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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 204 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 28, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,158,560 minutes 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 252 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 4,554 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 10 Historical Events
- 1539 –Council of Trent: Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
- 1619 –Thirty Years’ War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.
- 1719 –Jacobite Rising: Battle of Glen Shiel.
- 1793 –The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
- 1838 –Myall Creek Massacre in Australia: 28 Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Who were born on June 10?
- 1637 –Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
- 1880 –André Derain, French painter (d. 1954)
- 1910 –Frank Demaree, American baseball player (d. 1958)
- 1910 –Robert Still, English composer (d. 1971)
- 1929 –E. O. Wilson, American biologist
- 1932 –Branko Lustig, Croatian film producer
- 1949 –Kevin Corcoran, American actor
- 1963 –Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress
- 1981 –Burton O'Brien, Scottish football player
- 1982 –Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, Swedish royalty
Who died on June 10?
- 1909 –Edward Everett Hale, American author (b. 1822)
- 1924 –Giacomo Matteotti, Italian Socialist politician (b. 1885)
- 1944 –Willem Jacob van Stockum, Dutch physicist (b. 1910)
- 1958 –Angelina Weld Grimke, American journalist (b. 1880)
- 1996 –Jo Van Fleet, American actress (b. 1914)
- 2000 –Brian Statham, English cricketer (b. 1930)
- 2000 –Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (b. 1930)
- 2003 –Bernard Williams, English philosopher (b. 1929)
- 2007 –Augie Auer, American-born New Zealand meteorologist and TV presenter (b. 1940)
- 2010 –Metropolitan Basil Schott, Archbishop of the Byzantine Catholic Archeparchy of Pittsburgh (b. 1939)
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