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10 June on the globe: what happened in the world on this day, and who was born
For 10 June, the English Wikipedia lists 72 events and 227 births. 41 of the events stand at their places as rays of light; eight more are dashed circles, where the sentence links only to a country or a sea. The taller the ray, the longer ago it happened. The people born that day come further down, as blue points.
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The Earth on 10 June
The picture on the globe was assembled by NASA from satellite photographs taken in June 2004: the snow, the ice and the green are those of the month.
On 10 June the Sun passes straight overhead at noon along the parallel of 23.0° north. In London, the day lasts about 16 hours 35 minutes.
Beyond 67° north the Sun no longer sets; beyond 67° south it no longer rises.
The line between day and night is tilted on the globe exactly as on this day of the year. On the dark side you can see the lights of towns.
Britain & Ireland · University of Oxford
1829
The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London.
On the map: University of Oxford.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish and Chinese.
Europe · Bjørnøya
1596
Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerk discover Bear Island.
On the map: Bjørnøya.
Europe · Compiègne
1624
Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.
On the map: Compiègne.
Europe · Jardin des Plantes
1793
The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
On the map: Jardin des Plantes.
Also on the day’s list of Wikipedia in Spanish.
Asia · Yeşilköy
1878
League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
On the map: Yeşilköy.
North America · United States Naval Academy
1854
The United States Naval Academy graduates its first class of students.
On the map: United States Naval Academy.
North America · Akron, Ohio
1935
Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
On the map: Akron, Ohio.
10 June
What the other Wikipedias remember#
For these years the English list has nothing on this day. The events below come from the same day’s lists on Wikipedia in Spanish and were translated for this page.
From Wikipedia in Spanish · Seville
1510
In Seville (Spain), the Casa de Contratación (House of Trade) receives its first statute, thanks to which its initial prerogatives are extended.
On the map: Seville.
Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Spanish.
From Wikipedia in Spanish · United States Declaration of Independence
1776
The Congress in Philadelphia approves the Declaration of Independence of the States of the Union.
On the map: United States Declaration of Independence.
Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Spanish.
The article on Wikipedia in Spanish: Declaración de Independencia de los Estados Unidos
From Wikipedia in Spanish · 1998 FIFA World Cup
1998
In France, the World Cup opens.
On the map: 1998 FIFA World Cup.
Translated from the list on Wikipedia in Spanish.
The article on Wikipedia in Spanish: Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 1998
10 June
Born on 10 June#
The English Wikipedia lists 227 births for this day. The blue points are the birthplaces of 60 of these people: those written about in the most Wikipedia editions, where Wikidata gives a place of birth.
Born on 10 June
1922
Judy Garland, American actress and singer (died 1969)
Place of birth: Grand Rapids.
Born on 10 June
1915
Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
Place of birth: Lachine.
Born on 10 June
1959
Carlo Ancelotti, Italian footballer and manager
Place of birth: Reggiolo.
Born on 10 June
1819
Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (died 1877)
Place of birth: Ornans.
Born on 10 June
1929
E. O. Wilson, American biologist, author, and academic (died 2021)
Place of birth: Birmingham.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1965
Elizabeth Hurley, English model, actress, and producer
Place of birth: Basingstoke.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1832
Edwin Arnold, English poet and journalist (died 1904)
Place of birth: Gravesend.
Born in Britain and Ireland
1966
David Platt, English footballer and manager
Place of birth: Chadderton.
10 June
Number one in the charts that week
At the cinema
An animal recorded that day
The record can be seen in GBIF, which brings together wildlife records from around the world.
All your birthdays
The weather that day
Data: Met Office Hadley Centre (HadCET); NOAA (GHCN-Daily, Mauna Loa).
Above the Earth
Sources: Jonathan McDowell, GCAT (launches); GFZ Potsdam (Kp index). Days are counted in Universal Time.
Football that day
International matches played that day:
Source: the “International football results” dataset kept by Mart Jürisoo (CC0).
Also that day
The earthquake’s page at the USGS
Source: the USGS catalogue. The day is counted in Universal Time (UTC).
In those days
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Below: 10 June through the years.
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Everything Wikipedia lists for 10 June
The list is the English Wikipedia’s, in its own wording, as it stood in October 2026. 23 events have no place on the map: the sentence links to no place with coordinates, only to places too wide to mark, or to several countries.
