10 Juin

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

1596: Beir Island laundscape

1977: Apple II computer

2005: Svinesund Brig

• 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

Prince Philip, Duke o Edinburgh

Judy Garland

• 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

Banner o Portugal

• Portugal Day
• Reconciliation Day (Republic o the Congo)
• Airmy Day (Jordan)
• Abolition Day (French Guiana)