Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 10
This is a list of selected June 10 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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June 10: Portugal Day (Portugal's National Day and the date of Luís de Camões' death (Camões pictured))
- 1190 – The Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in the Saleph River in Anatolia.
- 1692 – Bridget Bishop became the first person executed for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials.
- 1838 – More than 25 Australian Aborigines were massacred near Inverell, New South Wales.
- 1935 – American physician Bob Smith had his last alcoholic drink, marking the traditional founding date of Alcoholics Anonymous.
- 1957 – In the Canadian federal election, the Progressive Conservative Party led by John Diefenbaker won a plurality of the seats in the Canadian House of Commons, bringing an end to 22 years of Liberal Party rule.
- 1965 – The Viet Cong commenced combat with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam in the Battle of Đồng Xoài, one of the largest battles in the Vietnam War.
- 2008 – War in Afghanistan: An airstrike by the United States resulted in the deaths of eleven paramilitary troops of the Pakistan Army Frontier Corps and eight Taliban fighters in Pakistan's tribal areas.