On This Day: 10 June

10 June in world history

• 2018The Opportunity rover sends its last message back to Earth. The mission was finally declared over on February 13, 2019.
• 2008War in Afghanistan: A U.S. airstrike resulted in the reported deaths of eleven paramilitary members of the Pakistani Frontier Corps and eight Taliban fighters in Pakistan's tribal areas.
• 1999Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
• 1991Eleven-year-old Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she remained a captive until 2009.
• 1963The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, is signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
• 1944In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
• 1924Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
• 1918World War I: Italian torpedo boats sank the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought SMS Szent István off the Dalmatian coast, killing 89 of the crew.
• 1916Hussein, King of Hejaz, orchestrated a revolt against the Ottoman Empire with the aim of creating a single unified and independent Arab state.
• 1898Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
• 1886Mount Tarawera, a volcano in New Zealand's North Island, erupted (depicted), killing around 120 people and creating the Waimangu Volcanic Rift Valley.
• 1878League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgar
• 1864American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
• 1863During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
• 1861American Civil War: The Confederate Army only suffered eight casualties in its victory at the Battle of Big Bethel in York County, Virginia.
• 1793French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
• 1329Byzantine–Ottoman wars: The heavily armed Byzantine army was defeated by Ottoman forces at the Battle of Pelekanon.
• 1190Third Crusade: Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor, drowned in the Saleph River in Anatolia.

Born on 10 June

• 1978Subhash Khot, Indian-American mathematician and computer scientistIndia
• 1973Faith Evans, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1960Nandamuri Balakrishna, Indian film actor and politicianIndia
• 1938Vasanti N. Bhat-Nayak, Indian mathematician and academic (died 2009)India
• 1929James McDivitt, American general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2022)
• 1865Frederick Cook, American physician and explorer (died 1940)

Died on 10 June

• 2026Bharathiraja, Indian film and television actor, writer, director, and producer (born 1941)India
• 1955Margaret Abbott, Indian-American golfer (born 1876)India
• 1190Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1122)
• 932Dong Zhang, Chinese general

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 10 June in history?

2018: The Opportunity rover sends its last message back to Earth. The mission was finally declared over on February 13, 2019. 2008: War in Afghanistan: A U.S. airstrike resulted in the reported deaths of eleven paramilitary members of the Pakistani Frontier Corps and eight Taliban fighters in Pakistan's tribal areas. 1999: Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo. 1991: Eleven-year-old Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she remained a captive until 2009.

Which famous people were born on 10 June?

Subhash Khot, Indian-American mathematician and computer scientist (1978); Faith Evans, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress (1973); Nandamuri Balakrishna, Indian film actor and politician (1960); Vasanti N. Bhat-Nayak, Indian mathematician and academic (died 2009) (1938).

Which day is observed on 10 June?

World Art Nouveau Day (Worldwide); Portugal Day, also Day of Camões (Portugal and the Portuguese communities).