What are the important events that happened on June 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 10: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 10 is the 162nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 204 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 28, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 477,216 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectahexacontadigon’ day.
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Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 233 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,189 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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June 10 Historical Events
- 1624 –Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.
- 1829 –The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place.
- 1838 –Myall Creek Massacre in Australia: 28 Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
- 1898 –Spanish-American War: U.S. Marines land on the island of Cuba.
- 1935 –Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
- 1936 –The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is founded.
- 1947 –Saab produces its first automobile.
- 1965 –Vietnam War: The Battle of Dong Xoai begins.
- 1967 –Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
- 1980 –The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
Who were born on June 10?
- 1840 –Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (d. 1920)
- 1904 –Lin Huiyin, Chinese poet and architect (d.1955)
- 1910 –Frank Demaree, American baseball player (d. 1958)
- 1927 –Ladislao Kubala, Hungarian-born footballer (d. 2002)
- 1957 –Hidetsugu Aneha, Japanese architect
- 1964 –Jimmy Chamberlin, American drummer (The Smashing Pumpkins)
- 1964 –Kate Flannery, American actress
- 1976 –Stefan Postma, Dutch football player
- 1977 –Mike Rosenthal, American football player
- 1993 –Vita Chambers, Canadian singer-songwriter
Who died on June 10?
- 1735 –Thomas Hearne, English antiquarian (b. 1678)
- 1791 –Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, French admiral (b. 1720)
- 1831 –Hans Karl von Diebitsch, Russian field marshal (b. 1785)
- 1898 –Tuone Udaina, last speaker of the Dalmatian language (birth year unknown)
- 1963 –Timothy Birdsall, English cartoonist (b. 1936)
- 1973 –William Inge, American playwright (b. 1913)
- 1991 –Jean Bruller, French writer (b. 1902)
- 2001 –Princess Leila of Iran (b. 1970)
- 2004 –Ray Charles, American musician (b. 1930)
- 2005 –Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer (b. 1915)
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