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The zodiac sign for June 10 is Gemini. Astrological symbol: Twins. This relates to cooperation and sympathy. This is the symbol for people born between May 21 and June 20 when the Sun is considered to be in Gemini.

1. Gina Gershon

Actress Bound

Since making her uncredited debut as a dancer in Beatlemania (1981), Gina Gershon has established herself as a character actress and one of the leading icons of American camp. For it was fourteen years after her movie debut that Gina made movie history as the predatory bisexual who was the leading ..

2. Elizabeth Hurley

Actress Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Elizabeth Jane Hurley was born in Basingstoke, Hampshire, to Angela Mary (Titt), a teacher, and Roy Leonard Hurley, an army major. Wanting to be a dancer, Hurley went to ballet boarding school at 12, but soon returned home. When it came time to go to college, Hurley won a scholarship to the London ..

3. Jeanne Tripplehorn

Actress Basic Instinct

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on June 10, 1963, Jeanne Tripplehorn developed an interest in performing through her father, guitarist Tom Tripplehorn, who at one time recorded with the pop group Gary Lewis & The Playboys on such hits as 'This Diamond Ring'. (Note: many references list Jeanne's father's ..

4. Judy Garland

Actress The Wizard of Oz

One of the brightest, most tragic movie stars of Hollywood's Golden Era, Judy Garland was a much-loved character whose warmth and spirit, along with her rich and exuberant voice, kept theatre-goers entertained with an array of delightful musicals.
She was born Frances Ethel Gumm on 10 June 1922 in ..

5. Leelee Sobieski

Actress 88 Minutes

Liliane Rudabet Gloria Elsveta Sobieski was born June 10, 1983 in New York City, New York. She is the daughter of Elizabeth Sobieski (née Salomon), a writer, and Jean Sobieski, a painter who has also acted. She has a younger brother, Robert. Her father, born in France, is of Polish and Swiss ..

6. Shane West

Actor A Walk to Remember

Shane West was born Shannon Bruce Snaith in 1978 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, the son of Leah (Launey), a lawyer, and Don Snaith, a drugstore owner. Shane began to pursue an acting career at the age of fifteen, gaining bit parts on various television shows, but it was not until 1999 when West ..

7. DJ Qualls

Actor The Core

DJ Qualls grew up in the small city of Manchester in Tennessee, USA, one of five children. After studying in the UK at King's College, University of London, he returned to Tennessee where he began acting in a local theatre. During that time, he was discovered by photographers David La Chappelle and..

8. Kate Upton

Actress The Other Woman

Katherine Elizabeth Upton was born in St. Joseph, Michigan, to Shelley Fawn (Davis), a state tennis champion from Texas, and Jefferson Matthew Upton, a high school athletics director. Her uncle is Michigan congressman Fred Upton. Upton always knew she wanted to be a model. Since signing with IMG ..

9. Bill Burr

Actor Date Night

Bill Burr is an American stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and podcaster. He is best known for playing Patrick Kuby in the crime drama series Breaking Bad, and creating and starring in the Netflix animated sitcom F Is for Family.
In 2008, Burr's voice was featured in the game Grand Theft Auto IV as ..

10. Tristin Mays

Actress Supergirl

Growing up in New York City, Tristin was with the Ford Modeling Agency where she quickly became one of the top child models in the country. She would later land several national commercials such as Kraft Cheese, Play Skool Kool- Aid, Sunkist, ROSS, McDonald's and Hershey's. Tristin was also in ..

11. Jonathan Bennett

Self Cake Wars

Jonathan David Bennett was born in Rossford, Ohio, to RuthAnne (Mason) and Dr. David Paul Bennett. He headed straight to New York to pursue acting after graduating from the theater program at Otterbein. He was actually discovered by an agent while sitting on a train. Six months later he signed on ..

12. Kate Flannery

Actress The Office

KATE FLANNERY is best known for her 9 seasons as Meredith the drunk on NBC's THE OFFICE. She toured the country as Jane Lynch's sidekick in her anti cabaret act, SEE JANE SING in over 30 cities including Joe's Pub in NYC. Her original cult comedy lounge act, the Lampshades plays all over the ..

13. Ben Daniels

Actor The Exorcist

Ben Daniels is a multi-award winning performer who is equally at home whether working in Film, Television or Theatre. He was born in the Midlands and became interested in acting through drama lessons while at comprehensive school. He began his career after leaving London's prestigious LAMDA drama ..

14. Luciana Paluzzi

Actress Thunderball

Luciana Paluzzi is an Italian American actress. She is best known for playing S.P.E.C.T.R.E. assassin Fiona Volpe in the fourth James Bond film, Thunderball.
In the film Thunderball she had auditioned for the part of the lead Bond girl, Dominetta 'Domino' Petacchi, but producers cast Claudine Auger,..

