Milestones for June 10

1190 Turkey

Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor since 1155, drowns trying to cross the Saleph River in Cilicia while on the Third Crusade to free Jerusalem.

1692 Salem, Massachusetts

Bridget Bishop hanged for witchcraft; the first Salem witch to die; her neighbors had complained to Reverend John Hale that she "did entertaine people in her house at unseasonable houres in the night to keep drinking and playing at shovel-board whereby... young people were in danger to bee corrupted." She was one of 150 citizens accused of witchcraft by an hysterical band of young girls; the Salem witch trials started in March of that year after two girls in Reverend Samuel Parris' household began behaving oddly; they were examined by several townsmen and pronounced witches; they accused others, and by mid-May 100 people were in prison waiting trial; by the end of summer the court had tried and convicted 27 people, hanged 19, and crushed one, Giles Corey, to death by stones in a field, because he refused to stand trial. [picture: present day Witch Museum.]

1793 Paris, France

The Jardin des Plantes opens in Paris; the world's first public zoo.

1909 Azores

SOS distress signal used for the first time by the Cunard liner SS Slavonia, wrecked off the Azores; Morse code for Save our Souls.

1935 Akron, Ohio

William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith found Alcoholics Anonymous in Akron, Ohio; will develop a 12 step method to help alcoholics master their addiction.

1942 Lidice, Czech Republic

Nazi Gestapo troops massacre 173 male residents and burn the Czech village of Lidice to retaliate for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, protector of Bohemia and Moravia, by Czech resistance fighters.

1943 London, England

Hungarian Lasalo Biro patents the ball point pen; his employers, the Royal Air Force, needed a pen that would write under low atmospheric pressure at high altitudes during the war; in England, ball point pens are still called biros.

1963 Washington DC

US President John F. Kennedy signs a bill requiring equal pay for equal work, regardless of sex.

1967 Israel

Israel ends the Six-Day War after capturing Syrian, Jordanian and Egyptian territories, including eastern Jerusalem, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and the Sinai peninsula; the USSR broke off diplomatic relations with Israel and threatened sanctions unless Israeli forces stopped their advance towards Damascus.

1990 Czech Republic/Slovakia

President Vaclav Havel's Civic Forum movement wins Czechoslovakia's first free elections since 1946; the former playwright was a leader of the country's Velvet Revolution in November 1989, and was elected President of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic in November, 1989; the new Parliament will re-elect him to the presidency in July 1990 for a term of two years, and in January 1993 he is elected the first President of the Czech Republic. Also on this day, Bulgaria's former Communist Party wins the country's first free elections in more than four decades.

