June 10 in History

Historical Events on June 10

1523 Copenhagen is surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city won't recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark.

1861 American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.

1898 Spanish-American War: U.S. Marines land on the island of Cuba.

1940 World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.

1940 World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.

1940 World War II: Norway surrenders to German forces.

1967 The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.

1999 Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.

2001 Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.

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Famous Birthdays on June 10

1921 Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

1951 Dan Fouts

1959 Carlo Ancelotti

1971 Bobby Jindal

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Famous Deaths on June 10

323 BC Alexander the Great

1926 Antoni Gaudí

1940 Marcus Garvey

1946 Jack Johnson (boxer)

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