Page 7: Historical Events In June - 10

1953  Grzlegorz Fitelberg, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1954  PBS reaches SF KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting on this day in history.   

1954  On June - 10 will Rossiter, composer, dies at 87   

1954  PBS reaches SF: KQED (Channel 9) starts broadcasting on this day in history.   

1955  The first separation of virus into component parts reported on June - 10.   

1956  On this day in history 16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm   

1957  Harold MacMillan becomes British PM on this day in history.   

1957  On June - 10 john Diefenbacker (C) elected PM of Canada with the biggest majority to date   

1961  Suzanne Clayton's birthday June 10th 1961 on this day in history.   

1963  On June - 10 anita King, actress (Tender Loving Care), dies of heart attack at 74   

1964  Southern filibuster on civil rights bill ends; cloture invoked on June - 10.   

1964  Louis Gruenberg, composer, dies at 79 on June - 10.   

1965  A R Klemola discovers asteroid #2370 van Altena on June - 10.   

1966  Beatles "Paperback Writer" is released in the UK on this day in history.   

1966  Janis Joplins first live concert (Avalon Ballroom in SF) on this day in history.   

1967  On June - 10 israel, Syria, Jordan, Iraq &Egypt end "6-Day War" with UN help   

1967  Frank Butler, actor/screenwriter (Road to Bali, China), dies at 76 on June - 10.   

1968  Yury Sergeyevich Milyutin, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1969  Frank Lawton, actor (David Copperfield, Skin Game), dies at 64 on June - 10.   

1971  On June - 10 11 die in a train crash in Salem Ill   

1971  On this day in history us lift 21 year trade embargo on China   

1971  Michael Rennie, actor (Day the Earth Stood Still), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1973  NASA launches Radio Astronomy Explorer 49 into lunar orbit on June - 10.   

1973  On this day in history william M Inge, US playwright (Come Back Little Sheba), dies at 60   

1974  On this day in history henry WFA, English duke of Gloucester/baron Culloden, dies at 74   

1975  Rockefeller panel reports on 300,000 illegal CIA files on Americans on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history 67,000 fans attends Wings concert at Seattle's Kingdome   

1976  Adolph Zukor, Hungarian/US fur trader/movie producer, dies at 103 on this day in history.   

1977  On June - 10 apple Computer ships its first Apple II   

1977  James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's killer) escapes from prison on June - 10.   

1979  First ever European Assembly elections on this day in history.   

1979  Pope John Paul II visits Poland on June - 10.   

1980  Denys Morkel, S Afr cricketer (batsman scored 663 runs 1927-32), dies on June - 10.   

1981  IRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail on June - 10.   

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1213  On this day in history birth of fakhruddin 'Iraqi, Persian philosopher   

1613  On June - 10 birth of johan Georg II, elect of Saxon (1656-80)   

1630  On this day in history birth of willem van Bemmel, Dutch painter/etcher   

1632  On June - 10 birth of esprit Fléchier, French writer and bishop (d. 1710)   

1637  On June - 10 birth of jacques Marquette, jesuit/missionary founder (Chicago)   

1657  On June - 10 birth of james Cragg the Elder, British politician (d. 1721)   

1688  On this day in history birth of james III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope   

1688  James Francis Edward Stuart (d. 1766) was born on this day in history.   

0323  On this day in history death of alexander the Great, Macedonian king (b. 356 BC) (or the 11th June)   

1075  On this day in history death of ernest of Austria (b. 1027)   

1190  Frederik I van Hohenstaufen "Barbarossa", German King, dies on this day in history.   

1247  Rodrigo Jimenez de Rada, archbishop Toledo/advisor Alfonso VIII, dies on this day in history.   

1424  Death of Duke Ernest of Austria (b. 1377) on June - 10.   

1552  On June - 10 death of alexander Barclay, English poet   

1556  On this day in history martin Agricola [M Sore], German composer/cantor, dies   

1560  On June - 10 death of mary de Guise, queen-mother of Scotland