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

Events

• 671 – Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku. The instrument, which measure time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu.
• 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: Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
• 1596 – Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerk discover Bear Island.
• 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 risings: 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: Twenty-eight 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 US 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. Eruptions continue for 3 months creating a large, 17 km long fissure across the mountain peak.
• 1898 – Spanish–American War: U.S. Marines land on the island of Cuba.
• 1912 – The Villisca Axe Murders were discovered in Villisca, Iowa.
• 1916 – An Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire led by Lawrence of Arabia breaks out.
• 1918 – The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel.
• 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: Six hundred forty-two 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
• 1964 – United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.
• 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
• 1991 – Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.
• 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.
• 2003 – Wicked opens on Broadway, proceeding to win 40 awards just for the Broadway production.

Births

• 1213 – Fakhr-al-Din Iraqi, Persian poet and philosopher (d. 1289)
• 1632 – Esprit Fléchier, French bishop and author (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)
• 1713 – Princess Caroline of Great Britain (d. 1757)
• 1716 – Carl Gustaf Ekeberg, Swedish explorer (d. 1784)
• 1737 – Ruth Blay, American murderer (d. 1768)
• 1793 – Chauncey Jerome, American clockmaker (d. 1868)
• 1753 – William Eustis, American physician and politician, 12th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
• 1803 – Henry Darcy, French engineer (d. 1858)
• 1804 – Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (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 and journalist (d. 1904)
• 1832 – Nikolaus Otto, German engineer (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, 19th Prime Minister of Denmark (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 businessman (d. 1932)
• 1862 – Mrs. Leslie Carter, American actress (d. 1937)
• 1863 – Louis Couperus, Dutch author and poet (d. 1923)
• 1864 – Ninian Comper, Scottish architect (d. 1960)
• 1865 – Frederick Cook, American physician and explorer (d. 1940)
• 1880 – André Derain, French painter and sculptor (d. 1954)
• 1884 – Leone Sextus Tollemache, English captain (d. 1917)
• 1889 – Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor and producer (d. 1973)
• 1891 – Al Dubin, American songwriter (d. 1945)
• 1894 – Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1895 – Hattie McDaniel, American actress and singer (d. 1952)
• 1897 – Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1898 – Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt (d. 1983)
• 1899 – Stanisław Czaykowski, Polish race car driver (d. 1933)
• 1901 – Frederick Loewe, Austrian-American composer (d. 1988)
• 1904 – Lin Huiyin, Chinese architect and poet (d. 1955)
• 1907 – Fairfield Porter, American painter and critic (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 guitarist (d. 1976)
• 1911 – Ralph Kirkpatrick, American harpsichord player and musicologist (d. 1984)
• 1911 – Terence Rattigan, English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1977)
• 1912 – Jean Lesage, Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1980)
• 1913 – Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (d. 2007)
• 1913 – Benjamin Shapira, German-Israeli biochemist (d. 1993)
• 1915 – Saul Bellow, Canadian-American author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2005)
• 1916 – Peride Celal, Turkish author (d. 2013)
• 1918 – Patachou, French singer and actress (d. 2015)
• 1918 – Franco Modigliani, Italian-American economist (d. 2003)
• 1919 – Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (d. 2007)
• 1919 – Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish footballer, rugby player, and physician (d. 2006)
