On This Day: June 10

Simmi D. Isaac

14 years ago

Updated June 9, 2012, 2:28 pm

On June 10, 1967, the Six-Day War ended as Israel and Syria agreed to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire.
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On June 10, 1922, Judy Garland, American motion-picture actress, was born. Following her death on June 22, 1969, her obituary appeared in The Times.

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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.

1922 Singer-actress Judy Garland was born Frances Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minn.

1935 Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio.

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.

1964 The U.S. Senate voted to limit further debate on a proposed civil rights bill, shutting off a filibuster by Southern lawmakers.

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 three days later.)

1978 Affirmed won horse racing’s Triple Crown by taking the Belmont Stakes.

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 Jaycee Dugard, 11, of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., was abducted by Phillip and Nancy Garrido; Jaycee was held by the couple for 18 years before she was found by authorities..

1999 Yugoslav troops departed Kosovo, prompting NATO to suspend its punishing 78-day air war.

2000 Syrian President Hafez Assad died at age 69.

2002 Organized crime figure John Gotti died in a prison hospital at age 61.

2003 ImClone chief Sam Waksal was sentenced to more than seven years in prison in connection with a stock-trading scandal.

2004 Singer-musician Ray Charles died at age 73.

2007 The final episode of “The Sopranos” aired on HBO.

2009 James von Brunn, an 88-year-old white supremacist, opened fire in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., killing security guard Stephen T. Johns. (Von Brunn died while awaiting trial.)

Current Birthdays

By The Associated Press

Prince Philip, the husband of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, turns 91 years old today.

AP Photo/Arthur Edwards

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal turns 41 years old today.

AP Photo/Patrick Semansky

1925 Nat Hentoff, Columnist, turns 87

1933 F. Lee Bailey, Attorney, turns 79

1943 Jeff Greenfield, TV commentator, turns 69

1951 Dan Fouts, Football Hall of Famer, turns 61

1953 John Edwards, Former U.S. senator, D-N.C., turns 59

1959 Eliot Spitzer, Former governor of New York, turns 53

1961 Kim Deal, Rock musician (Pixies), turns 51

1961 Maxi Priest, Reggae singer, turns 51

1962 Gina Gershon, Actress, singer, turns 50

1963 Jeanne Tripplehorn, Actress, turns 49

1964 Kate Flannery, Actress (“The Office”), turns 48

1965 Elizabeth Hurley, Model, actress, turns 47

1966 Doug McKeon, Actor, turns 46

1973 Faith Evans, R&B singer, turns 39

1975 Hugh Dancy, Actor, turns 37

1978 Lemisha Grinstead, R&B singer (702), turns 34

1978 DJ Qualls, Actor, turns 34

1978 Shane West, Actor, turns 34

1981 Hoku, Singer, turns 31

1982 Tara Lipinski, Figure skater, turns 30

1982 Leelee Sobieski, Actress, turns 30

Historic Birthdays

Judy Garland 6/10/1922 – 6/22/1969 American motion-picture actress.Go to obituary »

58 James Short 6/10/1710 – 6/14/1768
English optician and astronomer

58 Gustave Courbet 6/10/1819 – 12/31/1877
French painter

60 Louis Marie Anne Couperus 6/10/1863 – 7/16/1923
Dutch novelist

74 Andre Derain 6/10/1880 – 9/8/1954
French painter and theatrical designer

57 Hattie McDaniel 6/10/1895 – 10/26/1952
American actress and singer

63 Clyde Beatty 6/10/1902 – 7/19/1965
American trainer of wild animals

86 Frederick Loewe 6/10/1901 – 2/14/1988
Austrian-born American composer

66 Sir Terence Rattigan 6/10/1911 – 11/30/1977
English playwright

72 Ralph Kirkpatrick 6/10/1911 – 4/13/1984
American musicologist and harpsichordist

68 Robert Maxwell 6/10/1923 – 11/5/1991
Czechoslovak-born English publisher

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.
1922	Singer-actress Judy Garland was born Frances Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minn.
1935	Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio.
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.
1964	The U.S. Senate voted to limit further debate on a proposed civil rights bill, shutting off a filibuster by Southern lawmakers.
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 three days later.)
1978	Affirmed won horse racing’s Triple Crown by taking the Belmont Stakes.
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	Jaycee Dugard, 11, of South Lake Tahoe, Calif., was abducted by Phillip and Nancy Garrido; Jaycee was held by the couple for 18 years before she was found by authorities..
1999	Yugoslav troops departed Kosovo, prompting NATO to suspend its punishing 78-day air war.
2000	Syrian President Hafez Assad died at age 69.
2002	Organized crime figure John Gotti died in a prison hospital at age 61.
2003	ImClone chief Sam Waksal was sentenced to more than seven years in prison in connection with a stock-trading scandal.
2004	Singer-musician Ray Charles died at age 73.
2007	The final episode of “The Sopranos” aired on HBO.
2009	James von Brunn, an 88-year-old white supremacist, opened fire in the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., killing security guard Stephen T. Johns. (Von Brunn died while awaiting trial.)

1925	Nat Hentoff, Columnist, turns 87
1933	F. Lee Bailey, Attorney, turns 79
1943	Jeff Greenfield, TV commentator, turns 69
1951	Dan Fouts, Football Hall of Famer, turns 61
1953	John Edwards, Former U.S. senator, D-N.C., turns 59
1959	Eliot Spitzer, Former governor of New York, turns 53
1961	Kim Deal, Rock musician (Pixies), turns 51
1961	Maxi Priest, Reggae singer, turns 51
1962	Gina Gershon, Actress, singer, turns 50
1963	Jeanne Tripplehorn, Actress, turns 49
1964	Kate Flannery, Actress (“The Office”), turns 48
1965	Elizabeth Hurley, Model, actress, turns 47
1966	Doug McKeon, Actor, turns 46
1973	Faith Evans, R&B singer, turns 39
1975	Hugh Dancy, Actor, turns 37
1978	Lemisha Grinstead, R&B singer (702), turns 34
1978	DJ Qualls, Actor, turns 34
1978	Shane West, Actor, turns 34
1981	Hoku, Singer, turns 31
1982	Tara Lipinski, Figure skater, turns 30
1982	Leelee Sobieski, Actress, turns 30

58	James Short 6/10/1710 – 6/14/1768 English optician and astronomer
58	Gustave Courbet 6/10/1819 – 12/31/1877 French painter
60	Louis Marie Anne Couperus 6/10/1863 – 7/16/1923 Dutch novelist
74	Andre Derain 6/10/1880 – 9/8/1954 French painter and theatrical designer
57	Hattie McDaniel 6/10/1895 – 10/26/1952 American actress and singer
63	Clyde Beatty 6/10/1902 – 7/19/1965 American trainer of wild animals
86	Frederick Loewe 6/10/1901 – 2/14/1988 Austrian-born American composer
66	Sir Terence Rattigan 6/10/1911 – 11/30/1977 English playwright
72	Ralph Kirkpatrick 6/10/1911 – 4/13/1984 American musicologist and harpsichordist
68	Robert Maxwell 6/10/1923 – 11/5/1991 Czechoslovak-born English publisher

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