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What happened in history on this day: June 10?
On June 10 in ...
- 1776 - Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Declaration of Independence.
- 1801 - Tripoli declares war on US for refusing tribute.
- 1809 - First US steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves New York for Philadelphia.
- 1840 - Senator Daniel Webster of Massachusetts introduces a resolution in the US Senate to reduce postal rates and for issuance of postage stamps to prepay postage.
- 1863 - Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Mississippi; Forrest with 3500 defeats 8000 Federal troops.
- 1898 - US Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War.
- 1899 - The Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- 1905 - First forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Maine, USA.
- 1908 - First flying club, Aeronautical Society of New York, opens.
- 1924 - First political convention broadcast on radio: Republicans at Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1932 - First demonstration of artificial lightning, in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA.
- 1935 - Dr Robert Smith and William Wilson of Akron, Ohio form Alcoholics Anonymous.
- 1943 - Franklin Roosevelt becomes first US president to visit a foreign country during wartime.
- 1943 - US President Franklin Roosevelt signs withholding tax bill into law.
- 1964 - Southern filibuster on US civil rights bill ends; closure invoked.
- 1967 - 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California, USA.
- 1971 - Eleven die in a train crash in Salem, Illinois.
- 1975 - Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal US Central Intelligence Agency files on Americans.
- 1977 - Apple Computer ships its first Apple II personal computer.
- 1977 - James Earl Ray (convicted killer of Martin Luther King Junior) escapes from prison.
- 1980 - A Unabomber bomb injures United Airlines president Percy Wood in Lake Forest, Illinois.
- 1981 - The Reagan administration requests authorization from Congress to sell silver beginning in October to help balance the federal budget.
- 1983 - Texas Instruments announces that poor sales of TI 99/4A computers, software, and peripherals would result in a second quarter loss of US$100 million. The news drives the company's stock price down almost US$50.
- 1984 - US missile shoots down an incoming missile in space for first time.
- 1985 - Coca-Cola announces they would bring back their 99-year-old formula.
- 1987 - In Illinois, a magnitude 5.1 earthquake occurs.
- 1991 - Mother of All Parades-New York City welcomes Desert Storm troops.
- 1996 - In the Andreanof Islands, Alaska, magnitude 7.9 and 7.3 earthquakes occurs.
- 2003 - NASA begins its Mars Exploration Rover mission by launching Spirit Rover.
Births on June 10
- 1895 - Birth of Hattie McDaniel in Wichita, Kansas, USA; actress (Mammy - Gone With The Wind (1939, supporting actress Oscar award), Amos and Andy radio show, Eddie Cantor radio show, Beulah radio show (1947-51), Beulah TV show (1950-52)).
- 1910 - Birth of Morgan "Bill" Evans in Santa Monica, California, USA; gardener and landscaper of Disneyland, supervised and trained landscape architects for all other Disney parks, named a Disney Legend in 1992.
- 1910 - Birth of Chester Arthur Burnett AKA Howlin' Wolf in West Point, Mississippi, USA; rocker, harmonica player ("Evil", "Big City Blues").
- 1913 - Birth of Thor Johnson in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, USA; conductor (Cincinnati Symphony 1958).
- 1915 - Birth of Oscar Comras in the Bronx, New York, USA; drummer (namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park).
- 1922 - Birth of Judy Garland AKA Frances Gumm in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA; actress/singer (The Wizard of Oz (1939, Academy Award)).
- 1923 - Birth of Earl Hamner Junior in Schuyler, Virginia, USA; TV narrator (The Waltons).
- 1928 - Birth of Maurice Sendak in New York City, New York, USA; author/illustrator ("Where The Wild Things Are").
- 1929 - Birth of James McDivitt in Chicago, Illinois, USA; Brigadier General US Air Force/astronaut (Gemini 4, Apollo 9).
- 1932 - Birth of Gardner McKay in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Pleasure Seekers, Boots and Saddles).
- 1933 - Birth of F Lee Bailey in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA; attorney (Sam Shepard case).
- 1937 - Birth of Richard Foreman in New York City, New York, USA; theatrical director (Daily Life).
- 1941 - Birth of Shirley Alston in Passaic, New Jersey, USA; singer (The Shirelles - "Soldier Boy").
- 1943 - Birth of Jeff Greenfield in New York City, New York, USA; media commentator (Firing Line, Nightline, CBS news analyst).
- 1945 - Birth of Ron Glass in Evansville, Indiana, USA; actor (Ron - Barney Miller, New Odd Couple).
- 1955 - Birth of Andrew Stevens in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; actor (Seduction, Boys in Company C, Fury, Dallas, Emerald Point NAS).
- 1959 - Birth of Timothy Van Patten in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (White Shadow, Master, The Sopranos, Now and Again).
- 1966 - Birth of Doug McKeon in New Jersey, USA; actor (Big Shamus Little Shamus, Centennial, From Earth to the Moon).
- 1973 - Birth of David Friedman in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Jason - Little House on the Prairie).
Deaths on June 10
- 1839 - Nathaniel Pryor, sargeant of Lewis and Clark Expedition, dies.
- 1983 - Death of Larry Hooper, American singer (The Lawrence Welk Show) (born 1917).
- 1998 - Death of Steve Sanders at age 45 of self-inflicted gunshot wound in Florida, USA; singer (Oak Ridge Boys).
- 2003 - Death of Donald Regan, U.S. Treasury Secretary (born 1918).
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