• 1921 – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
• 1921 – Jean Robic, French cyclist (d. 1980)
• 1922 – Judy Garland, American actress and singer (d. 1969)
• 1922 – Bill Kerr, South African-Australian actor (d. 2014)
• 1923 – Paul Brunelle, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1994)
• 1923 – Robert Maxwell, Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (d. 1991)
• 1924 – Friedrich L. Bauer, German mathematician, computer scientist, and academic (d. 2015)
• 1925 – Leo Gravelle, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
• 1925 – Nat Hentoff, American historian, author, and journalist
• 1926 – Bruno Bartoletti, Italian conductor (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Lionel Jeffries, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1927 – László Kubala, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2002)
• 1927 – Johnny Orr, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1927 – Eugene Parker, American astrophysicist
• 1927 – Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician, 29th Vice Premier of the Republic of China (d. 2013)
• 1928 – Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (d. 2012)
• 1929 – Harald Juhnke, German actor and singer (d. 2005)
• 1929 – James McDivitt, American general, pilot, and astronaut
• 1929 – Ian Sinclair, Australian politician, 42nd Australian Minister for Defence
• 1929 – E. O. Wilson, American biologist and author
• 1930 – Aranka Siegal, Czech-American author and Holocaust survivor
• 1930 – Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (d. 2013)
• 1931 – Bryan Cartledge, English academic and diplomat
• 1931 – João Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1932 – Pierre Cartier, French mathematician
• 1932 – Branko Lustig, Croatian-American actor, producer, and production manager
• 1934 – Peter Gibson, English lawyer and judge
• 1934 – Tom Pendry, Baron Pendry, English politician
• 1935 – Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Japanese author and illustrator (d. 2015)
• 1936 – Alex DeCroce, American politician (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Luciana Paluzzi, Italian actress
• 1937 – Vilmos Varjú, Hungarian shot putter (d. 1994)
• 1938 – Rahul Bajaj, Indian businessman and politician
• 1938 – Violetta Villas, Belgian-Polish singer-songwriter and actress (d. 2011)
• 1939 – Guy Harwood, English horse trainer
• 1939 – Alexandra Stewart, Canadian actress
• 1940 – Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist (d. 2007)
• 1941 – Jürgen Prochnow, German-American actor
• 1941 – David Walker, Australian race car driver
• 1942 – Gordon Burns, Northern Irish British journalist
• 1942 – Chantal Goya, Vietnamese-French singer and actress
• 1942 – Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, Scottish judge, Lord President of the Court of Session
• 1942 – Preston Manning, Canadian politician
• 1943 – Simon Jenkins, English journalist and author
• 1944 – Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-Israeli weightlifter (d. 1972)
• 1944 – Anthony Rooley, English lute player (The Consort of Musicke)
• 1946 – Fernando Balzaretti, Mexican actor (d. 1998)
• 1947 – Michel Bastarache, Canadian businessman, lawyer, and jurist
• 1947 – Ken Singleton, American baseball player and sportscaster
• 1947 – Larry Townsend, American politician (d. 2013)
• 1947 – Robert Wright, English air marshal
• 1949 – Kevin Corcoran, American actor, director, and producer
• 1949 – John Sentamu, Ugandan-English archbishop
• 1950 – Elías Sosa, Dominican-American baseball player
• 1951 – Dan Fouts, American football player and sportscaster
• 1951 – Burglinde Pollak, German pentathlete
• 1952 – Kage Baker, American author (d. 2010)
• 1953 – Eileen Cooper, English painter
• 1953 – John Edwards, American lawyer and politician
• 1953 – Garry Hynes, Irish director and producer
• 1953 – Christine St-Pierre, Canadian journalist and politician
• 1954 – Moya Greene, Canadian businesswoman
• 1954 – Rich Hall, American comedian and actor
• 1955 – Annette Schavan, German politician
• 1956 – Laimutė Baikauskaitė, Lithuanian runner
• 1956 – Borwin, Duke of Mecklenburg
• 1957 – Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese architect
• 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
