June 10
Tuesday 10, 2003:
The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
Thursday 10, 1999:
Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milo?evi? agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
Tuesday 10, 1997:
Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold.
Monday 10, 1996:
Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without Sinn Féin.
Monday 10, 1991:
In what was dubbed "The Mother of All Parades," New York City hosts a parade welcoming back troops from Operation Desert Storm.
Tuesday 10, 1980:
Percy Wood, president of United Airlines, is injured by an exploding package sent by the Unabomber.
Saturday 10, 1978:
Costa Rica becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
Friday 10, 1977:
Apple Computer ships its first Apple II personal computer.
Sunday 10, 1973:
Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy.
Saturday 10, 1967:
Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
Thursday 10, 1965:
Vietnam War: Battle of Dong Xoai begins.
Tuesday 10, 1947:
Saab produces its first automobile.
Saturday 10, 1944:
In baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
Wednesday 10, 1942:
World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice as reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich.
Monday 10, 1940:
World War II: Norway Surrenders to German forces.
Monday 10, 1935:
Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by Bill Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.
Wednesday 10, 1925:
Inagural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches held in Toronto arena
Tuesday 10, 1924:
Fascists kidnap and kill Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
Friday 10, 1898:
US Marines land on the island of Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
Thursday 10, 1886:
Eruption of Mount Tarawera in New Zealand, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces.
Friday 10, 1864:
American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads – Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
Saturday 10, 1854:
The first class of United States Naval Academy students graduate.
Wednesday 10, 1846:
Mexican-American War: The California Republic declares independence from Mexico.
Wednesday 10, 1829:
First Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge.
Wednesday 10, 1801:
1801 - Tripoli declares war on the United States for refusing tribute.
Monday 10, 1793:
French Revolution: Following arrests of Girondin leaders the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
Saturday 10, 1719:
Battle of Glen Shiel
Tuesday 10, 1692:
Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
Monday 10, 1619:
Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt of the Thirty Years' War
Sunday 10, 1190:
Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Saleph River while leading an army to Jerusalem.
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