June 10
June 10th is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1819 - Gustave Courbet, painter (+ 1877)
- 1844 - Carl Hagenbeck, animal trainer
- 1895 - Hattie McDaniel, actress, and the first African-American to win an Academy Award; McDaniel won for her role in Gone with the Wind
- 1903 - Theo Lingen actor (+ 1978)
- 1910 - Howlin' Wolf, blues musician born as "Chester Burnett"
- 1921 - Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince
- 1922 - Judy Garland, actress, singer (+ 1969)
- 1930 - Theo Sommer, journalist
- 1965 - Elizabeth Hurley, actress
Deaths
- 323 BC - Alexander the Great
- 1836 - Andre Marie Ampere, French physicist
- 1918 - Arrigo Boito, poet and composer
- 2002 - Hafez al-Assad, 69, president of Syria (1971-2000)
- 2002 - John Gotti (61), Mafia boss
- 2002 - Kristen Nygaard (75), Norwegian Mathematician, programming language pioneer
Holidays and Observances
See Also:
June 9 - June 11 - May 10 - July 10 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December