June 10 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for June 10
In the headlines today:

2000	Hafez Assad, president of Syria>, dies at age 69.
1985	The Israeli army ends its three year occupation of Lebanon.
1983	Cincinnati Reds catcher Johnny Bench announces he will retire at the end of the season.
1976	Paul McCartney and Wings draws a world record 67,100 fans for an indoor concert at the Seattle Kingdome.
1967	The Six Day War between Egypt and Israel ends.
1967	Actor Spencer Tracy dies of heart failure at age 67.
1948	Test pilot Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in the Bell XS-1.
1940	Italy declares war on France and Britain while Canada declares war on Italy.
1935	Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in New York City.
1909	A Morse Code SOS signal is transmitted for the first time in an emergency as the Cunard liner S.S. Slavonia is wrecked off the Azores. Uncle Woody asks: "Do you know the signal for SOS? It's dot-dot-dot, dash-dash-dash, dot-dot-dot!")
1854	The US Naval Academy holds its first graduation in Annapolis, MD.
1776	The Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Declaration of Independence.

Born today:

1982 Tara Lipinski - figure skater

1978 Lemisha Grinstead - R&B singer (702)

1973 Faith Evans - R&B singer

1967 Buff The Human Beatbox - rapper (Fat Boys)

1966 Doug McKeon - actor

1965 Elizabeth Hurley - actress

1965 Linda Evangelista - supermodel, actress

1955 Andrew Stevens - actor

1951 Dan Fouts - NFL quarterback, Hall of Famer, sportscaster

1944 Rick Price - rock bassist (The Move, Wizzard)

1941 Shirley Owens Alston - singer (The Shirelles)

1933 F. Lee Bailey - lawyer

1929 James McDivitt - astronaut

1928 Maurice Sendak - author, illustrator

1926 Lionel Jeffries - actor, director

1922 Judy Garland - singer, actress

1921 Prince Philip - Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II

1919 Barry Morse - actor

1915 Saul Bellow - author

1910 Howlin' Wolf - blues singer

1901 Frederick Loewe - composer (Oscar® winner, 1958)

1889 Hattie McDaniel - actress (Oscar® winner, 1939)

Born today? Your sign of the Zodiac is:

Gemini

(The Twins)