Daily Calendar for Wednesday, June 10, 2026
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Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Born
- Gustave Courbet (painter) –
- David Lubin (agriculturist, born in Kłodawa, Poland) –
- Hattie McDaniel (actress; the first African American to win an Academy Award) –
- Judy Garland (actress & singer) –
- Eugene Parker (American astrophysicist; proposed the idea of solar wind in 1958 ) –
- F. Lee Bailey (attorney) –
- Jim Shea (Olympic gold medalist, Men’s Skeleton) –
- Pokey Reese (baseball player) –
- Leelee Sobieski (actress) –
- Tara Lipinski (figure skater) –
- Princess Madeleine of Sweden –
Died
- Sir Robert Laird Borden (Canadian prime minister) –
- Spencer Tracy (actor) –
- Louis L'Amour (author) –
- John Gotti (gangster) –
- Ray Charles (singer) –
- John A. Eddy (solar astronomer, coined the term Maunder Minimum) –
- Gordie Howe (hockey player) –
Events
- Bridget Bishop was the first person to be hanged at the Salem Witch trials –
- Ben Franklin’s kite and key experiment proved lightning is electricity –
- Canada Constitution Act is passed by British Parliament, creating Upper and Lower Canada –
- Phoenix steamboat first in U.S. to sail on open sea –
- First boat race between Oxford and Cambridge –
- The United States Naval Academy graduated its first students –
- U.S. Marines landed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba –
- Alcoholics Anonymous founded –
- The Deep premiered –
- United States War Dogs Memorial was dedicated, Holmdel, New Jersey –
Weather
- Yakutat, Alaska, reached 87 degrees F, a record for that town –