| 1692 |
|
Bridget
Bishop is hanged in Salem,
Mass., for witchcraft. |
| 1776 |
|
The
Continental Congress appoints
a committee to write a
Declaration of Independence. |
| 1801 |
|
Tripoli
declares war on the U.S. for
refusing to pay tribute. |
| 1854 |
|
The
U.S. Naval Academy in
Annapolis, Maryland, holds its
first graduation. |
| 1861 |
|
Dorothea
Dix is appointed
superintendent of female
nurses for the Union army. |
| 1863 |
|
At
the Battle of Brice's
Crossroads in Mississippi,
Confederate General Nathan
Bedford Forrest defeats the
numerically superior Union
troops. |
| 1898 |
|
U.S.
Marines land in Cuba. |
| 1905 |
|
Japan
and Russia agree to peace
talks brokered by President
Theodore Roosevelt. |
| 1909 |
|
An
SOS signal is transmitted for
the first time in an emergency
when the Cunard liner SS Slavonia
is wrecked off the Azores. |
| 1916 |
|
Mecca,
under control of the Turks,
falls to the Arabs during the
Great Arab Revolt. |
| 1920 |
|
The
Republican convention in
Chicago endorses woman
suffrage. |
| 1924 |
|
The
Italian socialist leader
Giacomo Matteotti is kidnapped
and assassinated by Fascists
in Rome. |
| 1925 |
|
Tennessee
adopts a new biology text book
denying the theory of
evolution. |
| 1940 |
|
The
Norwegian army capitulates to
the Germans. |
| 1942 |
|
Germany
razes the town of Lidice,
Czechoslovakia and kills more
than 1,300 citizens in
retribution of the murder of
Reinhard Heydrich. |
| 1943 |
|
The
Allies begin bombing Germany
around the clock. |
| 1944 |
|
The
U.S. VII and V corps,
advancing from Normandy's
beaches, link up and begin
moving inland. |
| 1948 |
|
The
news that the sound barrier
has been broken is finally
released to the public by the
U.S. Air Force. Chuck Yeager,
piloting the rocket airplane
X-1, exceeded the speed of
sound on October 14, 1947. |
| 1963 |
|
Buddhist
monk Ngo Quang Duc dies by
self immolation in Saigon to
protest persecution by the
Diem government. |
| 1970 |
|
A
15-man group of special forces
troops begin training for
Operation Kingpin, a POW
rescue mission in North
Vietnam. |
| 1985 |
|
The
Israeli army pulls out of
Lebanon after 1,099 days of
occupation. |
| 1999 |
|
Serb
forces begin their withdrawl
from Kosovo after signing an
agreement with the NATO
powers. |
Born on June 10 |
| 1735 |
|
John
Morgan, physician-in-chief of
the American Continental Army. |
| 1895 |
|
Hattie
McDaniel, African-American
actress. |
| 1901 |
|
Frederick
Loewe, songwriter. |
| 1915 |
|
Saul
Bellow, American novelist (Herzog,
Humboldt's Gift). |
| 1922 |
|
Judy
Garland (Frances Ethel Gumm),
American actress and singer (The
Wizard of Oz, Easter
Parade). |
| 1925 |
|
Nat
Hentoff, journalist. |
| 1928 |
|
Maurice
Sendak, children's author and
illustrator (Where the Wild
Things Are). |
| 1933 |
|
F.
Lee Bailey, American defense
attorney. |
