June 10
1692 - The first execution resulting from the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts took place as Bridget Bishop was hanged.
1801 - The North African state of Tripoli declared war on the United States in a dispute over safe passage of merchant vessels through the Mediterranean.
1935 - Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by "Bill W." in Akron, Ohio.
1940 - During World War II, Italy declared war on France and Britain; Canada declared war on Italy.
1942 - The entire male population of the Czech village of Lidice was massacred in retaliation for the death of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich.
1944 - German forces massacred 642 residents of the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane.
1946 - Italy replaced its monarchy with a republic.
1948 - Chuck Yeager exceeded the speed of sound in the Bell XS-1.
1963 - President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at eliminating wage disparities based on gender.
1964 - The U.S. Senate voted to limit further debate on a proposed civil rights bill, shutting off a filibuster by Southern lawmakers.
1967 - The Six-Day War between Israel and Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Jordan came to an end.
1971 - President Richard M. Nixon lifted a two-decades-old trade embargo on China.
1977 - James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., escaped from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee with six others. (He was recaptured three days later.)
1985 - Socialite Claus von Bulow was acquitted by a jury in Providence, Rhode Island, on charges he'd tried to murder his heiress wife, Martha "Sunny" von Bulow.
1991 - Jaycee Dugard, 11, of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., was abducted by Phillip and Nancy Garrido; Jaycee was held by the couple for 18 years before she was found by authorities.
1999 - Yugoslav troops departed Kosovo, prompting NATO to suspend its punishing 78-day air war.
2003 - Ontario, Canada issued the first full same-sex marriage licenses in North America.
2003 - ImClone chief Sam Waksal was sentenced to more than seven years in prison in connection with a stock-trading scandal.
2004 - Singer-musician Ray Charles died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 73.
2007 - The final episode of "The Sopranos" aired on HBO.
2020 - Protesters pulled down a century-old statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy.
Birthdays
20 - Sasha Obama (daughter of President Barack Obama)
29 - Kate Upton (model)
31 - Tristin Mays (actress)
32 - Titus Makin (actor)
32 - Gina Martello (reality star)
39 - Tara Lipinski (figure skater)
39 - Leelee Sobieski (actress)
42 - Lee Brice (country singer)
43 - Shane West (actor)
43 - DJ Qualls (actor)
46 - Hugh Dancy (actor)
48 - Faith Evans (singer)
53 - Bill Burr (comedian)
54 - Emma Anderson (musician)
55 - Doug McKeon (actor)
56 - Elizabeth Hurley (actress/model)
57 - Kate Flannery (actress)
57 - Ben Daniels (actor)
58 - Jeanne Tripplehorn (actress)
59 - Gina Gershon (actress)
66 - Andrew Stevens (actor)
70 - Dan Fouts (football player)
72 - Frankie Faison (actor)
80 - Jurgen Prochnow (actor)
82 - Alexandra Stewart (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 10
1921 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees broke the major league record for career home runs with his 120th.
1934 - Italy defeats Czechoslovakia 2-1 to win the World Cup.
1944 - The youngest pitcher in major league baseball pitched his first game. Joe Nuxhall was 15 years old (and 10 months and 11 days) and threw for the Cincinnati Reds.
1975 - Pele signed a three-year contract with the U.S. based Cosmos.
1977 - American golfer Al Geiberger becomes the first player to post a sub-60 score in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. During the second round of the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic in Cordova, Tennessee, Geiberger shot a 59 (-13).
1978 - Affirmed won the Belmont Stakes and horse racing's Triple Crown.
1981 - Pete Rose got his 3,630th career hit. The feat tied Stan Musial's National League record.
1983 - Johnny Bench announced his plans to retire. He was a catcher in the major leagues for 16 years.
1989 - Wayne Gretzky won the NHL's MVP award for the ninth time.
1990 - The Detroit Pistons defeat the Portland Trailblazers in Portland for the first time since 1974.
1996 - The Colorado Avalanche swept the Florida Panthers to win the Stanley Cup.
2000 - The New Jersey Devils defeat the Dallas Stars in six games to win the Stanley Cup.
2005 - Babe Ruth's 1919 contract that moved him from Boston to the Yankees sold at auction for $996,000.
2011 - Tony La Russa managed his 5,000th game as his St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 8-0.
2016 - Muhammad Ali was laid to rest in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, after an all-day send-off.
2016 - “Mr. Hockey” Gordie Howe, who set scoring records that stood for decades, died in Sylvania, Ohio, at age 88.
2020 - NASCAR announced that it was banning the Confederate flag at all of its races and venues; the flag had been a common sight at those events for more than 70 years.
