Sunday, June 10, 2012

June 10th in History



1776 - The Continental Congress appointed a committee to write a Declaration of Independence.

1793 - The Jardin des Plantes zoo opened in Paris. It was the first public zoo.

1801 - The North African State of Tripoli declared war on the U.S. The dispute was over merchant vessels being able to travel safely through the Mediterranean.

1898 - U.S. Marines landed in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.

1909 - The SOS distress signal was used for the first time. The Cunard liner SS Slavonia used the signal when it wrecked off the Azores.


1935 - Alcoholic Anonymous was founded by William G. Wilson and Dr. Robert Smith.

1940 - Italy declared war on France and Britain. In addition, Canada declared war on Italy.

1943 - The Allies began bombing Germany around the clock. 

1946 - Italy established a republic replacing its monarchy. 

1967 - Israel and Syria agreed to a cease-fire that ended the Six-Day War. 

1971 - The U.S. ended a 21-year trade embargo of China. 

1984 - The United States and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations for the first time in 117 years. 

1985 - The Israeli army pulled out of Lebanon after 1,099 days of occupation. 

1990 - The Civic Forum movement won Czechoslovakia's first free elections since 1946. The movement was founded by President Vaclav Havel. 

1990 - Bulgaria's former Communist Party won the country's first free elections in more than four decades. 

1996 - Britain and Ireland opened Northern Ireland peace talks. The IRA's political arm Sinn Fein was excluded. 

1999 - NATO suspended air strikes in Yugoslavia after Slobodan Milosevic agreed to withdraw his forces from Kosovo.

Famous Birthdays:

1836 - Andre-Marie Ampere,  Developed technology for measuring electricity 

1921 - HRH Prince Philip the Duke of Edinburgh, Husband of Queen Elizabeth II

1922 - Judy Garland, Singer and Actress (Most famous as Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz) 

1944 - Rick Price, Musician

1959 - Eliot Spitzer, Govenor of New York

1965 - Elizabeth Hurley, Model and actress

1982 - HRH Princess Madeleine of Sweden, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland, youngest child of  King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden



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