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2005-06-10

On this day in History - Jun 10

0323 BC - Alexander the Great dies (b. 356 BC)
1075 - Margrave Ernest the Brave of Austria dies
1190 - Frederick Barbarossa, dies (drowned). Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1122)
1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem.
1424 - Duke Ernest the Iron of Inner Austria dies
1580 - Luis de Camões, dies (b. 1524). Portuguese poet.
1618 - Nascimento de Nicolas-François Blondel. Arquitecto francês.
1654 - Alessandro Algardi, dies (b. 1598). Italian sculptor.
1657 - James Cragg the Elder, was born (d. 1721). English politician.
1688 - James Francis Edward Stuart, was born (d. 1766). "The Old Pretender".
1692 - Bridget Bishop, dies. Accused witch.
1692 - Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
1793 - The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris (becoming, a year later, the first public zoo).
1803 - Henry Darcy, was born (d. 1858). French scientist.
1819 - Gustave Courbet, was born (d. 1877). French painter.
1829 - First Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge.
1831 - Hans Karl Friedrich Anton, count von Diebitsch, dies (b. 1785). Russian field marshal.
1835 - Rebecca Latimer Felton, was born (d. 1930). First female U.S. Senator.
1836 - André-Marie Ampère, dies (b. 1775). French physicist.
1844 - Carl Hagenbeck, was born. Animal trainer
1846 - Mexican-American War: The California Republic declares independence from Mexico.
1854 - The first class of United States Naval Academy students graduate.
1858 - Robert Brown dies. Naturalist.
1861 - Pierre Duhem, was born (d. 1916). French physicist and philosopher of science.
1862 - Mrs Leslie Carter, nee Caroline Dudley, was born (d. 1937). Broadway actress & star.
1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads - Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
1880 - André Derain, was born (d. 1954). French painter and illustrator.
1886 - Eruption of Mount Tarawera in New Zealand, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces.
1890 - Stan Laurel was born. Actor.
1895 - Hattie McDaniel, was born (d. 1952). Actress, and the first African American to win an Academy Award.
1897 - Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia was born (d. 1918)
1898 - US Marines land on the island of Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
1899 - Ernest Chausson, dies (b. 1855). French composer.
1901 - Robert Williams Buchanan, dies (b. 1841). British poet, novelist and dramatist.
1901 - Frederick Loewe, was born (d. 1988). Austrian-born American composer.
1902 - Jacint Verdaguer, dies (b. 1845). Catalan poet.
1903 - Theo Lingen was born (d. 1978). German actor.
1903 - Clyde Beatty, was born (d. 1965). Hunter, circus impresario.
1907 - Fairfield Porter, was born (d. 1975). American painter.
1908 - Robert Cummings was born (d. 2 Dec 1990). Emmy Award-winning actor: Twelve Angry Men [1954]; Love That Bob, The Bob Cummings Show, My Hero, Dial "M" for Murder, The Carpetbaggers;
1909 - Edward Everett Hale, dies. Author.
1910 - Howlin' Wolf, was born (d. 1976). Blues musician (born "Chester Burnett").
1911 - Terence Rattigan, was born (d. 1977). British playwright.
1912 - Anton Aškerc, dies (b. 1856). Slovenian poet.
1913 - Tikhon Khrennikov, was born. Russian composer.
1915 - Saul Bellow, was born (d. 2005). Canadian-born American author, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1918 - Arrigo Boito, dies (b. 1842). Italian poet and composer.
1921 - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was born.
1922 - Judy Garland, [Frances Ethel Gumm] was born (d. 22 Jun 1969). American actress, singer. Mother of Liza Minelli and Lorna & Joey Luft. ( Singer : Over the Rainbow, The Trolley Song, You Made Me Love You, The Man that Got Away; actress: The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, A Star is Born, Easter Parade, The Harvey Girls, Judgment at Nuremberg);
1922 - Nascimento, no Rio de Jabneiro - RJ, de Bibi Ferreira (Abigail Isquierdo Ferreira), consagrada artista do teatro brasilieiro.
1923 - Pierre Loti, dies (b. 1850). French sailor and writer.
1924 - Fascists kidnap and kill Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
1926 - Antoni Gaudí, dies (b. 1852). Catalan architect.
1926 - Lionel Jeffries was born. British actor.
1923 - Robert Maxwell, was born (d. 1991). Czech-born British owner of Mirror Group Newspapers (d. 1991)
1927 - Lin Yang-kang, was born. Chinese politician
1928 - Maurice Sendak, was born. Writer, producer, illustrator
1929 - Harald Juhnke, was born (d. 2005). German actor and comedian.
1929 - Ian McCahon Sinclair, was born. Australian politician
1930 - Theo Sommer was born. German journalist.
1930 - Adolf Harnack, dies (b. 1851). German theologian.
1933 - F. Lee Bailey, was born. Celebrity attorney
1934 - Frederick Delius, dies (b. 1862). English composer.
1934 - Nascimento de João Gilberto, compositor da MPB, em Juazeiro-BA.
1935 - Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.
1937 - Robert Borden, dies (b. 1854). Eighth Prime Minister of Canada.
1940 - Marcus Garvey, dies (b. 1887). American civil rights activist.
1940 - World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
1940 - World War II: German forces, under General Erwin Rommel, reach the English Channel.
1940 - World War II: Canada declares war on Italy.
1940 - World War II: Norway Surrenders to German forces.
