 1688 – James Francis Edward Stuart, English son of James II of England (d. 1766)
• 1706 – John Dollond, English optician (d. 1761)
• 1710 – James Short, Scottish mathematician (d. 1768)
• 1713 – Princess Caroline of Great Britain (d. 1757)
• 1753 – William Eustis, American politician, 12th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
• 1803 – Henry Darcy, French scientist (d. 1858)
• 1804 – Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (d. 1884)
• 1819 – Gustave Courbet, French painter (d. 1877)
• 1825 – Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (d. 1864)
• 1825 – Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (d. 1897)
• 1832 – Edwin Arnold, English poet, translator and journalist (d. 1904)
• 1832 – Nikolaus Otto, German inventor and engineer, invented the Internal combustion engine (d. 1891)
• 1832 – Stephen Mosher Wood, American politician (d. 1920)
• 1835 – Rebecca Latimer Felton, American educator and politician (d. 1930)
• 1839 – Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Danish politician (d. 1912)
• 1840 – Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (d. 1920)
• 1843 – Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1900)
• 1847 – John Beresford, Irish polo player (d. 1925)
• 1859 – Emanuel Nobel, Swedish-Russian oil baron (d. 1932)
• 1862 – Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (d. 1937)
• 1863 – Louis Couperus, Dutch novelist (d. 1923)
• 1865 – Frederick Cook, American explorer and physician (d. 1940)
• 1880 – André Derain, French painter (d. 1954)
• 1884 – Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache, English army captain (d. 1917)
• 1889 – Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor (d. 1973)
• 1891 – Al Dubin, American songwriter (d. 1945)
• 1894 – Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1895 – Hattie McDaniel, American actress (d. 1952)
• 1897 – Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia, 2nd Daughter of Czar Nicholas II, (d. 1918)
• 1901 – Frederick Loewe, Austrian-American composer (d. 1988)
• 1904 – Lin Huiyin, Chinese architect and poet (d. 1955)
• 1907 – Fairfield Porter, American painter (d. 1975)
• 1910 – Frank Demaree, American baseball player (d. 1958)
• 1910 – Robert Still, English composer and educator (d. 1971)
• 1910 – Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1976)
• 1911 – Ralph Kirkpatrick, American musician and musicologist (d. 1984)
• 1911 – Terence Rattigan, British playwright (d. 1977)
• 1912 – Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1980)
• 1913 – Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian composer (d. 2007)
• 1913 – Benjamin Shapira, German-Israeli biochemist, recipient of the Israel Prize (d. 1993)
• 1915 – Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
• 1918 – Patachou, French singer and actress
• 1918 – Barry Morse, English-Canadian actor (d. 2008)
• 1919 – Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish athlete and physician (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Greek-English husband of Elizabeth II
• 1921 – Jean Robic, French cyclist (d. 1980)
• 1922 – Judy Garland, American actress and singer (d. 1969)
• 1923 – Paul Brunelle, Canadian country singer and songwriter (d. 1994)
• 1923 – Robert Maxwell, Slovak-English publisher and politician (d. 1991)
• 1925 – Leo Gravelle, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1925 – Nat Hentoff, American historian, novelist, critic, and columnist
• 1926 – Lionel Jeffries, English actor (d. 2010)
• 1927 – Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian footballer (d. 2002)
• 1927 – Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician, 29th Vice Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Maurice Sendak, American author (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Harald Juhnke, German actor and comedian (d. 2005)
• 1929 – Ian Sinclair, Australian politician
• 1929 – E. O. Wilson, American biologist
• 1929 – James McDivitt, American astronaut
• 1930 – Aranka Siegal, Czech-born American writer and Holocaust survivor
• 1931 – João Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1932 – Branko Lustig, Croatian film producer
• 1933 – F. Lee Bailey, American attorney
• 1935 – Vic Elford, English race car driver
• 1936 – Alex DeCroce, American politician (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Luciana Paluzzi, Italian actress
• 1938 – Violetta Villas, Polish singer-songwriter, composer, and actress (d. 2011)
• 1938 – Rahul Bajaj, Indian businessman, politician and philanthropist
• 1939 – Alexandra Stewart, Canadian actress
• 1940 – Augie Auer, American-New Zealand scientist and meteorologist (d. 2007)
• 1940 – John Stevens, English drummer (d. 1994)
• 1941 – Mickey Jones, American drummer and actor (The First Edition)
• 1941 – Shirley Owens, American singer (Shirelles)
