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June 10

June 10 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1190 and 1991. Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.

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What happened on June 10?

June 10 is the 161st day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1190 and 1991. Famous people born on June 10 include Alexandra Stan, Susanne Albers and Judy Garland.

The shape of the day

From 1190 to 1991, June 10 gathers 801 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where politics and nation-building recur.

Gemini is the sign for June 10 — read more on the Gemini page, or see June's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on June 10

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Game Burglin' Gnomes
  • Movie Disclosure Day
  • Movie The Furious

2025

  • Game Dune: Awakening
  • Game MindsEye

2024

  • Game Thrasher

2022

  • Game The Quarry

2021

  • Game Chicory: A Colorful Tale

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1190

    Third Crusade

    Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.

  2. 1619

    Thirty Years' War

    Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.

  3. 1782

    Rama I

    King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.

  4. 1861

    American Civil War

    American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.

  5. 1878

    League of Prizren

    League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.

  6. 1886

    Mount Tarawera

    Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17 km (11 mi) long fissure across the mountain peak.

  7. 1935

    Bob Smith (doctor)

    Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.

  8. 1957

    John Diefenbaker

    John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.

  9. 1987

    June Democratic Struggle

    June Democratic Struggle: The June Democratic Struggle starts in South Korea, and people protest against the government.

  10. 1991

    Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard

    Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.

Famous birthday twins

Born on June 10

Alexandra Stan

b. 1989

Romanian singer-songwriter, dancer, and model

Susanne Albers

b. 1965

German computer scientist and academic

Judy Garland

b. 1922

American actress and singer

Eliot Spitzer

b. 1959

American lawyer and politician, 54th Governor of New York

Gustave Courbet

b. 1819

French-Swiss painter and sculptor

Howlin' Wolf

b. 1910

American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Annette Schavan

b. 1955

German theologian and politician

Martin Harnik

b. 1987

German-Austrian footballer

Deaths

  • 1926Antoni Gaudí
  • 1836André-Marie Ampère
  • 1692Bridget Bishop
  • 1580Luís de Camões
  • 779Emperor Daizong of Tang

Holidays & observances

  • —World Art Nouveau Day (Worldwide)
  • —Christian feast day: Bogumilus
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Diana degli Andalò<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum">
  • —Christian feast day: Blessed Edward Poppe<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum">
  • —Christian feast day: Getulius, Amancius and Cerealus
  • —Christian feast day: Guardian Angel of Portugal
  • —Christian feast day: John of Tobolsk (Russian Orthodox Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Landry of Paris<ref name="Martyrologium Romanum">

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