June 10
1801 - The North African state of Tripoli declared war on the United States in a dispute over safe passage of merchant vessels through the Mediterranean.
1922 - Actress-singer Judy Garland was born Frances Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
1935 - Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio.
1940 - Italy declared war on France and Britain; Canada declared war on Italy during World War II.
1942 - The Gestapo massacred all of the male residents of Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in retaliation for the killing of a Nazi official.
1946 - Italy replaced its abolished monarchy with a republic.
1964 - The U.S. Senate voted to limit further debate on a proposed civil rights bill, shutting off a filibuster by Southern lawmakers.
1967 - The Six-Day War ended as Israel and Syria agreed to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire.
1977 - James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., escaped from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee with six others. (He was recaptured three days later.)
1985 - Socialite Claus von Bulow was acquitted by a jury in Providence, Rhode Island on charges he had tried to murder his heiress wife, Martha "Sunny" von Bulow.
1991 - Jaycee Dugard, age 11, of South Lake Tahoe, California, was abducted by Philip and Nancy Garrido; Jaycee was held by the couple for 18 years before she was found by authorities.
1999 - Yugoslav troops departed Kosovo, prompting NATO to suspend its punishing 78-day air war.
2000 - Syrian President Hafez Assad died at age 69.
2003 - ImClone chief Sam Waksal was sentenced to more than seven years in prison in connection with a stock-trading scandal.
2003 - Ontario, Canada issued the first same-sex marriage licenses in North America.
2007 - The final episode of "The Sopranos" aired on HBO.
Birthdays
14 - Sasha Obama (daughter of President Barack Obama)
23 - Kate Upton (model)
33 - Tara Lipinski (figure skater)
42 - Faith Evans (R&B singer)
50 - Elizabeth Hurley (actress)
53 - Gina Gershon (actress)
53 - Carolyn Hennesy (actress)
62 - John Edwards (politician)
94 - Prince Philip (husband of Queen Elizabeth II)
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Today in Sports History - June 10
1921 - Babe Ruth became baseball's all-time home run leader with 120.
1933 - Johnny Goodman won the U.S. Open, making him the last amateur to win the event.
1944 - The youngest pitcher in major league baseball pitched his first game. Joe Nuxhall was 15 years, 10 months and 11 days old when he threw for the Cincinnati Reds.
1966 - Sonny Siebert of the Cleveland Indians no-hit the Washington Senators.
1975 - Soccer superstar Pele signed a three-year contract to play with the Cosmos in the United States.
1978 - Affirmed won horse racing's Triple Crown. His jockey, 18-year-old Steve Cauthen became the youngest jockey to ever win a Triple Crown and Alydar became the first horse to finish second in each of the Triple Crown races.
1981 - Pete Rose tied Stan Musial's National League hits record with 3,630.
1983 - Johnny Bench announced his plans to retire from baseball after a 16-year career.
1989 - Arantxa Sanchez, at age 17, became the youngest winner of the French Open in its history by beating Steffi Graf.
1989 - Wayne Gretzky won the NHL MVP award for the ninth time.
1996 - The Colorado Avalanche swept the Florida Panthers to win the Stanley Cup.
1997 - Kevin Brown of the Florida Marlins no-hit the San Francisco Giants.
2000 - The New Jersey Devils defeated the Dallas Stars to win their second Stanley Cup.
2001 - Nebraska lost to Tulane 6-5 in an elimination game at the College World Series and finished the year with a 50-16 record and as regular season and tournament champions of the Big 12.
2005 - Babe Ruth's 1919 contract that traded him from the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees sold at auction for $996,000.
2005 - Nebraska defeated Miami (FL) 3-1 in the first game of the Lincoln Super Regional.
2010 - The University of Colorado announced its intentions to leave the Big 12 Conference to join the Pac-10.
2010 - The University of Southern California was given a two-year bowl ban, as well as reduction of scholarships and a forfeiture of wins as a result of violations in football, men's basketball and the women's tennis programs.