• 1941 – Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
• 1941 – David Walker, Australian race car driver
• 1942 – Gordon Burns, Irish journalist and broadcaster
• 1942 – Chantal Goya, French singer and actress
• 1942 – Preston Manning, Canadian politician
• 1944 – Ze'ev Friedman, Polish born Israeli weightlifter (d. 1972)
• 1946 – Fernando Balzaretti, Mexican actor (d. 1998)
• 1947 – Michel Bastarache, Canadian businessman and puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada
• 1947 – Ken Singleton, American baseball player
• 1949 – Kevin Corcoran, American actor
• 1949 – John Sentamu, Ugandan-English bishop, 97th Archbishop of York
• 1950 – Elías Sosa, Dominican baseball player
• 1951 – Dan Fouts, American football player
• 1953 – John Edwards, American politician and lawyer
• 1953 – Christine St-Pierre, Canadian journalist and politician
• 1954 – Rich Hall, American comedian and writer
• 1955 – Andrew Stevens, American actor
• 1956 – Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg
• 1957 – Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese architect
• 1957 – Lindsay Hoyle, English politician
• 1958 – Christos Dimopoulos, Greek footballer
• 1958 – Yu Suzuki, Japanese game designer and producer
• 1959 – Carlo Ancelotti, Italian footballer and manager
• 1959 – Eliot Spitzer, American lawyer and politician, 54th Governor of New York
• 1960 – Balakrishna Nandamuri, Indian actor
• 1960 – Mark-Anthony Turnage, English composer
• 1961 – Kelley Deal, American singer and musician (The Breeders)
• 1961 – Kim Deal, American singer-songwriter and musician (Pixies, The Breeders, and The Amps)
• 1961 – Maxi Priest, English singer-songwriter
• 1962 – Akie Abe, Japanese wife of Shinzō Abe
• 1962 – Anderson Bigode Herzer, Brazilian writer and poet (d. 1982)
• 1962 – Gina Gershon, American actress
• 1962 – Carolyn Hennesy, American actress
• 1962 – Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and actor (Beyond) (d. 1993)
• 1962 – Vincent Pérez, Swiss-French actor and director
• 1962 – Brent Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1963 – Brad Henry, American politician
• 1963 – Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress
• 1964 – Jimmy Chamberlin, American musician, songwriter, and producer (The Smashing Pumpkins, Zwan, Starchildren, and The Jimmy Chamberlin Complex)
• 1964 – Ben Daniels, English actor
• 1964 – Kate Flannery, American actress
• 1964 – Tony Martin, New Zealand born Australian comedian, actor, and writer
• 1964 – Vincent Perez, Swiss-born actor
• 1965 – Veronica Ferres, German actress
• 1965 – Elizabeth Hurley, English model and actress
• 1965 – Joey Santiago, Filipino-American singer, musician, and composer (Pixies and The Martinis)
• 1966 – Prince Hubertus of Hohenzollern
• 1966 – David Platt, English footballer
• 1967 – Emma Anderson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lush and Sing-Sing)
• 1967 – John Yoo, American attorney, author, and educator
• 1968 – Bill Burr, American comedian and actor
• 1968 – The D.O.C., American rapper and songwriter (Fila Fresh Crew)
• 1968 – Derek Dooley, American football player and coach
• 1968 – Jimmy Shea, American skeleton racer
• 1969 – Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer
• 1969 – Kate Snow, American journalist
• 1970 – Mike Doughty, American singer-songwriter (Soul Coughing)
• 1971 – Joel “JoJo” Hailey, American singer (K-Ci & JoJo and Jodeci)
• 1971 – Bobby Jindal, American politician, 55th Governor of Louisiana
• 1971 – Bruno N'Gotty, French footballer
• 1971 – Erik Rutan, American singer-songwriter, musician, and producer (Morbid Angel, Alas, Hate Eternal, and Ripping Corpse)
• 1971 – Kyle Sandilands, Australian radio host
• 1972 – Steven Fischer, American director and producer
• 1972 – Radmila Šekerinska, Macedonian politician
• 1973 – Faith Evans, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1973 – Flesh-n-Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
• 1973 – Pokey Reese, American baseball player
• 1974 – Dustin Lance Black, American director, screenwriter, and producer
• 1974 – Robert Rave, American author
• 1975 – Rebecca Cardon, American actress and trainer
• 1975 – Altiyan Childs, Australian singer
• 1975 – Risto Jussilainen, Finnish ski jumper
• 1975 – Henrik Pedersen, Danish footballer
• 1976 – James Moore, Canadian politician
• 1976 – Esther Ouwehand, Dutch politician
• 1976 – Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer
• 1976 – Hadi Saei, Iranian athlete
• 1977 – Adam Darski Polish singer-songwriter and musician (Behemoth)
• 1977 – Enzo Emanuele, Italian pathologist
• 1977 – Takako Matsu, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1977 – Dan-e-o, Canadian rapper and actor
• 1977 – Mike Rosenthal, American football player
• 1978 – Raheem Brock, American football player
• 1978 – DJ Qualls, American actor