15. Celina Jade

Actress The Man with the Iron Fists

Celina Horan, professionally known as Celina Jade, is a Chinese American actress, model, singer/songwriter and martial artist most known for her work as 'Shado' in the CW series Arrow. Jade's acting career started in Hong Kong in 2007. She was cast as the leading lady in her first film, Legendary ..

16. Andrew Stevens

Producer The Boondock Saints

Andrew Stevens, President/CEO of Andrew Stevens Entertainment and Stevens Entertainment Group, has produced and/or financed over one hundred and seventy films through his various production and distribution companies. Unique in the motion picture industry, Stevens has functioned in almost every ..

17. Frankie Faison

Actor Coming to America

Frankie Faison was born on June 10, 1949 in Newport News, Virginia, USA. He is an actor, known for Coming to America (1988), White Chicks (2004) and Adam (2009). He has been married to Jane Mandel since December 26, 1988. They have three children.

18. Bria Vinaite

Actress The Florida Project

Bria Vinaite was born on June 10, 1993 in Lithuania. She is an actress and writer, known for The Florida Project (2017), Untitled Bria Vinaite Project and The OA (2016).

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19. Jürgen Prochnow

Actor Das Boot

Born in Berlin, Germany, in 1941, Jürgen Prochnow is a leading actor of the German stage and screen. He was memorable as the submarine captain in the gritty WW II film Das Boot (1981), which brought him to international prominence. He has since starred in many well-received European and Hollywood ..

20. Susannah Fielding

Actress This Time with Alan Partridge

Fielding grew up in Havant, Hampshire (UK). After leaving school she moved to London taking a year off in order to apply for drama school. She was accepted at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama graduating in 2007. Fielding started acting as a teenager, joining a local youth theatre with 13.

21. Jeremy Saulnier

Cinematographer Blue Ruin

Jeremy Saulnier has slyly defined a unique cinematic aesthetic that complements his idiosyncratic narrative premises. His sophomore feature, Blue Ruin (2013) a quirky, crime drama set in a pretty, but grimier part of suburban America was a festival darling and supplanted his name within the ..

22. Carolyn Hennesy

Actress Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines

Carolyn Hennesy was born on June 10, 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA as Carolyn Lee Hennesy. She is an actress and producer, known for Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), Click (2006) and Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde (2003). She was previously married to Donald Agnelli.

23. Randee Heller

Actress The Karate Kid

Randee Heller was born on June 10, 1947 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. She is an actress, known for The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part III (1989) and Mad Men (2007).

24. Mike Dopud

Actor X-Men: Days of Future Past

Mike Dopud is a man with presence. As an actor, his screen presence has a far different kind of impact than the kind he used to deliver as a professional athlete -- Both are hard-hitting and memorable.
Dopud was born in Montreal, Canada, the second son of a Yugoslavian family. Mike speaks three ..

25. Andrew Niccol

Writer Gattaca

New Zealand-born screenwriter-director Andrew Niccol began his career in London, successfully directing TV commercials before moving to Los Angeles in order to make films 'longer than 60 seconds.' He interested high-powered producer Scott Rudin in his The Truman Show (1998) script, but Rudin was not..

26. Laura Silverman

Actress Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist

Laura Silverman was born on June 10, 1966 in Bedford, New Hampshire, USA as Laura Jane Silverman. She is an actress and writer, known for Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist (1995), Half Baked (1998) and The Comeback (2005).

27. Titus Makin Jr.

Actor Star-Crossed

Born on June 10, 1989 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Titus always knew in his heart that he was meant to be in show business. Throughout his childhood, he was frequently relocated due to his father's military service, but being able to travel so much had an advantage as Titus was exposed to all forms of ..

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28. Nicole Bilderback

Actress Good Girls

Nicole Bilderback, known as Nikki to her friends, grew up in Dallas, Texas as an all-American girl. She was born in Seoul, Korea but is a mix of Korean, Japanese and Chinese, giving her a versatile Asian-American look. Nicole was a adopted as a newborn by Jim and Lois Bilderback. Being the youngest..

29. Andrew Lees

Actor Mortal Engines

Andrew Lees was born on June 10, 1985 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He is known for his work on Mortal Engines (2018), The Pacific (2010) and Home and Away (1988).

30. Timothy Van Patten

Director Boardwalk Empire

Timothy Van Patten was born on June 10, 1959 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as Christopher Van Patten. He is a director and actor, known for Boardwalk Empire (2010), The Sopranos (1999) and The Pacific (2010). He has been married to Wendy Rossmeyer since May 23, 1996. They have three children.

