Historical 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 Great Arab Revolt begins against ruling Ottoman turks
- 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
- 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
- 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
Hattie McDaniel
Prince Philip
Judy Garland
Elizabeth Hurley
Bill Burr
Leelee Sobieski
Would You Believe?
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”
On June 10, 1845
Famous Weddings
- 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
- 1989 Detroit Red Wings NHL player Steve Yzerman (24) weds Lisa Brennan
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 Weddings & Divorces
Alexander the Great
Frederick Barbarossa
Marcus Garvey
Spencer Tracy
John Gotti
Ray CharlesArticles, 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
Weekly Quiz for June 8-14
Test your knowledge of historical events and famous people in our multi-choice, weekly history quiz for June 8-14. Then challenge your friends!
