10 Juin

The **10t o Juin** is the 161t day o the year (162t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 204 days ti come.

## Events

*1190 &ndash; Frederick I, Haly Roman Emperor drowns in the River Saleph leadin an airmy tae Jerusalem.
*1596 &ndash; Beir Island, the soothrenmaist isle o Svalbard, is discovered bi Willem Barentsz.
*1719 &ndash; Jacobite Risins: Battle o Glen Shiel.
*1786 &ndash; A laundslide dam on the Dadu River creatit bi an yirdquauk ten days earlier collapses, killin 100,000 in the Sichuan province o Cheenae.
*1829 &ndash; The first boat race atween the Inglis varsities o Oxford an Cambridge taks place.
*1886 &ndash; The Munt Tarawera volcanae in New Zealand erupts, killin 153 fowk.
*1907 &ndash; Five vehicles stairt the langest-ever car race, frae Beijing tae Paris.
*1925 &ndash; The Unitit Kirk o Canadae is foondit.
*1934 &ndash; Hosts Italy win the 1934 FIFA Warld Cup, defeatin Czechoslovakie in the feenal. 
*1935 &ndash; End o the Chaco War atween Bolivie an Paraguay.
*1942 &ndash; Warld War II: The Nazis destroy the Czech veelage o Lidice, killin an deportin its fowk.
*1957 &ndash; The first Saab is produced.
*1967 &ndash; The Sax-Day War ends.
*1968 &ndash; Hosts Italy win UEFA Euro 1968, defeatin Yugoslavie 2-0 in the feenal.
*1977 &ndash; The Apple II computer goes on sale.
*1988 &ndash; UEFA Euro 1988 in Wast Germany stairts.
*1991 &ndash; Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines: Unitit States forces evacuate Clark Air Base.
*1998 &ndash; The 1998 FIFA Warld Cup in Fraunce stairts: Scotland plays in the openin gemme, losin 2-1 tae Brazil.
*2000 &ndash; Sirie Preses Hafez al-Assad dees. His son, Bashar al-Assad, succeeds him.
*2000 &ndash; UEFA Euro 2000 in the Netherlands an Belgium stairts.
*2005 &ndash; The Svinesund Brig atween Swaden an Norawa opens. 
*2016 &ndash; UEFA Euro 2016 in Fraunce stairts: Fraunce defeats Romanie 2-1 in the openin match.

## Births

*1688 &ndash; James Francis Edward Stuart, pretender tae the Breetish throne (d. 1766)
*1819 &ndash; Gustave Courbet, French penter (d. 1877)
*1822 &ndash; James Archer, Scots penter (d. 1904)
*1832 &ndash; Nikolaus Otto, German ingineer (d. 1891)
*1865 &ndash; Frederick Cook, American medicinar an splorer (d. 1940)
*1897 &ndash; Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna o Roushie (d. 1918)
*1915 &ndash; Saul Bellow, Canadian-American writer (d. 2005)
*1921 &ndash; Prince Philip, Duke o Edinburgh
*1922 &ndash; Judy Garland, American actress (d. 1969)
*1928 &ndash; Maurice Sendak, American writer (d. 2012)
*1929 &ndash; E. O. Wilson, American biologist, researcher an naituralist
*1936 &ndash; Marion Chesney, Scots writer (d. 2019)
*1938 &ndash; Joe McBride, Scots fitbawer (d. 2012)
*1949 &ndash; John Sentamu, Airchbeeshop o York
*1953 &ndash; John Edwards, American politeecian
*1953 &ndash; Bill Longmuir, Inglis-Scots gowfer
*1957 &ndash; Lindsay Hoyle, Inglis politeecian
*1959 &ndash; Carlo Ancelotti, Italian fitbawer an manager
*1964 &ndash; Stuart McCall, Inglis-Scots fitbawer an manager
*1965 &ndash; Elizabeth Hurley, Inglis actress
*1971 &ndash; Bobby Jindal, American politeecian
*1982 &ndash; Princess Madeleine o Swaden
*1983 &ndash; George Murray, Scots gowfer
*1985 &ndash; Kaia Kanepi, Estonie tennis player
*1985 &ndash; Vasilis Torosidis, Greek fitbawer
*1989 &ndash; Alexandra Stan, Romanie sangster

## Daiths
*323 BC &ndash; Alexander the Great, Macedonian keeng (b. 356 BC)
*1190 &ndash; Frederick I, Haly Roman Emperor (b. 1122)
*1810 &ndash; David Herd, Scots anthologist (b. 1732)
*1858 &ndash; Robert Brown, Scots botanist (b. 1773)
*1926 &ndash; Antoni Gaudi, Catalan airchitect (b. 1852)
*1949 &ndash; Sigrid Undset, Norse writer (b. 1882)
*1967 &ndash; Spencer Tracy, American actor (b. 1900)
*1982 &ndash; Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director an producer (b. 1945)
*2000 &ndash; Hafez al-Assad, Preses o Syrie (b. 1930)
*2004 &ndash; Ray Charles, American sangster an muisicker (b. 1930)
*2008 &ndash; Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyz writer (b. 1928)
*2016 &ndash; Christina Grimmie, American sangster (b. 1994)

## Halidays

* Portugal Day
* Reconciliation Day (Republic o the Congo)
* Airmy Day (Jordan)
* Abolition Day (French Guiana)