31. Vincent Perez

Actor Queen of the Damned

Soulful, exotic-looking leading man Vincent Perez is known for his grand and glossy French pictures, exuding a sexy stare and irresistible charm that has swept Gallic women off their feet for over two decades. He was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, to a German mother and a Spanish businessman father..

32. Robert Clohessy

Actor The Avengers

Robert Clohessy was born on June 10, 1957 in Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor and producer, known for The Avengers (2012), 16 Blocks (2006) and The Place Beyond the Pines (2012). He has been married to Catherine Erhardt since 1987. They have two children.

33. Doug McKeon

Actor On Golden Pond

Doug McKeon was born on June 10, 1966 in Pompton Plains, New Jersey, USA. He is an actor and director, known for On Golden Pond (1981), Mischief (1985) and Come Away Home (2005). He is married to Kathy McKeon. They have one child.

34. Mickey Jones

Actor Starman

Mickey Jones was born on June 10, 1941 in Houston, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for Starman (1984), Total Recall (1990) and Sling Blade (1996). He was married to Phyllis Jean Starr and Sandra Joel Davis. He died on February 7, 2018 in Simi Valley, California, USA.

35. Jessica DiCicco

Actress The Loud House

Born in Los Angeles, and raised in New York City, Jessica DiCicco grew up on the Upper West side of Manhattan. She has been around show business virtually her whole life. Even her birth was announced in both Variety and Us Magazine, since her father, Bobby Di Cicco, was a popular actor in the late ..

36. Hattie McDaniel

Actress Gone with the Wind

After working as early as the 1910s as a band vocalist, Hattie McDaniel debuted as a maid in The Golden West (1932). Her maid-mammy characters became steadily more assertive, showing up first in Judge Priest (1934) and becoming pronounced in Alice Adams (1935). In this one, directed by George ..

37. Veronica Ferres

Actress Salt and Fire

Veronica Ferres is one of the most famous actresses in Germany. She starred in over 100 feature films and in multiple TV shows, winning numerous film and TV prizes including the Adolf Grimme Prize, the German Television Prize, the Bavarian Television Prize, the Golden Camera Award, the Bambi award,..

38. Tina Ivlev

Actress Shameless

As the lead in the thriller, 'Bound to Vengeance,' which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, Ivlev garnered much praise for her tour de force performance as a young woman who outwits her kidnapper (Richard Tyson) and attempts to rescue his other victims, drawing comparisons to 'Winter's ..

39. Mariana Seoane

Actress Hasta el fin del mundo

She released her first music CD, for the soap opera 'Rebeca', when she sang the theme song 'Me Equivoqué', this single being the most popular in the radio in Miami and México. After her first successfull song, she released her second single named 'No me faltes tú' with the same results.

40. Dustin Lance Black

Writer Milk

Dustin Lance Black was born on June 10, 1974 in Sacramento, California, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for Milk (2008), When We Rise (2017) and J. Edgar (2011). He has been married to Tom Daley since May 6, 2017. They have one child.

41. Maliabeth Johnson

Actress Mad Men

Maliabeth Johnson is an American actress born in Arizona and raised in Hawaii. Maliabeth excelled in the Arts at a young age. In 1998, her family moved to Los Angeles, California where she started acting in theatre. After relentless pleading her parents agreed to let her pursue a career in film and..

42. Kevin Corcoran

Actor Old Yeller

Kevin Corcoran was born on June 10, 1949 in Santa Monica, California, USA as Kevin Anthony Corcoran. He was an assistant director and actor, known for Old Yeller (1957), Swiss Family Robinson (1960) and Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960). He was married to Laura Soltwedel. He died on ..

43. Gina Prince-Bythewood

Writer Shots Fired

Gina Prince-Bythewood wrote and directed the widely acclaimed feature film Love & Basketball (2000) which premiered at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. She won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature and a Humanitas Prize for her work on the film. Her other directing credits include ..

44. Lionel Jeffries

Actor Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

With his bald head, firm jawline and bristling moustache, Lionel Jeffries played a nice line of English eccentrics. This belied his RADA training. Following military service in WWII, he played his major roles - everything from Grandpa Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) to the Marquis of ..

45. Toby Levins

Actor Godzilla

Toby Levins was born on June 10, 1981 in Adelaide, Australia. He is known for his work on Godzilla (2014), The Age of Adaline (2015) and The 100 (2014).

