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 161^st 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.

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.

June 10 Historical Events

• 1624 –
  Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.
• 1692 –
  Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for “certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries”.
• 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.
• 1918 –
  The Austro-Hungarian battleship Ship SMS sinks after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat.
• 1925 –
  Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches, held in the Toronto Arena.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1999 –
  Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
• 2003 –
  The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission.

Who were born on June 10?

• 1840 –
  Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (d. 1920)
• 1880 –
  André Derain, French painter (d. 1954)
• 1918 –
  Patachou, French singer
• 1941 –
  Shirley Owens, American singer (Shirelles)
• 1954 –
  Rich Hall, American comedian
• 1960 –
  Maxi Priest, English reggae vocalist
• 1971 –
  Bruno N'Gotty, French football player
• 1979 –
  Jake Tsakalidis, Georgian-born Greek basketball player
• 1980 –
  Francelino Matuzalem, Brazilian football player
• 1980 –
  Jessica DiCicco, American actress

Who died on June 10?

• 1424 –
  Duke Ernest of Austria (b. 1377)
• 1654 –
  Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (b. 1598)
• 1680 –
  Johan Göransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (b. 1635)
• 1831 –
  Hans Karl von Diebitsch, Russian field marshal (b. 1785)
• 1912 –
  Moore Family, Villisca Axe Murders
• 1918 –
  Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (b. 1842)
• 1924 –
  Giacomo Matteotti, Italian Socialist politician (b. 1885)
• 1993 –
  Les Dawson, English comedian (b. 1934)
• 2007 –
  Augie Auer, American-born New Zealand meteorologist and TV presenter (b. 1940)
• 2009 –
  Tenniel Evans, English actor (b. 1926)