The 10t o Juin is the 161t day o the year (162t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 204 days ti come.
Events
- 1190 – Frederick I, Haly Roman Emperor drowns in the River Saleph leadin an airmy tae Jerusalem.
- 1596 – Beir Island, the soothrenmaist isle o Svalbard, is discovered bi Willem Barentsz.
- 1719 – Jacobite Risins: Battle o Glen Shiel.
- 1786 – A laundslide dam on the Dadu River creatit bi an yirdquauk ten days earlier collapses, killin 100,000 in the Sichuan province o Cheenae.
- 1829 – The first boat race atween the Inglis varsities o Oxford an Cambridge taks place.
- 1886 – The Munt Tarawera volcanae in New Zealand erupts, killin 153 fowk.
- 1907 – Five vehicles stairt the langest-ever car race, frae Beijing tae Paris.
- 1925 – The Unitit Kirk o Canadae is foondit.
- 1934 – Hosts Italy win the 1934 FIFA Warld Cup, defeatin Czechoslovakie in the feenal.
- 1935 – End o the Chaco War atween Bolivie an Paraguay.
- 1942 – Warld War II: The Nazis destroy the Czech veelage o Lidice, killin an deportin its fowk.
- 1957 – The first Saab is produced.
- 1967 – The Sax-Day War ends.
- 1968 – Hosts Italy win UEFA Euro 1968, defeatin Yugoslavie 2-0 in the feenal.
- 1977 – The Apple II computer goes on sale.
- 1988 – UEFA Euro 1988 in Wast Germany stairts.
- 1991 – Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines: Unitit States forces evacuate Clark Air Base.
- 1998 – The 1998 FIFA Warld Cup in Fraunce stairts: Scotland plays in the openin gemme, losin 2-1 tae Brazil.
- 2000 – Sirie Preses Hafez al-Assad dees. His son, Bashar al-Assad, succeeds him.
- 2000 – UEFA Euro 2000 in the Netherlands an Belgium stairts.
- 2005 – The Svinesund Brig atween Swaden an Norawa opens.
- 2016 – UEFA Euro 2016 in Fraunce stairts: Fraunce defeats Romanie 2-1 in the openin match.
Births
- 1688 – James Francis Edward Stuart, pretender tae the Breetish throne (d. 1766)
- 1819 – Gustave Courbet, French penter (d. 1877)
- 1822 – James Archer, Scots penter (d. 1904)
- 1832 – Nikolaus Otto, German ingineer (d. 1891)
- 1865 – Frederick Cook, American medicinar an splorer (d. 1940)
- 1897 – Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna o Roushie (d. 1918)
- 1915 – Saul Bellow, Canadian-American writer (d. 2005)
- 1921 – Prince Philip, Duke o Edinburgh
- 1922 – Judy Garland, American actress (d. 1969)
- 1928 – Maurice Sendak, American writer (d. 2012)
- 1929 – E. O. Wilson, American biologist, researcher an naituralist
- 1936 – Marion Chesney, Scots writer (d. 2019)
- 1938 – Joe McBride, Scots fitbawer (d. 2012)
- 1949 – John Sentamu, Airchbeeshop o York
- 1953 – John Edwards, American politeecian
- 1953 – Bill Longmuir, Inglis-Scots gowfer
- 1957 – Lindsay Hoyle, Inglis politeecian
- 1959 – Carlo Ancelotti, Italian fitbawer an manager
- 1964 – Stuart McCall, Inglis-Scots fitbawer an manager
- 1965 – Elizabeth Hurley, Inglis actress
- 1971 – Bobby Jindal, American politeecian
- 1982 – Princess Madeleine o Swaden
- 1983 – George Murray, Scots gowfer
- 1985 – Kaia Kanepi, Estonie tennis player
- 1985 – Vasilis Torosidis, Greek fitbawer
- 1989 – Alexandra Stan, Romanie sangster
Daiths
- 323 BC – Alexander the Great, Macedonian keeng (b. 356 BC)
- 1190 – Frederick I, Haly Roman Emperor (b. 1122)
- 1810 – David Herd, Scots anthologist (b. 1732)
- 1858 – Robert Brown, Scots botanist (b. 1773)
- 1926 – Antoni Gaudi, Catalan airchitect (b. 1852)
- 1949 – Sigrid Undset, Norse writer (b. 1882)
- 1967 – Spencer Tracy, American actor (b. 1900)
- 1982 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director an producer (b. 1945)
- 2000 – Hafez al-Assad, Preses o Syrie (b. 1930)
- 2004 – Ray Charles, American sangster an muisicker (b. 1930)
- 2008 – Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyz writer (b. 1928)
- 2016 – Christina Grimmie, American sangster (b. 1994)
Halidays