10th June anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1908
  • United States
  • "Birth of Robert Cummings, American actor ."
• event
  • 1829
  • Great Britain
  • First Oxford/Cambridge Boat Race
  • 1909
  • Portugal
  • The Cunard liner Slavonia became the first ship to transmit an SOS distress call when it was wrecked in the Azores.
  • 1997
  • United States
  • "Elmer 'Geronimo' Pratt, a former Black Panther, was freed on bail after 27 years in prison in the USA"
  • 2000
  • Great Britain
  • "Millennium footbridge over the Thames opens, but wobbles and is quickly declared dangerous and closed – finally reopened Feb 2002"
• Death
  • 1909
  • United States
  • "Death of Edward Everett Hale, American clergyman and writer"
  • 1934
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Frederick Delius, British composer"
  • 1958
  • United States
  • "Death of Angelina Weld Grimke, prominent American journalist and poet ."
  • 1967
  • United States
  • "Death of Spencer Tracy, American movie actor"
  • 1988
  • United States
  • "Death of Louis L'Amour, American writer of Western fiction ."
  • 1993
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Les Dawson, British comedian ."
  • 1997
  • Cambodia
  • The notorious Cambodian Khmer Rouge leader Son Sen was executed by loyalists of his bitter rival Pol Pot more
  • 1998
  • Great Britain
  • "Death of Hammond Innes, British writer ."