46. Shanna Collins

Actress Swingtown

Shanna Collins was born on June 10, 1983 in Dallas, Texas, USA as Shanna Dophalene Collins. She is an actress, known for Swingtown (2008), War of the Worlds (2005) and Cinema Verite (2011).

47. Tara Lipinski

Actress Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Only child of Jack and Patricia Lipinski. Her father is an oil executive, and her mom is a homemaker. Tara began roller skating at age 3, and won several championships. She turned to ice skating when she was 6, and she and her mom moved to Detroit so Tara could seriously train for international ..

48. Alexandra Stewart

Actress Frantic

Alexandra Stewart was born in Quebec in 1939 and went to Paris in 1958 to study art. Less than one year later, she appeared in her first feature film, Tantchens tolle Neffen (1959). In her long career, she has appeared in many films, including: Otto Preminger's Exodus (1960), Louis Malle's The Fire..

49. Marko Zaror

Actor Undisputed III: Redemption

Marko Zaror Aguad (Santiago, Chile) is a Chilean martial arts action star and fight choreographer, currently residing in Los Angeles, California. His career began as a young boy with a passion for martial arts and fighting, inspired by Bruce Lee. At the age of six he started training himself, and ..

50. Sessue Hayakawa

Actor The Bridge on the River Kwai

Sessue Hayakawa was born in Chiba, Japan. His father was the provincial governor and his mother a member of an aristocratic family of the 'samurai' class. The young Hayakawa wanted to follow in his father's footsteps and become a career officer in the Japanese navy, but he was turned down due to ..


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Events[changechange source]

Up to 1925[changechange source]

  • 1190 – Third Crusade: Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor drowns in the River Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.
  • 1329 - The Battle of Pelekanon results in a Byzantine Empire defeat against the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1523 - Copenhagen is surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city does not recognize him as successor to Christian II of Denmark.
  • 1539 - Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the council due to war and the difficulty the bishops had in travelling to Venice.
  • 1596 - Bear Island, the southernmost island of Svalbard, is discovered by Willem Barentsz.
  • 1619 - Thirty Years' War: Battle of Zablati, turning point in the Bohemian revolt.
  • 1692 – In Salem, MassachusettsBridget Bishop becomes the first person to be executed during the Salem Witch Trials, for alleged witchcraft.
  • 1719 – Jacobite uprising: The Battle of Glen Shiel takes place.
  • 1770 – James Cook's ship HMS Endeavour runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
  • 1786 - A landslidedam created by an earthquake ten days earlier, in Sichuan, China, collapses, killing 10,000 people.
  • 1793 - French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the committee of public safety, installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
  • 1829 – The Boat Race between Oxford University and Cambridge University takes place for the first time.
  • 1838 – Myall Creek Massacre: 28 AustralianAboriginals are killed.
  • 1854 – The First Class of US Naval Academy students graduate.
  • 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel - Confederate forces under John B. Magruder defeat a Union force under Ebenezer W. Pierce, in Virginia.
  • 1864 – American Civil War: A Confederate force under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeats the Union force under Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
  • 1865 – Wagner'sopera, Tristan und Isolde first performed in Munich.
  • 1878 - The League of Prizren is founded in the Balkans.
  • 1886 – Mount Tarawera on New Zealand's North Island erupts, killing 153 people and destroys the famous Pink Terraces.
  • 1898 – Spanish-American War: US marines land on Cuba.
  • 1906 – William Hall-Jones replaces Richard Seddon as Prime Minister of New Zealand.
  • 1907 - The first Beijing to Paris car rally begins. It is the longest race of its kind in the world.
  • 1916 - Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire.
  • 1918 – World War I: Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent Istvan sinks, having been torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat.
  • 1924 – Fascists kill Italian socialistGiacomo Matteotti.
  • 1925 – The United Church of Canada is founded in Toronto.

1926 – 2000[changechange source]