• 1978 – Brian West, American soccer player
• 1978 – Shane West, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Germs)
• 1979 – Konstantinos Loumpoutis, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Jake Tsakalidis, Georgian-Greek basketball player
• 1979 – Svetlana Zakharova, Russian ballet dancer
• 1980 – Jessica DiCicco, American actress
• 1980 – Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Ovie Mughelli, American football player
• 1980 – Dmitri Uchaykin, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
• 1980 – Wang Yuegu, Singaporean table tennis player
• 1981 – Hoku, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1981 – Jonathan Bennett, American actor
• 1981 – Mat Jackson, English race car driver
• 1981 – Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein of Jordan
• 1981 – Albie Morkel, South African cricketer
• 1981 – Burton O'Brien, Scottish footballer
• 1981 – Nicky Whelan, Australian actress and model
• 1982 – Steve Guerdat, Swiss horse rider
• 1982 – Tara Lipinski, American figure skater
• 1982 – Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
• 1982 – Laleh Pourkarim, Iranian-Swedish singer-songwriter and actress
• 1982 – Elyse Sewell, American model
• 1982 – Ana Lucia Souza, Brazilian ballet dancer
• 1983 – Nick Adams, American actor and dancer
• 1983 – Marion Barber III, American football player
• 1983 – Steve von Bergen, Swiss footballer
• 1983 – Shanna Collins, American actress
• 1983 – Aaron Davey, Australian footballer
• 1983 – Leelee Sobieski, American actress
• 1984 – Nicky Bailey, English footballer
• 1984 – Dean Leacock, English footballer
• 1984 – Johanna Kedzierski, German sprinter
• 1984 – Dirk Van Tichelt, Belgian martial artist
• 1985 – Kaia Kanepi, Estonian tennis player
• 1985 – Kristina Lundberg, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1985 – Andy Schleck, Luxembourg cyclist
• 1985 – Vasilis Torosidis, Greek footballer
• 1985 – Kreesha Turner, Canadian singer, songwriter and model
• 1986 – Zara Dampney, English volleyball player
• 1986 – Keith Harkin, Irish singer-songwriter and actor (Celtic Thunder)
• 1986 – Hajime Hosogai, Japanese footballer
• 1986 – Joey Zimmerman, American actor
• 1987 – Lyssa Chapman, American bounty hunter
• 1987 – Martin Harnik, German-Austrian footballer
• 1987 – Amobi Okoye, Nigerian-American football player
• 1988 – Patrik Lindberg, Swedish gamer
• 1988 – Becki Ronen, American model
• 1988 – Kelly Vitz, American actress
• 1989 – Mustapha Carayol, Gambian footballer
• 1989 – Alexandra Stan, Romanian singer-songwriter, dancer, and model
• 1989 – Ryuya Wakaba, Japanese actor
• 1990 – Tahmina Kohistani, Afghan runner
• 1990 – Tristin Mays, American actress and singer
• 1990 – Valeen Montenegro, Filipino actress
• 1991 – Pol Espargaró, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1991 – Juan Jesus, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 – Kate Upton, American model and actress
• 1993 – Vita Chambers, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1996 – Julian De La Celle, American actor

Deaths

• 323 BC – Alexander the Great, Macedonian king (b. 356 BC)
• 1075 – Ernest, Margrave of Austria (b. 1027)
• 1190 – Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1122)
• 1424 – Ernest, Duke of Austria (b. 1377)
• 1552 – Alexander Barclay, English poet (b. 1476)
• 1556 – Martin Agricola, German composer (b. 1486)
• 1580 – Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (b. c. 1524)
• 1607 – John Popham, English politician (b. 1531)
• 1654 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (b. 1598)
• 1680 – Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (b. 1635)
• 1692 – Bridget Bishop, English-American first person to be executed during the Salem witch trials (b. 1632)
• 1735 – Thomas Hearne, English antiquarian (b. 1678)
• 1753 – Joachim Ludwig Schultheiss von Unfriedt, German architect (b. 1678)
• 1776 – Hsinbyushin, Burmese king (b. 1736)
• 1776 – Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b. 1722)
• 1791 – Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1720)
• 1831 – Hans Karl von Diebitsch, German-Russian field marshal (b. 1785)
• 1836 – André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (b. 1775)
• 1849 – Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French marshal and politician (b. 1784)
• 1889 – Abraham Hochmuth, Hungarian rabbi (b. 1816)
• 1896 – Amelia Dyer, English murderer (b. 1829)
• 1898 – Tuone Udaina, Croatian-Italian barber, last speaker of the Dalmatian language
• 1899 – Ernest Chausson, French composer (b. 1855)
• 1901 – Robert Williams Buchanan, Scottish poet and novelist (b. 1841)
• 1902 – Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (b. 1845)
• 1909 – Edward Everett Hale, American author (b. 1822)
• 1912 – Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1856)
• 1918 – Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (b. 1842)