1940 - John Stevens, was born (d. 1994). British drummer (d. 1994)
1941 - Jürgen Prochnow, was born. German actor
1941 - Shirley Owens, was born. Singer, member of the Shirelles
1942 - Preston Manning, was born. Canadian politician
1942 - World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice as reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich. Na vila checa de Lidice, todos os 172 homens e rapazes com mais de 16 anos são mortos, em retaliação pela morte do chefe das SS e governador do Protectorado alemão da Boémia-Moravia, actual território da República Checa, Reinhard Heydrich. As mulheres foram enviadas para o campo de concentração de Ravensbruck onde a maior parte morreu. Noventa crianças foram enviadas para o campo de Gneisau. A vila foi completamente arrasada.
1944 - World War II: 642 men, women and children are killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France.
1944 - O Estádio Nacional é inaugurado oficialmente no decorrer das comemorações do «Dia da Raça».
1944 - In baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
1946 - Jack Johnson, dies (b. 1878). Boxer.
1947 - Alexander Bethune, dies (b. 1852). Twelfth Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia.
1947 - Saab produces its first automobile.
1949 - Sigrid Undset, dies (b. 1882). Norwegian author, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature.
1949 - Ronald James Padavona, (a.k.a. Ronnie James Dio) was born. Heavy metal singer
1951 - Dan Fouts, was born. American football star
1953 - John Edwards, was born. U.S. Senator
1956 - 1956 Summer Olympics: Equestrian events open in Stockholm, Sweden.
1956 - In Argentina loyalists smashed a Peronist revolt. 26 rebels were executed.
1957 - Lindsay Hoyle, was born. British politician
1958 - Angelina Weld Grimke, dies (b. 1880). Journalist and poet.
1962 - Gina Gershon, was born. American actress
1963 - Jeanne Tripplehorn, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. American actress.
1964 - Jimmy Chamberlin, was born. Musician.
1965 - Vietnam War: Battle of Dong Xoai begins.
1965 - Elizabeth Hurley, was born. British actress
1965 - Linda Evangelista, was born. Supermodel
1967 - Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
1967 - Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1967 - Spencer Tracy, dies (b. 1900). Actor.
1968 - Jimmy Shea, was born. American skeleton racer
1971 - Joel Hailey aka JoJo, was born. R&B singer
1971 - Michael Rennie, dies (b. 1909). Actor.
1973 - Faith Evans, was born. R&B singer
1973 - William Inge, dies (b. 1913). Playwright.
1973 - Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy.
1974 - Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester dies (b. 1900) .
1974 - Morte do ex-presidente brasileiro Eurico Gaspar Dutra.
1976 - Adolph Zukor, dies (b. 1873). Producer.
1976 - Freddy Garcia, was born. Baseball pitcher
1977 - Apple Computer ships its first Apple II personal computer.
1977 - James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13).
1978 - Costa Rica becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1980 - The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
1980 - Percy Wood, president of United Airlines, is injured by an exploding package sent by the Unabomber.
1982 - Addie "Micki" Harris, dies (b. 1940). Singer (Shirelles).
1982 - Rainer Werner Fassbinder, dies (b. 1945). Author, movie director.
1982 - Princess Madeleine of Sweden was born.
1982 - Tara Lipinski, was born. Figure skater.
1982 - Leelee Sobieski (Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski), was born. Actress ( Charlie Grace, Deep Impact, Joan of Arc [TV: 1999], Eyes Wide Shut, Squelch) .
1985 -The Israeli army pulled out of Lebanon after 1,099 days of occupation.
1986 - Merle Miller, dies (b. 19189). Biographer.
1988 - Louis L'Amour, dies in Los Angeles (b. 1908). American author, western novelist.
1990 - Alberto Fujimori was elected president of Peru by a narrow margin over novelist Mario Vargas Llosa.
1991- In what was dubbed "The Mother of All Parades," New York City hosts a parade welcoming back troops from Operation Desert Storm.
1993 - Les Dawson, dies (b. 1933 or 34). British comedian.
1996 - George Hees, dies (b. 1910). Canadian politician.
1996 - Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without Sinn Féin.
1997 - Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold.
1998 - Hammond Innes, dies (b. 1914). English author.
1999 - Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
2000 - Hafez al-Assad, the “Lion of Damascus,” dies (b. 1930). President of Syria.
2000 - Arambam Somorendra, dies (b. 1936). Playwright and social work.
2000 - Brian Statham, dies (b. 1930). Cricketer.
2001 - Princess Leila of Iran dies (b. 1970)
2001 - Mike Mentzer, dies (b. 1951). Philosopher, bodybuilder, and author.
2001 - In Italy Silvio Berlusconi, known as Il Cavaliere, became premier for a 2nd time and formed his Cabinet. He promised a 100-day revolution to transform the economy.
2002 - John Gotti, dies (b. 1940). Mafia boss.
2003 - Donald Regan, dies (b. 1918). Chief of Staff and U.S. Treasury Secretary
2003 - Dr Phil Williams, dies (b. 1939) Welsh politician and scientist.
2004 - Ray Charles, dies (b. 1930). American singer and musician.
Roman Empire - fourth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
Portugal - National day of Portugal, Camões and the Portuguese Communities.


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