  • 1935 – Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio.
  • 1935 - The Chaco War ends, as a truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay.
  • 1940 – World War II: Norway surrenders to German forces.
  • 1940 - World War II: Italy declares war on the United Kingdom and France.
  • 1942 – World War II: The Nazis burn the village of Lidice in Czechoslovakia.
  • 1944 – World War II: 642 people are killed by German troops in Oradour-sur-Glane in France.
  • 1944 – World War II: In Distomo, Greece, German troops kill 218 people.
  • 1944 – 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player in a Major League Baseball game.
  • 1945 - World War II: Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
  • 1947 – Saab produces its first automobile.
  • 1955 – The foundation stone of CERN, on the Switzerland-France border, is laid.
  • 1957 – John Diefenbaker is elected Prime Minister of Canada.
  • 1967 – The Six-Day War ends.
  • 1967 - Argentina becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
  • 1977 - James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is re-captured on June 13.
  • 1977 - Apple II, one of the first personal computers, goes on sale.
  • 1979 - The first election to the European Parliament takes place.
  • 1980 - The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight for imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
  • 1991 – The American military's Clark Air Base in the Philippines is evacuated, because of the eruption of Mount Pinatubo.
  • 1991 – Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped by Philip Garrido in California. He holds her captive until 2009, and fathers two daughters with her.
  • 1996 – Peace negotiations begin in Northern Ireland, without the participation of Sinn Féin.
  • 1997 – Fleeing his main stronghold, former CambodiandictatorPol Pot orders the killing of his former defense chief Son Sen, and of 11 of Sen's family members.
  • 1998 - The 1998 FIFA World Cup in France begins.
  • 1999 – NATO's air war over Kosovo ends, as Serbian forces withdraw.
  • 2000 – Syrian President Hafez al-Assad dies. His son Bashar al-Assad replaces him.
  • 2000 – UEFA Euro 2000 begins in the Netherlands and Belgium.

From 2001[changechange source]

  • 2001 - Pope John Paul IIcanonizesLebanon's first femalesaint, Saint Rafqa.
  • 2002 - The first director electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by BritonKevin Warwick.
  • 2003 – The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Explorer Rover System.
  • 2003 - Wicked begins on Broadway, later winning 40 awards.
  • 2005 – The Svinesund Bridge between Norway and Sweden is opened.
  • 2014 - Militants from the 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant', affiliated with Al-Qaeda, take control of Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city.
  • 2014 - Reuven Rivlin is chosen to succeed Shimon Peres as President of Israel. He is sworn in on July 24.
  • 2016 - The UEFA Euro 2016 football championship in France begins.
  • 2016 - American singer Christina Grimmie is shot at a concert in Orlando, Florida, and dies later the same evening, aged 22.

Births[changechange source]

Up to 1900[changechange source]

  • 1213 – Fakhruddin 'Iraqi, Persianphilosopher (d. 1289)
  • 1493 – Anton Fugger, German banker (d. 1560)
  • 1513 - Louis, Duke of Montpensier, French aristocrat (d. 1582)
  • 1637 – Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary (d. 1675)
  • 1657 - James Craggs the Elder, English politician (d. 1921)
  • 1688 – James Francis Edward Stuart ('The Old Pretender'), claimant to the British throne (d. 1766)
  • 1713 – Princess Caroline of Great Britain (d. 1757)
  • 1716 - Carl Gustaf Ekeberg, Swedish physician and explorer (d. 1784)
  • 1753 – William Eustis, 12th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
  • 1775 – James Barbour, American lawyer, politician and 19th Governor of Virginia (d. 1842)
  • 1804 – Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist (d. 1884)
  • 1819 – Gustave Courbet, French painter (d. 1877)
  • 1825 – Sondre Norheim, Norwegian skier (d. 1897)
  • 1825 – Princess Hildegard of Bavaria (d. 1864)
  • 1832 – Nikolaus August Otto, German engineer (d. 1891)
  • 1832 – Stephen Mosher Wood, American politician (d. 1920)
  • 1835 – Rebecca Latimer Felton, American politician (d. 1930)
  • 1835 – Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1908)
  • 1839 – Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg, Council President of Denmark (d. 1912)
  • 1839 - Ion Creanga, Romanian writer (d. 1889)
  • 1840 – Theodor Philipsen, Danish painter (d. 1920)
  • 1843 – Heinrich von Herzogenberg, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1900)
  • 1844 - Carl Hagenbeck, German zoo director (d. 1913)
  • 1855 - Charles Allen Culberson, Governor of Texas (d. 1925)
  • 1859 – Emanuel Nobel, Swedish-Russian oil baron (d. 1932)
  • 1863 – Louis Couperus, Dutch writer (d. 1923)
  • 1865 – Frederick Cook, American physician and explorer, claimed to be first at the North Pole (d. 1940)
  • 1870 - Constantin Angelescu, Prime Minister of Romania (d. 1948)
  • 1876 - William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, German aristocrat (d. 1923)
  • 1887 - Harry F. Byrd, Governor of Virginia (d. 1966)
  • 1891 - Al Dubin, American songwriter (d. 1945)
  • 1894 - Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia (d. 1918)
  • 1895 – Hattie McDaniel, American actress (d. 1952)
  • 1895 - Immanuel Velikovsky, Russian-born psychoanalyst and author (d. 1979)
  • 1897 – Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (d. 1918)
  • 1899 - Stanislaw Czaykowski, Polish racing driver (d. 1933)

