438 Historic Events for June 10
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| 1915 |
Birth |
Oscar Comras, Bronx, drummer (namesake of Comras Mall in Bronx Park)
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| 1915 |
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Girl Scouts founded
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| 1915 |
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British/French troops conquer German colony of Cameroon
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| 1916 |
Birth |
Bill Waddington, British actor/comedian (Percy-Coronation Street)
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| 1916 |
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Great Arab Revolt begin
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| 1916 |
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48th Belmont: E Haynes aboard Friar Rock wins in 2:22
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| 1917 |
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60,000 people of Petrograd welcome Prince Kropotkin (banned 41 years)
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| 1917 |
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Limburgse mine workers strike
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| 1917 |
Birth |
William Barr, rector (Exeter College, Oxford)
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| 1918 |
Death |
Arrigio Enrico Boito, composer, dies at 76
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| 1918 |
Birth |
Barry Morse, actor (Fugitive-Lt Philip Gerard, Winds of War)
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| 1920 |
Birth |
Zbynek Vostrak, composer
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| 1921 |
Birth |
Philip Mountbatten, Greece, Duke of Edinburgh/Prince, Mr Elizabeth II
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| 1921 |
Event |
Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120 (Gavvy Cravath)
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| 1922 |
Event |
54th Belmont: C H Miller aboard Pillory wins in 2:18.8
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Judy Garland, [Frances Gumm], Mich, actress/singer (Wizard of Oz)
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| 1922 |
Birth |
Rose Moffard, (acting Gov-AZ)
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| 1923 |
Death |
Gustav Enestr”m, Swedish historian, dies at 70
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| 1923 |
Death |
Pierre Loti, [Julien Viaud], French sea officer/writer, dies
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Earl Hamner Jr, Schuyler Va, TV narrator (Waltons)
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| 1923 |
Birth |
Robert Maxwell, [Jan Hoch], Czech, billionaire/CEO (NY Daily News)
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| 1924 |
Death |
Giacomo Matteotti, Italian socialist deputy, assassinated by fascists
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| 1924 |
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1st political convention broadcast on radio-Republicans at Cleveland
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Nat Hentoff, columnist/novelist (Village Voice, The Cold Society)
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| 1925 |
Birth |
Don Costa, actor (Impossible Years, Soul of Nigger Charlie)
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