• 1959 – Tim Van Patten, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1960 – Nandamuri Balakrishna, Indian actor
• 1960 – Mark-Anthony Turnage, English composer
• 1961 – Kelley Deal, American singer and guitarist (The Breeders and The Kelley Deal 6000)
• 1961 – Kim Deal, American singer-songwriter and bass player (Pixies, The Breeders, and The Amps)
• 1961 – Maxi Priest, English singer-songwriter
• 1962 – Akie Abe, Japanese wife of Shinzō Abe
• 1962 – Gina Gershon, American actress and singer
• 1962 – Carolyn Hennesy, American actress
• 1962 – Anderson Bigode Herzer, Brazilian poet (d. 1982)
• 1962 – Wong Ka Kui, Hong Kong singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (Beyond) (d. 1993)
• 1962 – Brent Sutter, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1963 – Brad Henry, American lawyer and politician, 26th Governor of Oklahoma
• 1963 – Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress
• 1963 – Tony Ward, American model and actor
• 1964 – Jimmy Chamberlin, American drummer, 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-Australian comedian, actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1964 – Vincent Pérez, Swiss actor and director
• 1965 – Susanne Albers, German computer scientist
• 1965 – Veronica Ferres, German actress
• 1965 – Elizabeth Hurley, English model and actress
• 1965 – Joey Santiago, Filipino-American guitarist and songwriter (Pixies and The Martinis)
• 1966 – Prince Hubertus of Hohenzollern
• 1966 – David Platt, English footballer and manager
• 1967 – Emma Anderson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Lush and Sing-Sing)
• 1967 – Paul Maskey, Irish politician
• 1968 – Bill Burr, American comedian and actor
• 1968 – The D.O.C., American rapper (Fila Fresh Crew)
• 1968 – Derek Dooley, American football player and coach
• 1968 – Jimmy Shea, American skeleton racer
• 1968 – Stephen DeRosa, American actor
• 1969 – Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer
• 1969 – Kate Snow, American journalist
• 1969 – Helen Young, English meteorologist and television host
• 1970 – Mike Doughty, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Soul Coughing)
• 1970 – Alex Santos, Filipino journalist
• 1971 – Joel “JoJo” Hailey, American singer-songwriter (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, guitarist, 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, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
• 1973 – Flesh-n-Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
• 1973 – Faith Evans, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1973 – Damian Kallabis, German runner
• 1973 – Pokey Reese, American baseball player
• 1974 – Dustin Lance Black, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Robert Rave, American author
• 1975 – Rebecca Cardon, American personal trainer and author
• 1975 – Altiyan Childs, Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Masonia)
• 1975 – Risto Jussilainen, Finnish ski jumper
• 1975 – Henrik Pedersen, Danish footballer
• 1976 – Georg Friedrich, Prince of Prussia
• 1976 – Alari Lell, Estonian footballer
• 1976 – James Moore, Canadian journalist and politician
• 1976 – Esther Ouwehand, Dutch politician
• 1976 – Stefan Postma, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1976 – Hadi Saei, Iranian martial artist
• 1977 – Dan-e-o, Canadian rapper and actor
• 1977 – Adam Darski Polish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Behemoth)
• 1977 – Enzo Emanuele, Italian pathologist
• 1977 – Takako Matsu, Japanese singer-songwriter and actress
• 1977 – Mike Rosenthal, American football player and coach
• 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 – Evgeni Borounov, Russian ice dancer
• 1979 – Kostas Louboutis, Greek footballer
• 1979 – Jake Tsakalidis, Georgian-Greek basketball player
• 1979 – Svetlana Zakharova, Russian ballerina
• 1980 – Jessica DiCicco, American actress and singer
• 1980 – Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian footballer
• 1980 – Ovie Mughelli, American football player
• 1980 – Dmitri Uchaykin, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2013)
• 1980 – Daniele Seccarecci, Italian bodybuilder (d. 2013)
• 1980 – Jessica Wild, Puerto Rican drag queen performer
• 1980 – Wang Yuegu, Singaporean table tennis player