June 10th Zodiac

1901 – 1950[changechange source]

  • 1901 – Frederick Loewe, German-born composer (d. 1988)
  • 1903 - Theo Lingen, German actor and director (d. 1978)
  • 1904 - Lin Huiyin, Chinese architect and poet (d. 1955)
  • 1910 – Howlin' Wolf, American blues singer and musician (d. 1976)
  • 1911 - Terence Rattigan, British playwright (d. 1977)
  • 1912 - Jean Lesage, 11th Premier of Quebec (d. 1980)
  • 1915 – Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist (d. 2005)
  • 1916 - Peride Celal, Turkish novelist and short story writer (d. 2013)
  • 1918 - Patachou, French singer and actress (d. 2015)
  • 1918 - Barry Morse, English actor (d. 2008)
  • 1919 - Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and politician (d. 2007)
  • 1919 - Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish footballer, rugby player and physician (d. 2006)
  • 1920 – Ruth Graham, Americanpoet, wife of Billy Graham (d. 2007)
  • 1921 - Jean Robic, French motorcycle racer (d. 1980)
  • 1921 – Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
  • 1921 - Oskar Gröning, German SS member (d. 2018)
  • 1922 – Judy Garland, American actress (d. 1969)
  • 1922 - Bill Kerr, Australian actor (d. 2014)
  • 1923 – Robert Maxwell, Slovakian-born media tycoon (d. 1991)
  • 1924 - Friedrich L. Bauer, German computerscientist (d. 2014)
  • 1925 - James Salter, American writer (d. 2015)
  • 1925 - Leo Gravelle, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1926 – Lionel Jeffries, British actor (d. 2010)
  • 1927 - Lin Yang-kang, Chinese politician (d. 2013)
  • 1928 – Maurice Sendak, American writer and illustrator (d. 2012)
  • 1929 - E. O. Wilson, American biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalist and author
  • 1929 – Harald Juhnke, German actor and comedian (d. 2005)
  • 1929 - James McDivitt, American astronaut
  • 1929 - Lyudmila Zykina, Russian singer (d. 2009)
  • 1929 - Yevgeniy Chazov, Russian physician
  • 1930 - Aranka Siegal, Czech-born American writer and Holocaust survivor
  • 1930 - Ilya Glazunov, Russian painter (d. 2017)
  • 1930 - Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (d. 2013)
  • 1931 - Bryan Cartledge, English diplomat
  • 1931 – Joao Gilberto, Brazilian singer and guitarist
  • 1932 - Philipp Jenninger, German politician (d. 2018)
  • 1933 – Georgi Atanasov, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria
  • 1934 - Alois Mock, Austrian politician (d. 2017)
  • 1936 - Eugenio Bersellini, Italian footballer (d. 2017)
  • 1938 – Violetta Villas, Belgian-born Polish singer, songwriter, composer and actress (d. 2011)
  • 1939 - Joe Bossano, former Chief Minister of Gibraltar
  • 1941 – Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
  • 1941 – Shirley Owens, American singer (Shirelles)
  • 1941 - Mickey Jones, American drummer and actor
  • 1942 - Arthur Hamilton, Lord Hamilton, Scottish judge
  • 1942 - Lopo do Nascimento, 1st Prime Minister of Angola
  • 1943 - Simon Jenkins, English journalist
  • 1944 - Ze'ev Friedman, Polish-born Israeli weightlifter (d. 1972)
  • 1947 - Nicole Bricq, French politician (d. 2017)
  • 1949 - Frankie Faison, American actor
  • 1949 – John Sentamu, Archbishop of York
  • 1949 - Kevin Corcoran, American actor (d. 2015)

1951 – 1975[changechange source]