Other Events

1358 06 10 French boer leader Guillaume Cale captured
1538 06 10 Catholic German monarchy signs League of Neurenberg
1540 06 10 Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminister
1605 06 10 Valse Dimitri crowned Russian tsar for first time
1610 06 10 First Dutch settlers arrive (from NJ), to colonize Manhattan Island
1624 06 10 Netherlands & France sign anti-Spanish Treaty of CompiŠgne
1627 06 10 Piet Heyn conquerors 38 ships at bay of Salvador
1639 06 10 First American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware)
1648 06 10 Moscow's people uprise against regent Boris Morozov
1652 06 10 In Boston, John Hull opens the first mint in America
1682 06 10 Tornado in Connecticut uproots a 3' diameter oak tree
1720 06 10 Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard
1752 06 10 Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-what a shock!
1760 06 10 NY passes first effective law regulating practice of medicine
1761 06 10 Puritan version of Othello opens in Newport Rhode Island
1772 06 10 Burning of Gaspée, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders
1776 06 10 Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Decl of Ind
1793 06 10 First public zoo opens in Paris
1793 06 10 Washington replaced Philadelphia as US capital
1794 06 10 Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Phila, forms
1794 06 10 France revolutionary regime begins trials
1801 06 10 Tripoli declares war on US for refusing tribute
1809 06 10 First US steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves NY for Phila
1818 06 10 Pesaro opera theater opens with Rossini's La gaza ladra
1826 06 10 Sultan Mahmud II rebellious elite corp, slaughter 20,000 in Turkey
1834 06 10 HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails Pacific Ocean
1846 06 10 Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tire
1847 06 10 Chicago Tribune begins publishing
1848 06 10 First telegraph link between NYC & Chicago
1848 06 10 Battle at Vicenza: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte
1850 06 10 Millard Fillmore sworn-in as president of US (replacing Taylor)
1854 06 10 Georg F B Reiman proposes that space is curved
1857 06 10 England passes an act putting Canada on the decimal currency system
1861 06 10 Battle of Big Bethel VA (Bethel Church, Great Bethal)-Union retreats
1863 06 10 Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds
1864 06 10 Battle of Kellar's Bridge KY (Licking River)
1864 06 10 Battle of Waynesboro VA
1865 06 10 Wagner's Tristan und Isolde first performance Mnich Germany
1868 06 10 2nd Belmont: Bobby Swim aboard General Duke wins in 3:02
1869 06 10 'Agnes'arrives in New Orleans with first ever shipment of frozen beef
1871 06 10 5th Belmont: W Miller aboard Harry Basset wins in 2:56
1876 06 10 10th Belmont: William Donohue aboard Algerine wins in 2:40«
1880 06 10 Charlie Jones becomes first to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning
1882 06 10 Anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans
1890 06 10 24th Belmont: Pike Barnes aboard Burlington wins in 2:07.75
1891 06 10 25th Belmont: Ed Garrison aboard Foxford wins in 2:08.75
1892 06 10 Wilbert Robinson sets record by going 7-for-7 in a 9-inning game
1893 06 10 27th Belmont: Willie Simms aboard Commanche wins in 1:53¬
1898 06 10 US Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War
1899 06 10 Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati
1902 06 10 Patent for window envelope granted to H F Callahan
1905 06 10 First forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Me
1908 06 10 First flying club, Aeronautical Society of NY, opens
1911 06 10 Queen Wilhelmina opens Rembrandt house in Amsterdam
1915 06 10 British/French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon
1915 06 10 Girl Scouts founded
1916 06 10 48th Belmont: E Haynes aboard Friar Rock wins in 2:22
1916 06 10 Great Arab Revolt begin
1917 06 10 60,000 people of Petrograd welcome Prince Kropotkin (banned 41 years)
1917 06 10 Limburgse mine workers strike
1921 06 10 Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120 (Gavvy Cravath)
1922 06 10 54th Belmont: C H Miller aboard Pillory wins in 2:18.8
1924 06 10 First political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans at Cleveland
1926 06 10 Phillies Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle
1930 06 10 Winnipeg Rugby Football Club forms
1931 06 10 Norway occupies East-Greenland
1932 06 10 First demonstration of artificial lightning Pittsfield Mass
1932 06 10 67th British Golf Open: Gene Sarazen shoots a 283 at Prince's England
1933 06 10 37th US Golf Open: Johnny Goodman shoots a 287 at North Shore Ill
