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On This Day In History

Birthdates which occurred on June 10:
1613 Johan Georg II, ruler of Saxon (1656-80)
1637 Jacques Marquette, jesuit/missionary
1706 John Dollond owner of 1st patent for achromatic lens
1735 John Morgan American physician-in-chief of Continental Army
1819 Gustave Courbet France, realist painter (Funeral at Ornans)
1836 Yamaoka Tesshu Japanese swordsman, master of kendo
1895 Immanuel Velikovsky writer (Worlds in Collision)
1904 Frederick Loewe composer/partner of Learner
1910 Howlin' Wolf [Chester Arthur Burnett], Blues legend (Evil, Do the do, Big City Blues)
1911 Ralph Kirkpatrick Leominster Mass, harpsichordist
1911 Terence Rattigan playwright (Winslow Boy, Browning Version)
1913 Thor Johnson Wisconsin Rapids Wisconsin, conductor (Cin Symph 1958)
1913 Wilbur J Cohen 1st employee of Social Security System
1914 Saul Bellow author (Mr Sammler's Planet)
1915 Oscar Comras Bronx, drummer (namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park)
1921 Prince Philip Mountbatten Greece, Duke of Edinburgh, Mr Elizabeth II
1922 Judy Garland [Frances Gumm], Mich, actress/singer (Wizard of Oz)
1922 Rose Moffard AZ acting Governor
1923 Earl Hamner Jr Schuyler Va, TV narrator (The Waltons)
1923 Robert Maxwell [Jan Hoch], Czech, billionaire/CEO (NY Daily News)
1925 Nat Hentoff columnist/novelist (Village Voice, The Cold Society)
1926 June Haver actress (Dolly Sisters, Girl Next Door)
1928 Maurice Sendak NYC, author/illustrator (Where The Wild Things Are)
1929 James McDivitt Chicago, Brig Gen USAF/astronaut (Gemini 4, Apollo 9)
1932 Gardner McKay NYC, actor (Pleasure Seekers, Boots & Saddles)
1933 F Lee Bailey Waltham Mass, attorney (Sam Shepard case)
1937 Richard Foreman NYC, theatrical director (Daily Life)
1939 Alexandria Stewart Montr‚al, actress (In Praise of Older Women)
1941 Shirley Alston Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
1943 Jeff Greenfield NYC, media commentator (Firing Line, Nightline)
1945 Ron Glass Evansville Ind, actor (Ron-Barney Miller, New Odd Couple)
1946 Matthew Fisher England, keyboardist (Procal Harum-Conquistador)
1951 Dan Fouts NFL QB (San Diego Chargers)
1955 Andrew Stevens Memphis Tn, actor (Seduction, Boys in Company C, Fury)
1959 Timothy Van Patten Bkln NY, actor (White Shadow, Master)
1961 Maxi Priest rocker (Wide World)
1962 Duane Sutter NHL player (NY Islander)
1966 Doug McKeon NJ, actor (Big Shamus Little Shamus, Centennial)
1967 Human Beatbox (Darren Robinson) rocker (Fat Boys-Jail House Rock)
1973 David Friedman LA Calif, actor (Jason-Little House on the Prairie)
1991 James Cleveland McFadden-Talbot son of Gates McFaden (Star Trek NG)

Deaths which occurred on June 10:
1190 Frederik I van Hohenstaufen "Barbarossa", German King, dies
1580 Lu¡s Vaz de Camoes Portugal's national poet, dies
1839 Nathaniel Pryor sgt of Lewis & Clark Expedition, dies
1903 King Alexander I & Queen Dragia of Serbia are assassinated
1924 Giacomo Matteotti Italian socialist deputy, assassinated by fascists
1941 Marcus Garvey dies at 52 in London England
1946 Jack Johnson 1st black heavyweight champion, dies in car accident
1971 Michael Rennie actor (Day the Earth Stood Still), dies at 61
1981 Russell "Lucky" Hayden actor (Judge Roy Bean), dies at 68
1982 Rainer Werner Fassbinder film-maker, dies of drug overdose at 36
1985 Bob Prince sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball), dies at 68
1985 George Chandler actor (Lassie), dies of Alzheimer's disease at 87
1988 Louis L'Amour western writer, dies at 80 of cancer

