What happened this day in history June 10

What are the important events that happened on June 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

June 10: Facts & Myths About This Day

June 10 is the 162nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 204 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 28, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 477,216 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectahexacontadigon’ day.

Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 233 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,189 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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June 10 Historical Events

  • 1838
    Myall Creek Massacre in Australia: 28 Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
  • 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.
  • 1924
    Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
  • 1935
    Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
  • 1942
    World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich.
  • 1967
    Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
  • 1967
    The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
  • 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.

Who were born on June 10?

  • 1825
    Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (d. 1897)
  • 1929
    E. O. Wilson, American biologist
  • 1942
    Gordon Burns, Irish gameshow host and television presenter
  • 1946
    Fernando Balzaretti, Mexican actor (d. 1998)
  • 1951
    Dan Fouts, American football player
  • 1968
    Derek Dooley, American football coach
  • 1969
    Kate Snow, American TV journalist
  • 1970
    Mike Doughty, American singer-songwriter (Soul Coughing)
  • 1975
    Altiyan Childs, Australian singer
  • 1982
    Tara Lipinski, American figure skater

Who died on June 10?

  • 1075
    Ernest, Margrave of Austria (b. 1027)
  • 1424
    Duke Ernest of Austria (b. 1377)
  • 1836
    André-Marie Ampère, French physicist (b. 1775)
  • 1899
    Ernest Chausson, French composer (b. 1855)
  • 1937
    Robert Borden, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)
  • 1944
    Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (b. 1910)
  • 1958
    Angelina Weld Grimke, American journalist (b. 1880)
  • 1982
    Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German film director and actor (b. 1945)
  • 1998
    Hammond Innes, English author (b. 1914)
  • 2010
    Metropolitan Basil Schott, Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh (b. 1939)

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