• 1981 – Hōkū, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
• 1981 – Prince Hashim Al Hussein of Jordan
• 1981 – Jonathan Bennett, American actor
• 1981 – Mat Jackson, English race car driver
• 1981 – Albie Morkel, South African cricketer
• 1981 – Burton O'Brien, Scottish footballer
• 1981 – Andrey Yepishin, Russian sprinter
• 1981 – Arwind Santos, Filipino basketball player
• 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 ballerina and journalist
• 1982 – Gaby Dela Merced, Filipino race car driver
• 1983 – Nick Adams, American actor and dancer
• 1983 – Marion Barber III, American football player
• 1983 – Shanna Collins, American actress
• 1983 – Aaron Davey, Australian footballer
• 1983 – Leelee Sobieski, American actress
• 1983 – Steve von Bergen, Swiss footballer
• 1984 – Johanna Kedzierski, German sprinter
• 1984 – Dirk Van Tichelt, Belgian martial artist
• 1985 – Richard Chambers, Irish rower
• 1985 – Gert Dorbek, Estonian basketball player
• 1985 – Kaia Kanepi, Estonian tennis player
• 1985 – Kristina Lundberg, Swedish ice hockey player
• 1985 – Andy Schleck, Luxembourger cyclist
• 1985 – Vasilis Torosidis, Greek footballer
• 1985 – Kreesha Turner, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer
• 1986 – Marco Andreolli, Italian footballer
• 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 – Melanie Müller, German porn actress and model
• 1988 – Becki Ronen, American model, Miss Kansas 2009
• 1988 – Kelly Vitz, American actress
• 1989 – DeAndre Kane, American basketball player
• 1989 – David Miller, South African cricketer
• 1989 – Mustapha Carayol, Gambian footballer
• 1989 – Alexandra Stan, Romanian singer-songwriter, dancer, and model
• 1989 – Ryuya Wakaba, Japanese actor
• 1990 – Tristin Mays, American actress and singer
• 1990 – Valeen Montenegro, Filipino actress
• 1991 – Pol Espargaró, Spanish motorcycle racer
• 1991 – Juan Jesus, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 – Saulius Ambrulevičius, Lithuanian figure skater
• 1992 – Kate Upton, American model and actress
• 1993 – Vita Chambers, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 1994 – Annefleur Kalvenhaar, Dutch cyclist (d. 2014)
• 1996 – Kristjan Ilves, Estonian Nordic combined skier
• 2000 – Robert Bleich, Canadian Field hockey oalie
• 2002 – Belinda Mariano, Filipino actress

Deaths

• 323 BC – Alexander the Great, Macedonian king (b. 356 BC)
• 38 – Drusilla, sister of Caligula (b. 16 AD)
• 223 – Liu Bei, Chinese emperor (b. 161)
• 754 – Abul Abbas al-Saffah, Muslim caliph (b. 721)
• 1075 – Ernest, Margrave of Austria (b. 1027)
• 1099 – El Cid (b. 1043)
• 1141 – Richenza of Northeim, German empress (b. c. 1087/89)
• 1190 – Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1122)
• 1261 – Matilda of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg (b. c.1210)
• 1364 – Agnes of Austria, Queen of Hungary (b. 1281)
• 1403 – Konrad II the Gray, Duke of Oleśnica, Koźle and Bytom (b. c.1340)
• 1424 – Ernest, Duke of Austria (b. 1377)
• 1552 – Alexander Barclay, English poet (b. 1476)
• 1556 – Martin Agricola, German composer and theorist (b. 1486)
• 1580 – Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (b. 1524)
• 1607 – John Popham, English politician, Attorney General for England and Wales (b. 1531)
• 1654 – Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (b. 1598)
• 1680 – Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish politician (b. 1635)
• 1692 – Bridget Bishop, English-American woman executed for witchcraft (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 instrument maker (b. 1722)
• 1791 – Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1720)
• 1799 – Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caribbean-French violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1745)
• 1831 – Hans Karl von Diebitsch, German-Russian field marshal (b. 1785)
• 1836 – André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (b. 1775)
• 1849 – Thomas Robert Bugeaud, French general and politician (b. 1784)
• 1868 – Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823)
• 1889 – Abraham Hochmuth, Hungarian rabbi (b. 1816)
• 1896 – Amelia Dyer, English murderer (b. 1829)
• 1898 – Tuone Udaina, Croatian-Italian last speaker of the Dalmatian language
• 1899 – Ernest Chausson, French composer (b. 1855)