Reported: MISSING in ACTION

1965 COMPA JOSEPH J. JR. EAST LIVERPOOL OH.
[LAST SEEN ON GROUND]
1965 CURLEE ROBERT L. JR. MONROE NC.
[ON GROUND-UNDER FIRE]
1965 DOUGHTIE CARL LOUIS TARBORO NC.
[ID 15 DEC 98, REMAINS BURIED 02/25/99 ARLINGTON]
1965 HAGEN CRAIG L. SACRAMENTO CA.
[LAST SEEN ON GROUND-UNDER FIRE]
1965 HALL WALTER L. OLD TOWN ME.
[LAST SEEN ON GROUND-UNDER FIRE]
1965 JOHNSON BRUCE G. HARBOR BEACH MI.
[LAST SEEN UNDER FIRE]
1965 OWENS FRED M. PICHER OK.
1965 SAEGAERT DONALD R. BERLIN CT.
[LAST SEEN ON GROUND-UNDER FIRE]
1967 EVERSON DAVID AITKIN MN.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE AND WELL 98]
1967 HALL THOMAS R. CARROLLTON VA.
[03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV, ALIVE IN 98]
1967 PLATT ROBERT L. JR. CHARLESTON SC.
1967 SHERMAN PETER WOODBURY BAY VILLAGE OH.
[REMAINS RETURNED 01/16/91]
1970 PIERCE WALTER M. PHILADELPHIA PA.

POW / MIA Data & Bios supplied by
the P.O.W. NETWORK. Skidmore, MO. USA.