- 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.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Emperor Tenji - 731
Tatwine was consecrated as Archbishop of Canterbury.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Tatwine - 1190
Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem.
Asia · JerusalemWikipedia: Third Crusade - 1225
Pope Honorius III issues the bull Vineae Domini custodes in which he approves the mission of Dominican friars to Morocco.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Pope Honorius III - 1329
The Battle of Pelekanon is the last attempt of the Byzantine Empire to retain its cities in Asia Minor.
Asia · Battle of PelekanonWikipedia: Battle of Pelekanon - 1358
Battle of Mello: The peasant forces of the Jacquerie are crushed by the army of the French nobility.
Europe · Battle of MelloWikipedia: Battle of Mello - 1422
Ottoman Sultan Murad II besieges Constantinople, but is ultimately unsuccessful.
Asia · Siege of ConstantinopleWikipedia: Siege of Constantinople - 1523
Copenhagen is surrounded by the army of Frederick I of Denmark, as the city will not recognise him as the successor of Christian II of Denmark.
Europe · CopenhagenWikipedia: Copenhagen - 1539
Council of Trent: Pope Paul III sends out letters to his bishops, delaying the Council due to war and the difficulty bishops had traveling to Venice.
Europe · VeniceWikipedia: Council of Trent - 1596
Willem Barents and Jacob van Heemskerk discover Bear Island.
Europe · BjørnøyaWikipedia: Bjørnøya - 1619
Thirty Years' War: Battle of Záblatí, a turning point in the Bohemian Revolt.
Europe · Battle of SablatWikipedia: Battle of Sablat - 1624
Signing of the Treaty of Compiègne between France and the Netherlands.
Europe · CompiègneWikipedia: Treaty of Compiègne - 1692
Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft and Sorceries".
North America · Salem witch trialsWikipedia: Salem witch trials - 1719
Jacobite risings: Battle of Glen Shiel.
Britain & Ireland · Battle of Glen ShielWikipedia: Battle of Glen Shiel - 1782
King Buddha Yodfa Chulaloke (Rama I) of Siam (modern day Thailand) is crowned.
Asia · ThailandWikipedia: Coronation of the Thai monarch - 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.
Asia · 1786 Kangding-Luding earthquakeWikipedia: 1786 Kangding-Luding earthquake - 1793
French Revolution: Following the arrests of Girondin leaders, the Jacobins gain control of the Committee of Public Safety installing the revolutionary dictatorship.
Europe · French First RepublicWikipedia: French Revolution - 1793
The Jardin des Plantes museum opens in Paris. A year later, it becomes the first public zoo.
Europe · Jardin des PlantesWikipedia: Jardin des Plantes - 1805
First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States.
no place on the mapWikipedia: First Barbary War - 1829
The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London.
Britain & Ireland · University of OxfordWikipedia: The Boat Race - 1838
Myall Creek massacre: Twenty-eight Aboriginal Australians are murdered.
Oceania · Myall Creek massacreWikipedia: Myall Creek massacre - 1854
The United States Naval Academy graduates its first class of students.
North America · United States Naval AcademyWikipedia: United States Naval Academy - 1861
American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel: Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia.
North America · Battle of Big BethelWikipedia: American Civil War - 1863
During the French intervention in Mexico, Mexico City is captured by French troops.
Europe · Second French EmpireWikipedia: Second French intervention in Mexico - 1864
American Civil War: Battle of Brice's Crossroads: Confederate troops under Nathan Bedford Forrest defeat a much larger Union force led by General Samuel D. Sturgis in Mississippi.
North America · Battle of Brice's Cross RoadsWikipedia: Battle of Brice's Cross Roads - 1868
Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
Europe · Principality of SerbiaWikipedia: Mihailo Obrenović, Prince of Serbia - 1871
Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 US Marines in a naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
Asia · United States expedition to KoreaWikipedia: United States expedition to Korea - 1873
Russian forces under General von Kaufmann capture the city of Khiva from the Khanate of Khiva.
Asia · Khanate of KhivaWikipedia: Khivan campaign of 1873 - 1878
League of Prizren is established, to oppose the decisions of the Congress of Berlin and the Treaty of San Stefano, as a consequence of which the Albanian lands in the Balkans were being partitioned and given to the neighbor states of Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, and Greece.
