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| Birthday June 10, 1706 John Dollond, owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens |
| Birthday June 10, 1895 Immanuel Velikovsky, writer (Worlds in Collision) |
| Birthday June 10, 1904 Frederick Loewe, composer |
| Birthday June 10, 1921 Prince Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, Mr Elizabeth II |
| Birthday June 10, 1922 Judy Garland (Frances Gumm), not in Kansas any more (Wizard of Oz) |
| Birthday June 10, 1928 Maurice Sendak, children's author, illustrator, set designer |
| Birthday June 10, 1928 Where the Wild Things Are author Maurice Sendak is born |
| Birthday June 10, 1929 James A. McDivitt, U.S. astronaut (Gemini 4, Apollo 9) |
| Birthday June 10, 1933 F. Lee Bailey, American attorney |
| Birthday June 10, 1965 Andrew Stevens |
| History June 10, 1580 Lu¡s Vaz de Camoes - Portugal's national poet - dies |
| History June 10, 1639 1st American log cabin at Ft Christina (Wilmington Del) |
| History June 10, 1692 First Salem witch hanging |
| History June 10, 1752 Ben Franklin flies kit in storm |
| History June 10, 1772 Burning of the Gaspee British revenue cutter by Rhode Islanders |
| History June 10, 1775 John Adams proposes a Continental Army |
| History June 10, 1801 State of Tripoli declares war on the US |
| History June 10, 1854 Georg F.B. Reiman proposes that space is curved |
| History June 10, 1864 Confederates score victory at the Battle of Brice's Crossroads |
| History June 10, 1865 Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" 1st performance Munich Germany |
| History June 10, 1869 Agnes arrives in New Orleans with 1st ever shipment of frozen beef |
| History June 10, 1880 Charlie Jones becomes 1st to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning |
| History June 10, 1881 Tolstoy disguises himself as a peasant and leaves on a pilgrimage |
| History June 10, 1885 Arizona Deputy Sheriff Billy Daniels is killed |
| History June 10, 1892 Wilbert Robinson gets 7 base hits in 1 baseball game |
| History June 10, 1898 US Marines land at Cuba in Spanish-American War |
| History June 10, 1910 Portuguese Natl Day |
| History June 10, 1917 Italians renew battle on mountain-tops in Trentino |
| History June 10, 1921 Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120 (Gavvy Cravath) |
| History June 10, 1932 1st demonstration of artificial lightning Pittsfield Mass |
| History June 10, 1935 Alcoholics Anonymous founded |
| History June 10, 1935 Alcoholics Anonymous formed in Akron by Dr Robert Smith |
| History June 10, 1940 Italy declares war on France and Great Britain |
| History June 10, 1940 Italy declares war on France & Britain |
| History June 10, 1940 Norway surrenders to Germany |
| History June 10, 1942 Nazis exterminate village of Lidice - Czechoslovakia |
| History June 10, 1942 Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia) Gestapo kills 173 |
| History June 10, 1943 FDR 1st US pres to visit foreign country during wartime |
| History June 10, 1944 Joe Nuxhall makes MLB debut at 15 |
| History June 10, 1944 Joe Nuxhall at 15 became youngest ML baseball player |
| History June 10, 1946 Establishment of Italian Republic |
| History June 10, 1953 Eisenhower rejects calls for U.S. isolationism |
| History June 10, 1954 PBS reaches SF: KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting |
| History June 10, 1955 1st virus separated into component parts - reported |
| History June 10, 1959 Rocky Colovito hits 4 HRs in 1 game |
| History June 10, 1963 JFK has busy day |
| History June 10, 1964 Southern filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked |
| History June 10, 1965 Battle begins at Dong Xoai |
| History June 10, 1967 Israel Syria Jordan Iraq Egypt end "6-Day War" with UN help |
| History June 10, 1968 Westmoreland gives farewell press conference in Saigon |
| History June 10, 1977 Apple Computer ships its 1st Apple II. Also James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison |
| History June 10, 1978 Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis |
| History June 10, 1979 Paul Newman finishes second in 24 Hours of Le Mans |
| History June 10, 1980 Mandela writes from prison |
| History June 10, 1984 Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 2.39 m |
| History June 10, 1990 Luther Campbell and fellow 2LiveCrew members are arrested on obscenity charges |
| History June 10, 1991 Evacuations save lives in the Philippines |
| History June 10, 2002 Doughnut truck thief arrested |
| History June 10, 2007 Last episode of The Sopranos airs |