• 1923 – Pierre Loti, French sailor (b. 1850)
• 1924 – Giacomo Matteotti, Italian politician (b. 1885)
• 1926 – Antoni Gaudí, Spanish-Catalan architect, designed the Park Güell (b. 1852)
• 1929 – Hélène Smith, French psychic (b. 1861)
• 1930 – Adolf Harnack, German theologian (b. 1851)
• 1934 – Frederick Delius, English composer (b. 1862)
• 1937 – Robert Borden, Canadian politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)
• 1940 – Marcus Garvey, Jamaican political leader, publisher, journalist, and activist, founded the Black Star Line (b. 1887)
• 1944 – Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (b. 1910)
• 1946 – Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878)
• 1947 – Alexander Bethune, Canadian politician (b. 1852)
• 1949 – Sigrid Undset, Norwegian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1955 – Margaret Abbott, American golfer (b. 1876)
• 1958 – Angelina Weld Grimke, American journalist (b. 1880)
• 1959 – Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian politician (b. 1883)
• 1963 – Timothy Birdsall, English cartoonist (b. 1936)
• 1967 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (b. 1900)
• 1971 – Michael Rennie, English actor (b. 1909)
• 1973 – William Inge, American playwright (b. 1913)
• 1974 – Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1900)
• 1976 – Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-American film producer, co-founded Paramount Pictures (b. 1873)
• 1982 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German actor and director (b. 1945)
• 1982 – Addie Harris McPherson, American singer (The Shirelles) (b. 1940)
• 1986 – Merle Miller, American author (b. 1919)
• 1987 – Elizabeth Hartman, American actress (b. 1943)
• 1988 – Louis L'Amour, American author (b. 1908)
• 1991 – Jean Bruller, French writer (b. 1902)
• 1992 – Zak Hernández, American soldier (b. 1970)
• 1992 – Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese composer and pianist (b. 1931)
• 1993 – Arleen Auger, American soprano (b, 1939)
• 1993 – Les Dawson, English comedian (b. 1934)
• 1996 – George Hees, Canadian politician (b. 1910)
• 1996 – Jo Van Fleet, American actress (b. 1914)
• 1998 – Jim Hearn, American baseball player (b. 1921)
• 1998 – Hammond Innes, English author (b. 1914)
• 2000 – Hafez al-Assad, Syrian politician, President of Syria (b. 1930)
• 2000 – Brian Statham, English cricketer (b. 1930)
• 2001 – Mike Mentzer, American bodybuilder (b. 1951
• 2001 – Leila Pahlavi, Iranian daughter of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (b. 1970)
• 2002 – John Gotti, American mobster (b. 1940)
• 2003 – Donald Regan, American businessman and politician, 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury (b. 1918)
• 2003 – Bernard Williams, English philosopher (b. 1929)
• 2003 – Phil Williams, Welsh politician and scientist (b. 1939)
• 2004 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, musician, and composer (b. 1930)
• 2004 – Odette Laure, French actress and singer (b. 1917)
• 2004 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek politician (b. 1904)
• 2005 – Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer, designed the Pitts Special (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Augie Auer, New Zealand scientist and meteorologist (b. 1940)
• 2008 – Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani-Soviet author (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Tenniel Evans, English actor (b. 1926)
• 2009 – Stelios Skevofilakas, Greek footballer (b. 1940)
• 2010 – Basil Schott, American Archbishop (b. 1939)
• 2011 – Brian Lenihan, Jnr, Irish Politician (b. 1959)
• 2012 – Piero Bellugi, Italian conductor (b. 1924)
• 2012 – Will Hoebee, Dutch songwriter and producer (b. 1947)
• 2012 – Georges Mathieu, French painter (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Joshua Orwa Ojode, Kenyan politician (b. 1958)
• 2012 – Elvis J. Perrodin, American jockey (b. 1956)
• 2012 – George Saitoti, Kenyan politician, mathematician, and businessman, founded the African Mathematical Union (b. 1945)
• 2012 – Sudono Salim, Chinese-Indonesian businessman, founded Bank Central Asia (b. 1916)
• 2012 – Eugene Selznick, American volleyball player and coach (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Gordon West, English footballer (b. 1943)

Holidays and observances

• Abolition Day (French Guiana)
• Army Day (Jordan)
• Christian Feast Day:
  • Getulius, Amancius and Cerealus
  • John of Tobolsk
  • Landry of Paris
  • Olivia
  • June 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Portugal Day, also Day of Camões (Portugal and the Portuguese communities)
• Reconciliation Day (Republic of the Congo)
• The Queen's Birthday (Solomon Islands)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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