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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 161st day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 204 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 28, 2023 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 468,432 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 ‘hectahexacontahenagon’ day.
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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 245 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 3,823 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 10 Historical Events
- 1190 –Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.
- 1838 –Myall Creek Massacre in Australia: 28 Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
- 1886 –Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces.
- 1924 –Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
- 1977 –James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13.
Who were born on June 10?
- 1913 –Benjamin Shapira, German-born Israeli biochemist, recipient of the Israel Prize (d. 1993)
- 1923 –Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born British media proprietor and Member of Parliament (d. 1991)
- 1959 –Carlo Ancelotti, Italian football player and manager
- 1979 –Jake Tsakalidis, Georgian-born Greek basketball player
- 1980 –Jessica DiCicco, American actress
Who died on June 10?
- 1791 –Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1720)
- 1899 –Ernest Chausson, French composer (b. 1855)
- 1902 –Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (b. 1845)
- 1944 –Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (b. 1910)
- 1974 –Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1900)
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