Historical Events In June - 10

1981  Russell "Lucky" Hayden, actor (Judge Roy Bean), dies at 68 on June - 10.   

1982  Israeli troops reach outskirts of Beirut on June - 10.   

1982  Addie "Micki" Harris, US singer (Shirelles-Mama Said), dies at 42 on June - 10.   

1984  On June - 10 ivan Lendl wins the French Open, his first grand slam title   

1984  US missile shot down an incoming missile in space for first time on June - 10.   

1985  On June - 10 claus von Bulow acquitted on charges he tried to murder his wife   

1985  On June - 10 coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula so much for the "New Coke"   

1985  The Israeli army ends its 1,099 day occupation of Lebanon on this day in history.   

1985  Bob Prince, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1987  On June - 10 discovery's SRBs and External Tank are mated   

1987  On June - 10 elizabeth Hartman, actress (Fixer, Patch of Blue), dies at 45   

1988  Greatest number of participants (31,678) on a bicycle tour (London) on this day in history.   

1988  On June - 10 louis L'Amour, western writer (Bowdrie), dies at 80 of cancer   

1989  Major French Open upset, as Spain's Arantxa Sanchez, 17 beats heavily favored Steffi Graf, also first Spaniard to win a grand slam title on this day in history.   

1989  Richard Quine, director/actor (Babes on Broadway), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history andres Gomez beats Andre Agassi for French Open title   

1990  On June - 10 burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing   

1990  Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Fla for obscenity on this day in history.   

1991  Mother of All Parades-NYC welcomes desert storm troops on June - 10.   

1991  Vercors, [Jean Bruller], French writer (Silence of Mer), dies on this day in history.   

1992  Hachidal Nakamura, composer (Sukiyaki), dies at 61 of heart failure on June - 10.   

1993  On June - 10 alexis Smith, actress (Constant Nymph), dies of cancer at 72   

1994  On June - 10 edward Kienholz, US sculptor (Back seat of a '38 Dodge), dies at 66   

1995  Ernest Anderson, publicist, dies at 85 on June - 10.   

1996  On this day in history hugh Burnton Mitchell, US senator, dies at 89   

2006  President Mahmoud Abbas sets july 26 as the date for a national referendum in the Palestinian National Authority on June - 10.   

2007  On this day in history lewis Hamilton wins the Canadian Grand Prix becoming the first driver of mixed racial origin to win a Formula One race.   

2007  The 61st Tony Awards, honoring Broadway theatres' best shows, took place at Radio City Music Hall on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history the first round of a legislative election was held in France, and a general election was held in Belgium.   

2012  On this day in history a Helicopter crash near Nairobi, Kenya, kills five people, including George Saitoti, a Kenyan cabinet minister   

2013  On June - 10 70 people are killed as a series of bombs explode across Iraq   

2017  149th Belmont Stakes: Jose Ortiz aboard Tapwrit wins in 2:30.02 on June - 10.   

2017  Samuel V. Wilson, American ex-director of the Defense Intelligence Agency and former Army lieutenant general, dies of lung cancer at 93 on this day in history.   

2017  The 2017 World Expo is opened in Astana, Kazakhstan on this day in history.   

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

1613  Johan Georg II, elect of Saxon (1656-80) was born on this day in history.   

1630  On June - 10 birth of willem van Bemmel, Dutch painter/etcher   

1632  On this day in history birth of esprit Fléchier, French writer and bishop (d. 1710)   

1637  On June - 10 birth of jacques Marquette, jesuit/missionary founder (Chicago)   

1657  James Cragg the Elder, British politician (d. 1721) was born on June - 10.   

1688  On this day in history birth of james III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope   

1688  James Francis Edward Stuart (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

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 June - 10.   

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

1247  Rodrigo Jimenez de Rada, archbishop Toledo/advisor Alfonso VIII, dies on this day in history.   

1424  On June - 10 death of duke Ernest of Austria (b. 1377)   

1552  On this day in history death of alexander Barclay, English poet   

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

1560  On June - 10 death of mary de Guise, queen-mother of Scotland