Historical Events In June - 10

1953  On this day in history grzlegorz Fitelberg, composer, dies at 73   

1954  On June - 10 pBS reaches SF KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting   

1954  On this day in history will Rossiter, composer, dies at 87   

1954  On this day in history pBS reaches SF: KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting   

1955  On this day in history the first separation of virus into component parts reported   

1956  16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm on June - 10.   

1957  On June - 10 harold MacMillan becomes British PM   

1957  John Diefenbacker (C) elected PM of Canada with the biggest majority to date on June - 10.   

1961  Suzanne Clayton's birthday June 10th 1961 on this day in history.   

1963  Anita King, actress (Tender Loving Care), dies of heart attack at 74 on June - 10.   

1964  On this day in history southern filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked   

1964  Louis Gruenberg, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history a R Klemola discovers asteroid #2370 van Altena   

1966  Beatles "Paperback Writer" is released in the UK on this day in history.   

1966  On June - 10 janis Joplins first live concert (Avalon Ballroom in SF)   

1967  Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq &Egypt end "6-Day War" with UN help on June - 10.   

1967  Frank Butler, actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China), dies at 76 on June - 10.   

1968  Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer, dies at 65 on June - 10.   

1969  Frank Lawton, actor (David Copperfield, Skin Game), dies at 64 on June - 10.   

1971  On June - 10 11 die in a train crash in Salem Ill   

1971  On this day in history us lift 21 year trade embargo on China   

1971  Michael Rennie, actor (Day the Earth Stood Still), dies at 61 on June - 10.   

1973  NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit on this day in history.   

1973  William M Inge, US playwright (Come Back Little Sheba), dies at 60 on June - 10.   

1974  On this day in history henry WFA, English duke of Gloucester/baron Culloden, dies at 74   

1975  On this day in history rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans   

1976  67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome on this day in history.   

1976  Adolph Zukor, Hungarian/US fur trader/movie producer, dies at 103 on June - 10.   

1977  Apple Computer ships its first Apple II on June - 10.   

1977  James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison on this day in history.   

1979  On June - 10 first ever European Assembly elections   

1979  Pope John Paul II visits Poland on this day in history.   

1980  On June - 10 denys Morkel, S Afr cricketer (batsman scored 663 runs 1927-32), dies   

1981  On June - 10 iRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail   

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1213  Fakhruddin 'Iraqi, Persian philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1613  On June - 10 birth of johan Georg II, elect of Saxon (1656-80)   

1630  Willem van Bemmel, Dutch painter/etcher was born on this day in history.   

1632  Esprit Fléchier, French writer and bishop (d. 1710) was born on June - 10.   

1637  Jacques Marquette, jesuit/missionary founder (Chicago) was born on this day in history.   

1657  On this day in history birth of james Cragg the Elder, British politician (d. 1721)   

1688  James III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope was born on this day in history.   

1688  On this day in history birth of james Francis Edward Stuart (d. 1766)   

0323  Death of Alexander the Great, Macedonian king (b. 356 BC) (or the 11th June) on June - 10.   

1075  Death of Ernest of Austria (b. 1027) on this day in history.   

1190  On June - 10 frederik I van Hohenstaufen "Barbarossa", German King, dies   

1247  On this day in history rodrigo Jimenez de Rada, archbishop Toledo/advisor Alfonso VIII, dies   

1424  Death of Duke Ernest of Austria (b. 1377) on June - 10.   

1552  Death of Alexander Barclay, English poet on this day in history.   

1556  On this day in history martin Agricola [M Sore], German composer/cantor, dies   

1560  Death of Mary de Guise, queen-mother of Scotland on this day in history.