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.
Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.
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The date of Luís de Camões' death is celebrated as Portugal Day.
Ineligible
| Blurb | Reason |
|---|---|
| 1692 – Bridget Bishop became the first person executed for witchcraft in the Salem witch trials. | needs more footnotes |
| 1719 – Jacobite risings: British forces defeated an alliance of Jacobites and Spaniards at the Battle of Glen Shiel in the Scottish Highlands. | needs more footnotes |
| 1829 – In rowing, Oxford defeated Cambridge in the first Boat Race held on the Thames in London. | multiple issues |
| 1838 – More than 25 Australian Aborigines were massacred near Inverell, New South Wales. | unreferenced section |
| 1886 – Mount Tarawera, a volcanic mountain in the North Island of New Zealand, erupted, killing over 120 people and destroying the Pink and White Terraces. | refimprove |
| 1924 – Fascists kidnapped and killed Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome. | refimprove |
Eligible
- 1864 – American Civil War: Confederates defeated a much larger Union force at the Battle of Brice's Crossroads near Baldwyn, Mississippi.
- 1925 – The United Church of Canada, the country's largest Protestant church, held its inaugural service in Toronto's Mutual Street Arena.
- 1967 – The Six-Day War ended with Israel and Syria agreeing to sign a ceasefire.
- 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.
Notes
- First Barbary War also appears on May 10
- Six-Day War also appears on June 5
June 10: Portugal Day (Portugal's National Day and the date of Luís de Camões' death)
- 1190 – The Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in the Saleph River in Anatolia.
- 1805 – The United States signed a treaty with Yusuf Karamanli, the Pasha of Tripoli, ending the First Barbary War and agreeing to pay him US$60,000 in exchange for American prisoners of war.
- 1918 – World War I: Italian torpedo boats sank the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought SMS Szent István off the Dalmatian coast.
- 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 (pictured) won a plurality of the seats in the Canadian House of Commons, bringing an end to 22 years of Liberal Party rule.
- 1961 – The last service trains ran on the Hawkhurst Branch Line in Kent, England.