  • 1953 – John Edwards, American politician
  • 1953 - Bill Longmuir, Scottish golfer
  • 1954 - Rich Hall, American comedian and writer
  • 1955 – Annette Schavan, German politician
  • 1956 – Rolandas Paksas, former President of Lithuania
  • 1959 – Carlo Ancelotti, Italian footballer and football manager
  • 1959 – Eliot Spitzer, American politician, former Governor of New York
  • 1960 – Mark-Anthony Turnage, Englishcomposer
  • 1960 – Maxi Priest, English singer
  • 1961 - Kim Deal, American singer-songwriter and musician
  • 1962 – Gina Gershon, American actress
  • 1962 - Akie Abe, wife of Prime Minister of JapanShinzo Abe
  • 1963 - Nadia Hasnaoui, Norwegian television presenter
  • 1963 - Brad Henry, American politician, 26th Governor of Oklahoma
  • 1963 - Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress
  • 1964 - Jimmy Chamberlin, American musician
  • 1964 - Stuart McCall, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1964 – Kate Flannery, American actress
  • 1965 – Elizabeth Hurley, British actress
  • 1965 - Veronica Ferres, German actress
  • 1965 - Joey Santiago, Filipino-American musician and songwriter
  • 1966 – David Platt, English footballer
  • 1967 - Paul Maskey, Northern Irish politician
  • 1967 - Heimir Hallgrímsson, Icelandic dentist and football coach
  • 1968 - Bill Burr, American comedian and writer
  • 1969 – Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer
  • 1969 - Helen Young, English television presenter
  • 1969 - Jane Hill, English televisionjournalist
  • 1970 - Chris Coleman, Welsh footballer and coach
  • 1970 - Katsuhiro Harada, Japanese game designer, director and producer
  • 1971 – Bruno N'Gotty, French footballer
  • 1971 – Bobby Jindal, American politician, former Governor of Louisiana
  • 1973 – Faith Evans, American singer
  • 1974 - Dustin Lance Black, American director, producer and screenwriter
  • 1974 - Simon Elliott, New Zealand footballer
  • 1974 - Mohamed Emara, Egyptianfootballer
  • 1975 – Henrik Pedersen, Danish footballer
  • 1975 - Risto Jussilainen, Finnish ski jumper

From 1976[changechange source]

  • 1976 - George Friedrich, Prince of Prussia
  • 1978 – Shane West, American musician and actor
  • 1979 - Assi Azar, Israeli television host
  • 1980 - Wang Yaegu, Singaporean table tennis player
  • 1980 - Jessica DiCicco, American actress
  • 1981 – Prince Hashim bin Al Hussein of Jordan
  • 1981 – Nicky Whelan, Australian actress and model
  • 1982 - Laleh Pourkarim, Iranian-Swedish singer
  • 1982 – Princess Madeleine of Sweden
  • 1982 – Tara Lipinski, American figure skater
  • 1983 – Leelee Sobieski, American actress
  • 1983 - Steve von Bergen, Swiss footballer
  • 1983 - Marion Barber III, American football player
  • 1985 - Kristina Lundberg, Swedish ice hockey player
  • 1985 - Kaia Kanepi, Estoniantennis player
  • 1985 – Vasilis Torosidis, Greek footballer
  • 1985 – Andy Schleck, Luxembourgcyclist
  • 1986 - Keith Harkin, Irish singer-songwriter and actor
  • 1987 – Martin Harnik, Austrian footballer
  • 1989 – Alexandra Stan, Romanian singer
  • 1991 - Juan Jesus, Brazilian footballer
  • 1992 - Kate Upton, American model and actress
  • 1994 - Annefleur Kalvenhaar, Dutch cyclist (d. 2014)
  • 1996 - Kristjan Ilves, Estonian skier
  • 1999 - Blanche, Belgian singer
  • 2001 – Sasha Obama, daughter of Barack Obama

Deaths[changechange source]

Up to 1900[changechange source]

Juneteenth

  • 323 BC – Alexander the Great (b. c. 355 BC)
  • 38 – Julia Drusilla, sister of Caligula (b. 16)
  • 223 - Liu Bei, Chinese Emperor (b. 161)
  • 1075 – Ernest, Margrave of Austria (b. 1027)
  • 1190 – Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (Frederick Barbarossa) (b. 1122)
  • 1556 – Martin Agricola, German composer (b. 1486)
  • 1580 – Luis de Camoes, Portuguese poet
  • 1654 - Alessandro Algardi, Italian sculptor (b. 1598)
  • 1680 – Johan Goransson Gyllenstierna, Swedish statesman (b. 1635)
  • 1692 – Bridget Bishop, English-born alleged witch (b. 1632)
  • 1776 – Hsinbyushin, Burmese King (b. 1736)
  • 1799 - Chevalier de Saint-Georges, Caribbean-French violinist, composer and conductor (b. 1745)
  • 1811 - Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, German aristocrat (b. 1728)
  • 1836 – Andre-Marie Ampere, French mathematician (b. 1775)
  • 1896 – Amelia Dyer, British murderer of babies (b. 1829)
  • 1898 - Tuone Udaina, Croatian-Italian barber, last speaker of the Dalmatian language
  • 1899 – Ernest Chausson, French composer (b. 1855)

1901 – 2000[changechange source]

