Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Today is the 161st day of 2026. There are 204 days left in this year.
Notable Events
1801
The North African state of Tripoli declared war on the United States in a dispute over safe passage of merchant vessels through the Mediterranean.
1935
Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio, by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.
1940
Italy declared war on France and Britain; Canada declared war on Italy.
1942
The Gestapo massacred 173 male residents of Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in retaliation for the killing of a Nazi official.
1946
Italy replaced its abolished monarchy with a republic.
1963
President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act, which prohibited wage discrimination based on sex.
1964
The U.S. Senate voted to limit further debate on a proposed civil rights bill, shutting off a filibuster by Southern lawmakers.
1967
The Six-Day War ended as Israel and Syria agreed to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire.
1977
James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., escaped from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee with six others; he was recaptured June 13.
1978
Affirmed, ridden by Steve Cauthen, won the Belmont Stakes and, with it, horse racing's Triple Crown.
1985
Socialite Claus von Bulow was acquitted by a jury in Providence, R.I., on charges he'd tried to murder his heiress wife, Martha ''Sunny'' von Bulow.
1991
11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was kidnapped while walking to school in South Lake Tahoe, California. She would finally be rescued 18 years later.
1999
Yugoslav troops departed Kosovo, prompting NATO to suspend its punishing 78-day air war.
1999
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the city of Chicago went too far in its fight against street gangs by ordering police to break up groups of loiterers.
2009
88-year-old white supremacist opened fire in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. and killed a security guard. He would die while awaiting trial.
2021
Judge and military veteran Zahid Quraishi was confirmed by the U.S. Senate to be the first Muslim federal judge in American history.
Notable Births
1922
Singer-actress Judy Garland was born Frances Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minn.
Notable Deaths
2000
Syrian President Hafez Assad died at age 69; he was succeeded by his son, Bashar.