1801 - The North African state of Tripoli declared war on the United States in a dispute over safe passage of merchant vessels through the Mediterranean.
1922 - Actress-singer Judy Garland was born Frances Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
1935 - Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio.
1940 - Italy declared war on France and Britain; Canada declared war on Italy during World War II.
1942 - The Gestapo massacred all of the male residents of Lidice, Czechoslovakia, in retaliation for the killing of a Nazi official.
1946 - Italy replaced its abolished monarchy with a republic.
1964 - The U.S. Senate voted to limit further debate on a proposed civil rights bill, shutting off a filibuster by Southern lawmakers.
1967 - The Six-Day War ended as Israel and Syria agreed to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire.
1977 - James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., escaped from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee with six others. (He was recaptured three days later.)
1985 - Socialite Claus von Bulow was acquitted by a jury in Providence, Rhode Island on charges he had tried to murder his heiress wife, Martha "Sunny" von Bulow.
1991 - Jaycee Dugard, age 11, of South Lake Tahoe, California, was abducted by Philip and Nancy Garrido; Jaycee was held by the couple for 18 years before she was found by authorities.
1999 - Yugoslav troops departed Kosovo, prompting NATO to suspend its punishing 78-day air war.
2000 - Syrian President Hafez Assad died at age 69.
2003 - ImClone chief Sam Waksal was sentenced to more than seven years in prison in connection with a stock-trading scandal.
2003 - Ontario, Canada issued the first same-sex marriage licenses in North America.
2007 - The final episode of "The Sopranos" aired on HBO.
Birthdays
14 - Sasha Obama (daughter of President Barack Obama)
23 - Kate Upton (model)
33 - Tara Lipinski (figure skater)
42 - Faith Evans (R&B singer)
50 - Elizabeth Hurley (actress)
53 - Gina Gershon (actress)
53 - Carolyn Hennesy (actress)
62 - John Edwards (politician)
94 - Prince Philip (husband of Queen Elizabeth II)
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Today in Sports History - June 10
1921 - Babe Ruth became baseball's all-time home run leader with 120.
1933 - Johnny Goodman won the U.S. Open, making him the last amateur to win the event.
1944 - The youngest pitcher in major league baseball pitched his first game. Joe Nuxhall was 15 years, 10 months and 11 days old when he threw for the Cincinnati Reds.
1966 - Sonny Siebert of the Cleveland Indians no-hit the Washington Senators.
1975 - Soccer superstar Pele signed a three-year contract to play with the Cosmos in the United States.
1978 - Affirmed won horse racing's Triple Crown. His jockey, 18-year-old Steve Cauthen became the youngest jockey to ever win a Triple Crown and Alydar became the first horse to finish second in each of the Triple Crown races.
1981 - Pete Rose tied Stan Musial's National League hits record with 3,630.
1983 - Johnny Bench announced his plans to retire from baseball after a 16-year career.
1989 - Arantxa Sanchez, at age 17, became the youngest winner of the French Open in its history by beating Steffi Graf.
1989 - Wayne Gretzky won the NHL MVP award for the ninth time.
1996 - The Colorado Avalanche swept the Florida Panthers to win the Stanley Cup.
1997 - Kevin Brown of the Florida Marlins no-hit the San Francisco Giants.
2000 - The New Jersey Devils defeated the Dallas Stars to win their second Stanley Cup.
2001 - Nebraska lost to Tulane 6-5 in an elimination game at the College World Series and finished the year with a 50-16 record and as regular season and tournament champions of the Big 12.
2005 - Babe Ruth's 1919 contract that traded him from the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees sold at auction for $996,000.
2005 - Nebraska defeated Miami (FL) 3-1 in the first game of the Lincoln Super Regional.
2010 - The University of Colorado announced its intentions to leave the Big 12 Conference to join the Pac-10.
2010 - The University of Southern California was given a two-year bowl ban, as well as reduction of scholarships and a forfeiture of wins as a result of violations in football, men's basketball and the women's tennis programs.