1692 - The first execution resulting from the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts took place as Bridget Bishop was hanged.
1801 - The North African state of Tripoli declared war on the United States in a dispute over safe passage of merchant vessels through the Mediterranean.
1935 - Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by "Bill W." in Akron, Ohio.
1940 - During World War II, Italy declared war on France and Britain; Canada declared war on Italy.
1942 - The entire male population of the Czech village of Lidice was massacred in retaliation for the death of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich.
1944 - German forces massacred 642 residents of the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane.
1946 - Italy replaced its monarchy with a republic.
1948 - Chuck Yeager exceeded the speed of sound in the Bell XS-1.
1963 - President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at eliminating wage disparities based on gender.
1964 - The U.S. Senate voted to limit further debate on a proposed civil rights bill, shutting off a filibuster by Southern lawmakers.
1967 - The Six-Day War between Israel and Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Jordan came to an end.
1971 - President Richard M. Nixon lifted a two-decades-old trade embargo on China.
1977 - James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., escaped from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee with six others. (He was recaptured three days later.)
1985 - Socialite Claus von Bulow was acquitted by a jury in Providence, Rhode Island, on charges he'd tried to murder his heiress wife, Martha "Sunny" von Bulow.
1991 - Jaycee Dugard, 11, of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., was abducted by Phillip and Nancy Garrido; Jaycee was held by the couple for 18 years before she was found by authorities.
1999 - Yugoslav troops departed Kosovo, prompting NATO to suspend its punishing 78-day air war.
2003 - Ontario, Canada issued the first full same-sex marriage licenses in North America.
2003 - ImClone chief Sam Waksal was sentenced to more than seven years in prison in connection with a stock-trading scandal.
2004 - Singer-musician Ray Charles died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 73.
2007 - The final episode of "The Sopranos" aired on HBO.
2020 - Protesters pulled down a century-old statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy.
Birthdays
20 - Sasha Obama (daughter of President Barack Obama)
29 - Kate Upton (model)
31 - Tristin Mays (actress)
32 - Titus Makin (actor)
32 - Gina Martello (reality star)
39 - Tara Lipinski (figure skater)
39 - Leelee Sobieski (actress)
42 - Lee Brice (country singer)
43 - Shane West (actor)
43 - DJ Qualls (actor)
46 - Hugh Dancy (actor)
48 - Faith Evans (singer)
53 - Bill Burr (comedian)
54 - Emma Anderson (musician)
55 - Doug McKeon (actor)
56 - Elizabeth Hurley (actress/model)
57 - Kate Flannery (actress)
57 - Ben Daniels (actor)
58 - Jeanne Tripplehorn (actress)
59 - Gina Gershon (actress)
66 - Andrew Stevens (actor)
70 - Dan Fouts (football player)
72 - Frankie Faison (actor)
80 - Jurgen Prochnow (actor)
82 - Alexandra Stewart (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 10
1921 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees broke the major league record for career home runs with his 120th.
1934 - Italy defeats Czechoslovakia 2-1 to win the World Cup.
1944 - The youngest pitcher in major league baseball pitched his first game. Joe Nuxhall was 15 years old (and 10 months and 11 days) and threw for the Cincinnati Reds.
1975 - Pele signed a three-year contract with the U.S. based Cosmos.
1977 - American golfer Al Geiberger becomes the first player to post a sub-60 score in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. During the second round of the Danny Thomas Memphis Classic in Cordova, Tennessee, Geiberger shot a 59 (-13).
1978 - Affirmed won the Belmont Stakes and horse racing's Triple Crown.
1981 - Pete Rose got his 3,630th career hit. The feat tied Stan Musial's National League record.
1983 - Johnny Bench announced his plans to retire. He was a catcher in the major leagues for 16 years.
1989 - Wayne Gretzky won the NHL's MVP award for the ninth time.
1990 - The Detroit Pistons defeat the Portland Trailblazers in Portland for the first time since 1974.
1996 - The Colorado Avalanche swept the Florida Panthers to win the Stanley Cup.
2000 - The New Jersey Devils defeat the Dallas Stars in six games to win the Stanley Cup.
2005 - Babe Ruth's 1919 contract that moved him from Boston to the Yankees sold at auction for $996,000.
2011 - Tony La Russa managed his 5,000th game as his St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 8-0.
2016 - Muhammad Ali was laid to rest in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, after an all-day send-off.
2016 - “Mr. Hockey” Gordie Howe, who set scoring records that stood for decades, died in Sylvania, Ohio, at age 88.
2020 - NASCAR announced that it was banning the Confederate flag at all of its races and venues; the flag had been a common sight at those events for more than 70 years.