1933 06 10 65th Belmont: Mack Garner aboard Hurryoff wins in 2:32.6
1934 06 10 Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer's 2nd World Cup at Rome
1934 06 10 USSR & Romania regain diplomatic relations
1935 06 10 Dr Robert Smith & William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous
1938 06 10 Charlie Barnett makes 98 by lunch v Australia at Trent Bridge
1939 06 10 Barney Bear, cartoon character, by MGM, debuts
1940 06 10 French government moves to Bordeaux
1940 06 10 German Dutch Q-ship Atlantis sinks Norwegian tanker
1940 06 10 German 5th Armour division occupies Rouen
1940 06 10 Italy declares war on France & Britain during WW II
1940 06 10 Norway surrenders to nazis
1942 06 10 Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia), Gestapo kills 173
1942 06 10 Nazis burn village of Lidice Bohemia, as reprisal of killing Heydrich
1943 06 10 FDR becomes first US pres to visit a foreign country during wartime
1943 06 10 FDR signs withholding tax bill into law (this is W-2 Day!)
1944 06 10 Joe Nuxhall at 15 becomes youngest ML baseball player
1944 06 10 Joe Nuxhall, 15, of Cin Reds is youngest player in major league
1944 06 10 Nazi murders in Oradour-sur-Glane, France
1945 06 10 US destroyer William D Porter (Willie Dee) sunk by kamikaze
1946 06 10 Italian Republic established
1946 06 10 Rear Admiral Sidney W Souers, USNR, ends term as first director of CIA Lieutenant General Hoyt S Vandenberg, USA, becomes 2nd director of CIA
1949 06 10 Istvan Dobi becomes Hungarian premier
1950 06 10 50th US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club PA
1950 06 10 82nd Belmont: William Boland aboard Middleground wins in 2:28.6
1950 06 10 Germany doesn't annex Oder-Neissegrens
1952 06 10 Chic White Sox Sam Mele is 6th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th)
1952 06 10 Pres Truman desires nationalizing steel industry
1952 06 10 St Louis Browns fire manager Rogers Hornsby
1954 06 10 KQED TV channel 9 in SF, CA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1954 06 10 PBS reaches SF: KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting
1955 06 10 First separation of virus into component parts reported
1955 06 10 KWEX TV channel 41 in San Antonio, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
1956 06 10 16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm
1956 06 10 Marlene Bauer Hagge wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament
1957 06 10 3rd LPGA Championship won by Louise Suggs
1957 06 10 Harold MacMillan becomes British PM
1957 06 10 John Diefenbacker (C) elected PM of Canada
1959 06 10 Rocky Colovito hits 4 consecutive HRs in 1 game
1962 06 10 A record 54 home runs hit in baseball
1962 06 10 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 3¬
1962 06 10 Sandra Haynie wins LPGA Austin Civitan Golf Tournament
1963 06 10 JFK signs law for equal pay for equal work for men & women
1964 06 10 Rolling Stones record their 12x5 album at Chess Studios in Chicago
1964 06 10 Southern filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked
1966 06 10 Beatles Paperback Writer is released in UK
1966 06 10 Beatles record Rain, first to use reverse tapes
1966 06 10 Cleve Indian Sonny Siebert no-hits Wash Senator, 2-0
1966 06 10 Janis Joplin's first live concert (Avalon Ballroom in SF)
1966 06 10 Mamas & Papas win gold record for Monday, Monday
1967 06 10 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire & Magic Mountain Music Festival, Calif
1967 06 10 Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq & Egypt end 6-Day War with UN help
1967 06 10 USSR drops diplomatic relations with Israel
1968 06 10 Danny Thomas Hour, last airs on NBC-TV
1968 06 10 AL games at Balt & Chicago postponed honoring Robert Kennedy
1968 06 10 KCFW TV channel 9 in Kalispell, MT (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
1968 06 10 WHTV (now WTZH) TV channel 24 in Meridian, MS (NBC/CBS) first broadcast
1971 06 10 11 die in a train crash in Salem Ill
1971 06 10 44th National Spelling Bee: Jonathan Knisely wins spelling shalloon
1972 06 10 104th Belmont: Ron Turcotte aboard Riva Ridge wins in 2:28
1972 06 10 Elvis Presley records a live album at NY's Madison Square Garden
1972 06 10 Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges & moves him ahead of Willie Mays as #2 HR hitter (649)
1973 06 10 19th LPGA Championship won by Mary Mills
1973 06 10 NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit
1974 06 10 Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof
1974 06 10 Rumor's govt in Italy resigns
1975 06 10 Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans
