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
- 1190 –Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.
- 1854 –The first class of the United States Naval Academy students graduate.
- 1925 –Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches, held in the Toronto Arena.
- 1942 –World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich.
- 1944 –In baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
- 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.
- 1977 –James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13.
- 1991 –The kidnapping of Jaycee Lee Dugard
- 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?
- 1706 –John Dollond, English optician (d. 1761)
- 1803 –Henry Darcy, French scientist (d. 1858)
- 1832 –Nikolaus August Otto, German engineer (d. 1891)
- 1918 –Patachou, French singer
- 1929 –Ian McCahon Sinclair, Australian politician
- 1964 –Ben Daniels, British actor
- 1968 –The D.O.C., American rapper
- 1972 –Steven Fischer, American film producer and director
- 1975 –Altiyan Childs, Australian singer
- 1980 –Jessica DiCicco, American actress
Who died on June 10?
- 1607 –John Popham, English politician (b. 1531)
- 1654 –Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (b. 1598)
- 1909 –Edward Everett Hale, American author (b. 1822)
- 1912 –Anton Aškerc, Slovenian poet (b. 1856)
- 1918 –Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (b. 1842)
- 1946 –Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878)
- 1963 –Timothy Birdsall, English cartoonist (b. 1936)
- 1986 –Merle Miller, American biographer (b. 1919)
- 2004 –Xenophon Zolotas, Greek politician (b. 1904)
- 2009 –Tenniel Evans, English actor (b. 1926)
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