Events in History
- Jun 9 Finland falls back into a state of recession after GDP contracted 0.4% in Q1 2010 and 0.2% in Q4 2009
- Jun 9 Hungary comes out of recession after experiencing 0.9% growth in the first quarter as a result of growing exports and effective government spending measures
- Jun 13 64th Tony Awards: "Memphis" & "Red" (play) win
Historic Publication
Jun 22 Danielle Steel’s novel “Family Ties” is published
Event of Interest
Jun 23 Marina Bay Sands casino resort owned by Las Vegas Sands officially opens in Singapore, with an infinity pool on the world's largest cantilevered platform
Weddings in History
- Jun 19 Crown Princess Victoria heir apparent of HM Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden, weds Daniel Westling at Stockholm Cathedral
Divorces in History
- Jun 6 Gossip Girl star Kelly Rutherford (40) divorces German entrepreneur Daniel Giersch (34) due to irreconcilable differences after 2 years of marriage
Deaths in History
- Jun 1 Lt. Gen. William H. Ginn, Jr., U.S. Air Force officer (b.1928)
- Jun 3 John Hedgecoe, English photographer (Royal College of Art), dies at 78
- Jun 3 Vladimir Arnold, Russian mathematician (Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem), dies at 72
- Jun 7 Omar Rayo, Colombian painter, sculptor, caricaturist and plastic artist. (b. 1928)
- Jun 10 Metropolitan Basil Schott, Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh (b. 1939)
- Jun 11 Zenani Mandela, Nelson Mandela's great granddaughter (b. 1997)
- Jun 12 Egon Ronay, Hungarian food critic, dies at 94
- Jun 14 Leonid Kizim, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-10, T-15), dies at 68
- Jun 16 Marc Bazin, Haitian politician (b. 1932)
- Jun 16 Ronald Neame, British director (1st Monday in October; The Poseidon Adventure), dies at 99
- Jun 17 K. S. Rajah, Singaporean jurist (b. 1930)
- Jun 18 French general (WWII, First Indochina War, Algerian War), dies at 94
José Saramago (1922-2010)
Jun 18 Portuguese writer, novelist (Blindness, The Gospel According to Jesus Christ) and Nobel laureate, dies of leukemia at 87
- Jun 19 Angela Rumbold, British politician (C), dies at 78
- Jun 19 Anthony Quinton, British philosopher (b. 1925)
- Jun 20 Harry Blackmore Whittington, British palaeontologist (b. 1916)
- Jun 21 Hector Laing, English biscuit manufacturer (McVitie & Price), pilot and Director of the Bank of England, dies at 87
- Jun 25 Richard B. Sellars, American business executive (b. 1915)
- Jun 26 Algirdas Brazauskas, President of Lithuania (b. 1932)
- Jun 27 Dolph Briscoe, American businessman and 41st Governor of Texas (1973-79), dies at 87
- Jun 28 Robert Byrd, US Senator (Democrat-WV, 1959-2010), majority leader and once the longest-serving Senator in history, dies at 92
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