  • 1902 – Jacint Verdaguer, Catalanpoet (b. 1845)
  • 1903 - Luigi Cremona, Italian mathematician, statistician and politician (b. 1830)
  • 1906 – Richard Seddon, Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1845)
  • 1918 - Arrigo Boito, Italian composer (b. 1842)
  • 1923 - Pierre Loti, French soldier and author (b. 1850)
  • 1924 – Giacomo Matteotti, Italian Socialist politician (b. 1885)
  • 1926 – Antoni Gaudi, Catalanarchitect (b. 1852)
  • 1930 - Adolf von Harnack, German historian and theologian (b. 1851)
  • 1934 – Frederick Delius, Englishcomposer (b. 1862)
  • 1937 – Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1854)
  • 1940 – Marcus Garvey, African American publicist and political activist (b. 1887)
  • 1946 – Jack Johnson, American boxer (b. 1878)
  • 1949 – Sigrid Undset, Norwegian writer (b. 1882)
  • 1955 - Margaret Abbott, American golfer (b. 1876)
  • 1962 - Francisco Bru, Spanish footballer, coach and referee (b. 1885)
  • 1967 – Spencer Tracy, Americanactor (b. 1900)
  • 1974 – Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (b. 1900)
  • 1976 – Adolph Zukor, Hungarian producer (b. 1873)
  • 1982 – Rainer Werner Fassbinder, German director and actor (b. 1945)
  • 1988 – Louis L'Amour, American writer (b. 1908)
  • 1992 - Hachidai Nakamura, Japanese composer and pianist (b. 1931)
  • 1993 – Les Dawson, English comedian (b. 1934)
  • 1996 - Jo Van Fleet, American actress (b. 1914)
  • 1998 – Hammond Innes, English actor (b. 1914)
  • 2000 – Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria (b. 1930)

From 2001[changechange source]

  • 2001 - Leila Pahlavi, daughter of Mohammed Reza Pahlavi (b. 1970)
  • 2002 – John Gotti, American criminal (b. 1940)
  • 2003 – Bernard Williams, English philosopher (b. 1929)
  • 2004 – Ray Charles, American singer (b. 1930)
  • 2004 – Xenophon Zolotas, Greek politician (b. 1904)
  • 2007 – Laurence Mancuso, American religious leader (b. 1934)
  • 2008 – Chinghiz Aitmatov, Kyrgyz writer (b. 1928)
  • 2010 – Ferdinand Oyono, Cameroonian writer (b. 1929)
  • 2010 – Sigmar Polke, German painter (b. 1941)
  • 2011 - Patrick Leigh Fermor, British soldier and writer (b. 1915)
  • 2012 – George Saitoti, Kenyan politician (b. 1945)
  • 2013 - Enrique Orizaola, Spanish footballer (b. 1922)
  • 2013 - Barbara Vucanovich, American politician (b. 1921)
  • 2014 - Gerald Nicholas McAllister, American Anglican prelate (b. 1923)
  • 2015 - Wolfgang Jeschke, German science fiction writer (b. 1936)
  • 2015 - Robert Chartoff, American movie producer (b. 1933)
  • 2016 - Gordie Howe, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1928)
  • 2016 - Alex Govan, Scottish footballer (b. 1929)
  • 2016 - Habib, Iranian singer (b. 1952)
  • 2016 - Mary Feik, American aviatrix (b. 1924)
  • 2016 - Alexander Gorlov, Russian politician (b. 1931)
  • 2016 - Gopal Gurung, Nepalese politician and author (b. 1935)
  • 2016 - Alfred Oftedal Telhaug, Norwegian educator (b. 1934)
  • 2016 - Giuseppe Virgili, Italian footballer (b. 1935)
  • 2016 - Christina Grimmie, American singer (b. 1994)
  • 2017 - Chi Po-lin, Taiwanese photographer and director (b. 1964)
  • 2017 - Austin Deasy, Irish politician (b. 1936)
  • 2017 - Samuel V. Wilson, American army general (b. 1923)
  • 2017 - Helen Freedhoff, Canadian theoretical physicist (b. 1940)
  • 2018 - Neal E. Boyd, American pop singer and reality show contestant (b. 1975)
  • 2018 - Liliana Ross, Italian-Chilean actress (b. 1939)
  • 2019 - Girish Karnad, Indian actor, writer and director (b. 1938)
  • 2019 - Lee Hee-ho, First Lady of South Korea (b. 1922)
  • 2019 - Crazy Mohan, Indian comedian, actor and screenwriter (b. 1952)
  • 2019 - Paul 'Lil' Buck' Sinegal, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (b. 1944)
  • 2019 - Wang Jun, Chinese business executive (b. 1941)

Observances[changechange source]

  • Day of Camoes, Portugal Day (Portugal)
  • Reconciliation Day (Republic of the Congo)
  • Army Day (Jordan)
  • Abolition Day (French Guiana)

June 10 2016

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