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.
1907 - Eleven men in five cars set out from the French embassy in Beijing on a race to Paris. (Prince Scipione Borghese of Italy was the first to arrive in the French capital two months later.)
1935 - Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by "Bill W." in Akron, Ohio.
1940 - Italy declared war on France and Britain during World War II; Canada, in response, 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.
1946 - Italy replaced its monarchy with a republic.
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, and Jordan ended.
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, California, 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.
2007 - The final episode of "The Sopranos" aired on HBO.
2009 - James von Brunn, an 88-year-old white supremacist, opened fire in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., killing security guard Stephen T. Johns. (Von Brunn died at a North Carolina hospital in January 2010 while awaiting trial.)
2009 - Donald Trump fired Miss California USA Carrie Prejean, who had sparked controversy when she said gays shouldn't be allowed to marry.
2020 - Protesters pulled down a century-old statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy.
Birthdays
21 - Sasha Obama (daughter of President Barack Obama)
30 - Kate Upton (actress/model)
32 - Tristin Mays (actor)
33 - Gianna Martello (reality star)
33 - Titus Makin (actor)
40 - Tara Lipinski (figure skater)
43 - Lee Brice (singer)
44 - Shane West (actor)
44 - DJ Qualls (actor)
47 - Hugh Dancy (actor)
49 - Faith Evans (singer)
54 - Bill Burr (comedian)
55 - Emma Anderson (musician)
56 - Doug McKeon (actor)
57 - Elizabeth Hurley (actress/model)
58 - Kate Flannery (actress)
58 - Ben Daniels (actor)
59 - Jeanne Tripplehorn (actress)
60 - Gina Gershon (actress)
61 - Maxi Priest (singer)
67 - Andrew Stevens (actor)
71 - Dan Fouts (football player)
73 - Frankie Faison (actor)
83 - Alexandra Stewart (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 10
1921 - Babe Ruth became baseball's all-time home run leader with 120.
1934 - Italy defeated 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) when he suited up for the Cincinnati Reds.
1975 - Soccer superstar Pele signed a three-year contract with the U.S. based Cosmos.
1978 - Affirmed won the Belmont Stakes and became the 11th horse to win the 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.
1996 - The Colorado Avalanche swept the Florida Panthers to win the Stanley Cup.
1997 - Kevin Brown (Florida Marlins) threw his first no hitter. It was the second no-hitter in Marlins history.
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.
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 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.
1907 - Eleven men in five cars set out from the French embassy in Beijing on a race to Paris. (Prince Scipione Borghese of Italy was the first to arrive in the French capital two months later.)
1935 - Alcoholics Anonymous was founded by "Bill W." in Akron, Ohio.
1940 - Italy declared war on France and Britain during World War II; Canada, in response, 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.
1946 - Italy replaced its monarchy with a republic.
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, and Jordan ended.
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, California, 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.
2007 - The final episode of "The Sopranos" aired on HBO.
2009 - James von Brunn, an 88-year-old white supremacist, opened fire in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., killing security guard Stephen T. Johns. (Von Brunn died at a North Carolina hospital in January 2010 while awaiting trial.)
2009 - Donald Trump fired Miss California USA Carrie Prejean, who had sparked controversy when she said gays shouldn't be allowed to marry.
2020 - Protesters pulled down a century-old statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy.
Birthdays
21 - Sasha Obama (daughter of President Barack Obama)
30 - Kate Upton (actress/model)
32 - Tristin Mays (actor)
33 - Gianna Martello (reality star)
33 - Titus Makin (actor)
40 - Tara Lipinski (figure skater)
43 - Lee Brice (singer)
44 - Shane West (actor)
44 - DJ Qualls (actor)
47 - Hugh Dancy (actor)
49 - Faith Evans (singer)
54 - Bill Burr (comedian)
55 - Emma Anderson (musician)
56 - Doug McKeon (actor)
57 - Elizabeth Hurley (actress/model)
58 - Kate Flannery (actress)
58 - Ben Daniels (actor)
59 - Jeanne Tripplehorn (actress)
60 - Gina Gershon (actress)
61 - Maxi Priest (singer)
67 - Andrew Stevens (actor)
71 - Dan Fouts (football player)
73 - Frankie Faison (actor)
83 - Alexandra Stewart (actress)
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Today in Sports History - June 10
1921 - Babe Ruth became baseball's all-time home run leader with 120.
1934 - Italy defeated 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) when he suited up for the Cincinnati Reds.
1975 - Soccer superstar Pele signed a three-year contract with the U.S. based Cosmos.
1978 - Affirmed won the Belmont Stakes and became the 11th horse to win the 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.
1996 - The Colorado Avalanche swept the Florida Panthers to win the Stanley Cup.
1997 - Kevin Brown (Florida Marlins) threw his first no hitter. It was the second no-hitter in Marlins history.
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.
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 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.