1975 06 10 Yanks sponsor Army Day at temporary home, Shea Stadium during 21-gun salute, part of fence is blown away, & another part is set afire
1976 06 10 49th National Spelling Bee: Tim Kneale wins spelling narcolepsy
1976 06 10 67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome
1977 06 10 Apple Computer ships its first Apple II
1977 06 10 James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison
1978 06 10 110th Belmont: Steve Cauthen aboard Affirmed wins in 2:26.8
1978 06 10 Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis
1979 06 10 25th LPGA Championship won by Donna Caponi Young
1979 06 10 49th French Mens Tennis: Bj”rn B”rg beats Victor Pecci (63 61 67 64)
1979 06 10 Balt Orioles pull their 8th triple play (5-4-3 vs Cleve)
1979 06 10 Pope John Paul II visits Poland
1981 06 10 IRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail
1981 06 10 Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits
1981 06 10 Sebastian Coe of England sets 800m record (1:41.73) in Florence
1981 06 10 Seven Brothers Square in Bronx named honoring 7 Santini Bro Moving Co
1982 06 10 Taxi, last airs on ABC, moves to NBC in the fall
1982 06 10 Battle of Sultan Yakoub - 3 IDF members captured
1982 06 10 Israeli troops reach outskirts of Beirut
1982 06 10 John N McMahon replaces Bobby R Inman becomes deputy director of CIA
1984 06 10 38th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat LA Lakers, 4 games to 3
1984 06 10 54th French Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (36 26 64 75 75)
1984 06 10 Ivan Lendl wins French Open, his first grand slam title
1984 06 10 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Kids Golf Classic
1984 06 10 US missile shot down an incoming missile in space for first time
1984 06 10 Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10 (2.39m)
1985 06 10 19th Music City News Country Awards: Statler Brothers, B Mandrell
1985 06 10 Claus von Bulow acquitted on charges he tried to murder his wife
1985 06 10 Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula
1985 06 10 French agents blow up Greenpeace boat Rainbow Warrior near NZ
1986 06 10 A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's NL
1987 06 10 Discovery's SRBs & External Tank are mated
1988 06 10 Greatest number of participants (31,678) on a bicycle tour (London)
1989 06 10 Tales From The Crypt, TV Anthology, debuts on HBO
1989 06 10 121st Belmont: Pat Day aboard Easy Goer wins in 2:26
1989 06 10 59th French Womens Tennis: A Sanchez Vicario beats S Graf (76 36 75) favored Steffi Graf, also first Spaniard to win a grand slam title
1990 06 10 Accomplice closes at Richard Rodgers Theater NYC after 52 perfs
1990 06 10 Meet Me in St Louis closes at Gershwin Theater NYC after 253 perfs
1990 06 10 60th French Mens Tennis: Andres Gomez beats A Agassi (63 26 64 64)
1990 06 10 8th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Jack Nicklaus
1990 06 10 Burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing
1990 06 10 Detroit Pistons beat Trailblazers for first time since 1974 in Portland
1990 06 10 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship
1990 06 10 Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Fla for obscenity
1991 06 10 Twin Peaks, on ABC-TV
1991 06 10 25th Music City News Country Awards: Ricky Van Shelton
1991 06 10 Mother of All Parades-NYC welcomes desert storm troops
1991 06 10 South Florida & Denver picked for 1993 NL franchises
1992 06 10 Price opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 47 performances
1992 06 10 Intelsat K launched
1993 06 10 She Loves Me opens at Criterion Theater NYC for 61 performances
1994 06 10 Biggest European clock ever (9100 kg/(237) 2.5 m) at Aarle-Rixtel
1994 06 10 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
1994 06 10 Jennifer Capriati, tennis ace, checks out of drug abuse clinic
1995 06 10 Month in the Country closes at Roundabout Theater NYC after 79 perfs
1995 06 10 127th Belmont: Gary Stevens aboard Thunder Gulch wins in 2:32
1995 06 10 65th French Womens Tennis: Steffi Graff beats A.S. Vicario (76 46 60)
1995 06 10 Orioles Jeff Manto, hits his 4th consecutive homer
1996 06 10 30th Music City News Country Awards: Alan Jackson
1996 06 10 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Toledo OH on WBUZ 106.5 FM
1996 06 10 Intel releases 200 mhz pentium chip
1996 06 10 Stanley Cup: Colo Avalanche sweep Florida Panthers in 4 games
1996 06 10 Colo Avalanche sweeps Fla Panthers by winning 1-0 in 6 periods
1997 06 10 Feng Yun-2B Long March 3 Launch (China), Successful
1997 06 10 Kevin Brown of Florida Marlins no hits SF Giants 9-0

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