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June 10 Historical Events

The following events took place on June 10. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 58 events. Showing 31 - 58.

  • 1936
    The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is founded.
  • 1940
    World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy’s actions with his “Stab in the Back” speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
  • 1940
    World War II: Norway surrenders to German forces.
  • 1940
    World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
  • 1942
    World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich.
  • 1944
    World War II: Six hundred forty-two men, women and children are killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France.
  • 1944
    World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
  • 1944
    In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
  • 1945
    Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
  • 1947
    Saab produces its first automobile.
  • 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 government.
  • 1963
    Equal Pay Act of 1963 aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex (see Gender pay gap). It was signed into law on June 10, 1963 by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program
  • 1964
    United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill’s passage.
  • 1967
    The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
  • 1967
    The Gateway Arch opens to the public.
  • 1967
    Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
  • 1977
    James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13.
  • 1977
    The Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale.
  • 1980
    The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
  • 1990
    British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities
  • 1991
    Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.
  • 1996
    Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
  • 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 airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
  • 2001
    Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon’s first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
  • 2002
    The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
  • 2003
    The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover mission.
  • 2003
    Wicked opens on Broadway, proceeding to win 40 awards just for the Broadway production.

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