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, 1,749,513,600 seconds 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.
- 1624 –Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.
- 1793 –French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
- 1838 –Myall Creek Massacre in Australia: 28 Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
- 1854 –The first class of the United States Naval Academy students graduate.
- 1924 –Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
- 1942 –World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich.
- 1944 –World War II: 642 men, women and children are killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France.
- 1965 –Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Xoai begins.
- 1996 –Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
Who were born on June 10?
- 1922 –Judy Garland, American musical actress (d. 1969)
- 1941 –David Walker, Australian racing driver
- 1959 –Eliot Spitzer, American politician
- 1962 –Vincent Pérez, Swiss-born French actor and director
- 1965 –Elizabeth Hurley, English model and actress
- 1968 –The D.O.C., American rapper
- 1973 –Flesh-N-Bone, American rapper (Bone Thugs-N-Harmony)
- 1977 –Dan-e-o, Canadian rapper
- 1979 –Jake Tsakalidis, Georgian-born Greek basketball player
- 1990 –Valeen Montenegro, Filipino actress
Who died on June 10?
- 1654 –Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (b. 1598)
- 1902 –Jacint Verdaguer, Catalan poet (b. 1845)
- 1923 –Pierre Loti, French sailor (b. 1850)
- 1934 –Frederick Delius, English composer (b. 1862)
- 1937 –Robert Borden, 8th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)
- 1940 –Marcus Garvey, American civil rights activist (b. 1887)
- 1974 –Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1900)
- 1982 –Addie “Micki” Harris, American singer (Shirelles) (b. 1940)
- 1991 –Jean Bruller, French writer (b. 1902)
- 2003 –Dr Phil Williams, Welsh politician and scientist (b. 1939)
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