• 1901 – Robert Williams Buchanan, Scottish poet, author, and playwright (b. 1841)
• 1902 – Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan priest and poet (b. 1845)
• 1909 – Edward Everett Hale, American clergyman, historian, and author (b. 1822)
• 1912 – Anton Aškerc, Slovenian priest and poet (b. 1856)
• 1918 – Arrigo Boito, Italian author, poet, and composer (b. 1842)
• 1923 – Pierre Loti, French soldier and author (b. 1850)
• 1924 – Giacomo Matteotti, Italian politician (b. 1885)
• 1926 – Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (b. 1852)
• 1929 – Hélène Smith, French psychic (b. 1861)
• 1930 – Adolf von Harnack, German historian and theologian (b. 1851)
• 1934 – Frederick Delius, English composer (b. 1862)
• 1937 – Robert Borden, Canadian lawyer and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)
• 1940 – Marcus Garvey, Jamaican journalist and activist, founded the Black Star Line (b. 1887)
• 1944 – Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch mathematician (b. 1910)
• 1946 – Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878)
• 1947 – Alexander Bethune, Canadian politician, 12th Mayor of Vancouver (b. 1852)
• 1949 – Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1882)
• 1955 – Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (b. 1876)
• 1958 – Angelina Weld Grimké, American journalist, poet, and playwright (b. 1880)
• 1959 – Zoltán Meskó, Hungarian politician (b. 1883)
• 1963 – Timothy Birdsall, English cartoonist (b. 1936)
• 1967 – Spencer Tracy, American actor and singer (b. 1900)
• 1970 – Earl Grant, American singer and pianist (b. 1931)
• 1971 – Michael Rennie, English actor and producer (b. 1909)
• 1973 – William Inge, American author and 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, director, and screenwriter (b. 1945)
• 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 author and illustrator, co-founded Les Éditions de Minuit (b. 1902)
• 1992 – Hachidai Nakamura, Chinese-Japanese pianist and composer (b. 1931)
• 1993 – Arleen Auger, American soprano (b, 1939)
• 1993 – Les Dawson, English comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
• 1996 – George Hees, Canadian soldier and 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 general and politician, 18th 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 mob boss (b. 1940)
• 2003 – Donald Regan, American colonel and politician, 11th White House Chief of Staff (b. 1918)
• 2003 – Bernard Williams, English philosopher and academic (b. 1929)
• 2003 – Phil Williams, Welsh politician (b. 1939)
• 2004 – Ray Charles, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (b. 1930)
• 2004 – Odette Laure, French actress and singer (b. 1917)
• 2004 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist and politician, 177th Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1904)
• 2005 – Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer, designed the Pitts Special (b. 1915)
• 2007 – Augie Auer, American-New Zealand meteorologist (b. 1940)
• 2008 – Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyzstani author (b. 1928)
• 2009 – Stelios Skevofilakas, Greek footballer (b. 1940)
• 2010 – Basil Schott, American archbishop (b. 1939)
• 2010 – Sigmar Polke, German painter (b. 1941)
• 2011 – Brian Lenihan, Jnr, Irish lawyer and politician, 25th Irish Minister for Finance (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 – George Saitoti, Kenyan economist and politician, 6th Vice-President of Kenya (b. 1945)
• 2012 – Sudono Salim, Chinese-Indonesian businessman, founded Bank Central Asia (b. 1916)
• 2013 – Bel'ange Epako, Congolese footballer (b. 1995)
• 2013 – Yehoshua Neuwirth, Israeli rabbi and scholar (b. 1927)
• 2013 – Enrique Orizaola, Spanish footballer and coach (b. 1922)
• 2013 – Barbara Vucanovich, American politician (b. 1921)
• 2014 – George A. Burton, American soldier, accountant, and politician (b. 1926)
• 2014 – Gary Gilmour, Australian cricketer and manager (b. 1951)
• 2014 – Robert M. Grant, American theologian and academic (b. 1917)
• 2014 – Jack Lee, American radio host and politician (b. 1920)
• 2014 – Keshav Malik, Indian poet and critic (b. 1924)

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)
• Navy Day (Italy)
• 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