On this day...
1610 1st Dutch settlers arrive (from NJ), to colonize Manhattan Island
1639 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware)
1682 Tornado in Connecticut uproots a 3' diameter oak tree
1720 Mrs Clements of England markets 1st paste-style mustard
1752 Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning-what a shock!
1760 NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine
1772 Burning of the Gasp‚e, British revenue cutter, by Rhode Islanders
1776 Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Decl of Ind
1801 Tripoli declares war on US for refusing tribute
1809 1st US steamboat to a make an ocean voyage leaves NY for Phila
1846 Robert Thomson obtains an English patent on a rubber tire
1847 Chicago Tribune begins publishing
1848 1st telegraph link between NYC & Chicago
1854 Georg F.B. Reiman proposes that space is curved
1863 Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds
1865 Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" 1st performance Mnchen Germany
1868 2nd Belmont Stakes, General Duke wins
1869 Agnes arrives in New Orleans with 1st ever shipment of frozen beef
1880 Charlie Jones becomes 1st to hit 2 HRs in 1 inning
1892 Wilbert Robinson of Balt Orioles sets record of 7 for 7 in 9 inn game
1898 US Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War
1899 Improved Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati
1902 Patent for window envelope granted to H.F. Callahan
1905 1st forest fire lookout tower placed in operation, Greenville, Me
1908 1st flying club, Aeronautical Society of NY, opens
1916 Great Arab Revolt begin
1921 Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120 (Gavvy Cravath)
1924 1st political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans at Cleveland
1926 Phillies Russ Wrightstone hits for the cycle
1932 1st demonstration of artificial lightning Pittsfield Mass
1934 Italy beats Czechoslovakia 2-1 (OT) in soccer's 2nd World Cup at Rome
1935 Dr Robert Smith & William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous
1940 Italy declares war on France & Britain during WW II
1942 Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia) Gestapo kills 173
1943 FDR becomes 1st US pres to visit a foreign country during wartime
1943 FDR signs withholding tax bill into law (this is W-2 Day!)
1944 Joe Nuxhall at 15 becomes youngest ML baseball player
1946 Italian Republic established
1952 Chic White Sox Sam Mele is 6th to get 6 RBIs in an inning (4th)
1954 PBS reaches SF: KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting
1955 1st separation of virus into component parts reported
1956 16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm
1957 Harold MacMillan becomes British PM
1957 John Diefenbacker (C) elected PM of Canada
1959 Rocky Colovito hits 4 HRs in 1 game
1962 A record 54 home runs hit in baseball
1962 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of USSR, sets then long jump record at 27' 3¬"
1964 Southern filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked
1965 A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2370 van Altena
1966 Beatles "Paperback Writer" is released in the UK
1966 Beatles record "Rain", 1st to use reverse tapes
1966 Cleve Indian Sonny Siebert no-hits Wash Senator, 2-0
1966 Janis Joplins 1st live concert (Avalon Ballroom in SF)
1967 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire & Magic Mountain Music Festival, Calif
1967 Israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq & Egypt end "6-Day War" with UN help
1971 11 die in a train crash in Salem Ill
1972 Hank Aaron's grandslammer (14) ties him for NL lead with Gil Hodges & moves him aheard of Willie Mays as the #2 HR hitter (649)
1973 NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit
1975 Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans
1976 67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome
1977 Apple Computer ships its 1st Apple II
1977 James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison
1978 Yankees trade Ken Holzman for Ron Davis
1979 Balt Orioles pull their 8th triple play (5-4-3 vs Cleve)
1979 Pope John Paul II visits Poland
1981 IRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail
1981 Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits
1981 Sebastian Coe of Englands sets the 800m record (1:41.73) in Florence
1981 Seven Brothers Square in Bronx named honoring 7 Santini Bro Moving Co
1982 Israeli troops reach outskirts of Beirut
1984 Boston beats Los Angeles, for the NBA championship
1984 Ivan Lendl wins the French Open, his 1st grand slam title
1984 US missile shot down an incoming missile in space for 1st time
1984 Zhu Jian Hua of China high jumps a record 7'10" (2.39m)
1985 Claus von Bulow acquitted on charges he tried to murder his wife
1985 Coca Cola announces they'd bring back their 99-year-old formula
1986 A Bartlett Giamatti becomes president of baseball's NL
1987 Discovery's SRBs and External Tank are mated
1988 Greatest number of participants (31,678) on a bicycle tour (London)
1989 Major French Open upset, as Spain's Arantxa Sanchez, 17 beats heavily favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title
1990 Andres Gomez beats Andre Agassi for French Open title
1990 Burger King begins using Newman's Own Salad Dressing
1990 Detroit Pistons beat Trail Blazers for 1st time since 1974 in Portland
1990 Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Fla for obscenity
1991 Mother of All Parades-NYC welcomes desert storm troops

Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Argentina : Affirmation of Argentina's Rights over the Malvinas
Azores : Camoes Day (1580)
Cape Verde, Maderia : National Day (1580)
Portugal : Day of Portugal (1580)
Massachusett : Children's Day - - - - - ( Sunday )
Shelby, Mich : National Asparagus Festival - - - - - ( Thursday )
Great Britain : Queen's official birthday (National Day) - - - - - ( Saturday )

Religious Observances
RC-Vatican City : Sacred Heart Day (moveable feast)
Ang : Commemoration of Ephrem of Edessa, Syria, deacon
old RC : Commemoration of St Margaret, Queen of Scotland, widow

Religious History
1692 Bridget Bishop became the first person hanged for witchcraft, during the ordeal known to history as the 'Salem Witch Trials.' In all, 20 people died before theological jurisprudence was restored in this isolated Puritan community in Massachusetts.
1850 The American Bible Union was founded, organized by church leaders who had broken from the American and Foreign Bible Society.
1854 Eventually to become the first African- American Roman Catholic bishop, James Augustine Healy, 24, was ordained a priest in Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris.
1925 The United Church of Canada was formed, uniting both the Methodist and Presbyterian denominations of Canada. The merger also took in 3,000 independent Canadian Congregational churches.
1983 The Presbyterian Church (USA) was formed in Atlanta, through a reunification of the United Presbyterian Church (UPCUSA) and the Southern Presbyterian Church (PCUS).

Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.

Thought for the day :
"If you want the last word with a woman, apologize."