June 10th in History

Michael Dobson | June 10

The Apple II goes on sale, June 10, 1977

Today in History

  • Bridget Bishop, first person convicted of witchcraft in the Salem Witch trials, is hanged (1692)
  • The Menagerie du Jardin des Plantes, the first public zoo, opens in Paris (1793)
  • The first class of US Naval Academy students graduate (1854)
  • Alcoholics Anonymous is founded (1935)
  • The Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich (1942)
  • Saab produces its first automobile (1947)
  • The Six-Day War ends (1967)
  • King assassin James Earl Ray escapes from prison (1977)
  • The Apple II goes on sale (1977)

Birthdays

  • James Francis Edward Stuart, the “Old Pretender,” claimant to the British throne (1688)
  • Nikolaus Otto, automobile engine inventor (1832)
  • 早川 雪洲 (Sessue Hayakawa), actor (1889)
  • Hattie McDaniel, “Mammy” in Gone With the Wind, first African-American to win an Academy Award (1895)
  • Frederick Lowe, composer (1901)
  • Howlin’ Wolf, singer-songwriter (1910)
  • Saul Bellow, author (1915)
  • Barry Morse, actor (1918)
  • Prince Philip, royal consort (1921)
  • Judy Garland, actress and singer (1922)
  • Nat Hentoff, writer (1925)
  • Maurice Sendak, writer and artist (1928)
  • E. O. Wilson, biologist and author (1929)
  • F. Lee Bailey, lawyer (1933)
  • Jürgen Prochnow, actor (1941)
  • Ken Singleton, baseball player (1947)
  • John Edwards, US vice-presidential nominee (1953)
  • Eliot Spitzer, lawyer and politician (1959)
  • Gina Gershon, actress (1962)
  • Jeanne Tripplehorn, actress (1963)
  • Elizabeth Hurley, model and actress (1965)
  • Bobby Jindal, politician (1971)
  • Tara Lipinski, figure skater (1982)
  • Sasha Obama, Presidential daughter (2001)

Deaths

  • Alexander the Great, Macedonian monarch (323 BCE)
  • Bridget Bishop, accused witch (1692 CE)
  • André-Marie Ampère, physicist and mathematician, namesake of “ampere” (1836 CE)
  • Edward Everett Hale, clergyman and author (1909 CE)
  • Antoni Gaudí, architect (1926 CE)
  • Marcus Garvey, journalist and activist (1940 CE)
  • Jack Johnson, boxer (1946 CE)
  • Spencer Tracy, actor (1967)
  • William Inge, playwright (1973)
  • Adolph Zukor, producer (1982)
  • Elizabeth Hartman, actress (1987)
  • Louis L’Amour, Western writer (1988)
  • Jo Van Fleet, actress (1996)
  • Hammond Innes, author (1998)
  • حافظ الأسد‎ (Hafez al-Assad), Syrian president (2000)
  • John Gotti, mob boss (2002)
  • Donald Regan, White House chief of staff (2003)
  • Ray Charles, singer-songwriter (2004)
  • Curtis Pitts, aircraft designer (2005)

Holidays and Celebrations

  • Abolition Day (French Guiana)
  • Army Day (Jordan)
  • Day to Celebrate Sovereignty Over the Malvinas (Argentina)
  • Founders Day (Alcoholics Anonymous)
  • International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (United Nations)
  • Jesus Day (Texas)
  • Mad Hatter Day (Australia)
  • Militia Day (Massachusetts)
  • Portugal Day/Day of Camões (Portugal and Portuguese communities)
  • Race Unity Day
  • Reconciliation Day (Republic of the Congo)
  • Republic Day (Italy)
Informal and made-up holidays include Ball Point Pen Day, Black Cow Day, Fairies Holiday of the Wan Thing, Festival of the Forgotten, Iced Tea Day, Public Zoo Day, and World Naked Cycle Day.
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June 10 is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years). There are 204 days remaining until the end of the year.