June 10 in history
Events on June 10
Notable events that happened on June 10 in past years.
- 2025
Eleven people are killed, including the perpetrator, and eleven others are injured, in a mass shooting at a secondary school in Graz, Austria.
Wikipedia article: 2025 Graz school shooting - 2003
The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
Wikipedia article: Spirit (rover) - 1997
Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
Wikipedia article: Khmer Rouge - 1987
June Democratic Struggle: The June Democratic Struggle starts in South Korea, and people protest against the government.
Wikipedia article: June Democratic Struggle - 1964
United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.
Wikipedia article: Filibuster - 1945
World War II: Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
Wikipedia article: Second Australian Imperial Force - 1942
World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
Wikipedia article: Lidice massacre - 1935
Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
Wikipedia article: Chaco War - 1886
Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17 km (11 mi) long fissure across the mountain peak.
Wikipedia article: Mount Tarawera - 1868
Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
Wikipedia article: Mihailo Obrenović, Prince of Serbia - 1838
Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
Wikipedia article: Myall Creek massacre - 1786
A landslide dam on the Dadu River created by an earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China.
Wikipedia article: Landslide dam - 1619
Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.
Wikipedia article: Thirty Years' War - 1422
Ottoman Sultan Murad II besieges Constantinople, but is ultimately unsuccessful.
- 671
Emperor Tenji of Japan introduces a water clock (clepsydra) called Rokoku. The instrument, which measures time and indicates hours, is placed in the capital of Ōtsu.
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