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, 28,632,960 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 ‘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
- 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.
- 1793 –French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
- 1871 –Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 U.S. Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
- 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.
- 1947 –Saab produces its first automobile.
- 1957 –John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the Canadian federal election, 1957, ending 22 years of Liberal Party rule.
- 1977 –Apple ships its first Apple II personal computer.
- 1999 –Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
- 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?
- 1637 –Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary and explorer (d. 1675)
- 1911 –Terence Rattigan, British playwright (d. 1977)
- 1923 –Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born British media proprietor and Member of Parliament (d. 1991)
- 1941 –David Walker, Australian racing driver
- 1962 –Gina Gershon, American actress
- 1979 –Jake Tsakalidis, Georgian-born Greek basketball player
- 1981 –Albie Morkel, South African cricketer
- 1981 –Mat Jackson, British racing driver
- 1982 –Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, Swedish royalty
- 1984 –Dirk Van Tichelt, Belgian judoka
Who died on June 10?
- 1776 –Leopold Widhalm, Austrian luthier (b. 1722)
- 1899 –Ernest Chausson, French composer (b. 1855)
- 1924 –Giacomo Matteotti, Italian Socialist politician (b. 1885)
- 1929 –Hélène Smith, French psychic (b. 1861)
- 1967 –Spencer Tracy, American actor (b. 1900)
- 1982 –Addie “Micki” Harris, American singer (Shirelles) (b. 1940)
- 2001 –Mike Mentzer, American bodybuilder (b. 1951)
- 2001 –Princess Leila of Iran (b. 1970)
- 2003 –Donald Regan, American Chief of Staff and U.S. Treasury Secretary (b. 1918)
- 2005 –Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer (b. 1915)
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