Asia · YeşilköyWikipedia: Treaty of San Stefano - 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.
Oceania · 1886 eruption of Mount TaraweraWikipedia: 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera - 1898
Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba.
Latin America · Battle of Guantánamo BayWikipedia: Spanish–American War - 1913
During a labor strike in Ipswich, Massachusetts, police opened fire into a crowd of strikers, killing one and injuring several others.
North America · Ipswich, MassachusettsWikipedia: 1913 Ipswich Mills strike - 1916
The Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire is declared by Hussein bin Ali, Sharif of Mecca.
Asia · Ottoman EmpireWikipedia: Arab Revolt - 1918
World War I: The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel.
no place on the mapWikipedia: World War I - 1924
Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Fascism - 1925
The United Church of Canada, the country's largest Protestant denomination, held its inaugural service at the Mutual Street Arena in Toronto.
North America · Mutual Street ArenaWikipedia: United Church of Canada - 1935
Chaco War ends: A truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Chaco War - 1935
Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
North America · Akron, OhioWikipedia: Bob Smith - 1940
World War II: Fascist Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom, beginning an invasion of southern France.
no place on the mapWikipedia: World War II - 1940
World War II: Military resistance to the German occupation of Norway ends.
no place on the mapWikipedia: German occupation of Norway - 1940
World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
North America · University of VirginiaWikipedia: University of Virginia - 1942
World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich.
Europe · Lidice massacreWikipedia: Lidice massacre - 1944
In baseball, 15-year-old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Baseball - 1944
World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece, 228 men, women and children are massacred by German troops.
Europe · Distomo massacreWikipedia: Distomo massacre - 1944
World War II: Six hundred forty-three men, women and children are massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France.
Europe · Oradour-sur-Glane massacreWikipedia: Oradour-sur-Glane massacre - 1945
World War II: Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei.
Asia · Brunei BayWikipedia: Second Australian Imperial Force - 1947
Saab produces its first automobile.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Saab Automobile - 1957
John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the 1957 Canadian federal election, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government.
no place on the mapWikipedia: 1957 Canadian federal election - 1960
Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 crashes near Mackay Airport in Mackay, Queensland, Australia, killing 29.
Oceania · Mackay AirportWikipedia: Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538 - 1963
The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, is signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Equal Pay Act of 1963 - 1964
United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Civil Rights Act of 1964 - 1967
The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Six-Day War - 1968
The Royal New Zealand Navy adopted a unique white ensign, to distinguish its vessels from those of the Royal Navy.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Royal New Zealand Navy - 1977
James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee. He is recaptured three days later.
North America · Brushy Mountain State PenitentiaryWikipedia: James Earl Ray - 1980
The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
no place on the mapWikipedia: African National Congress - 1982
Lebanon War: The Syrian Arab Army defeats the Israeli Defense Forces in the Battle of Sultan Yacoub.
Asia · Battle of Sultan YacoubWikipedia: Battle of Sultan Yacoub - 1987
June Democratic Struggle: The June Democratic Struggle starts in South Korea, and people protest against the government.
no place on the mapWikipedia: June Democratic Struggle - 1990
British Airways Flight 5390 lands safely at Southampton Airport after a blowout in the cockpit causes the captain to be partially sucked from the cockpit. There are no fatalities.
Britain & Ireland · British Airways Flight 5390Wikipedia: British Airways Flight 5390 - 1991
Eleven-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped in South Lake Tahoe, California; she would remain a captive until 2009.
North America · Kidnapping of Jaycee DugardWikipedia: Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard - 1994
China conducts a nuclear test for DF-31 warhead at Area C (Beishan), Lop Nur, its prominence being due to the Cox Report.
Asia · Lop NurWikipedia: DF-31 - 1996
Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
Britain & Ireland · Northern IrelandWikipedia: Northern Ireland - 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.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Khmer Rouge - 1999
Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Kosovo War - 2001
Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
Asia · LebanonWikipedia: Pope John Paul II - 2002
The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Kevin Warwick - 2003
The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Spirit - 2008
Sudan Airways Flight 109 crashes at Khartoum International Airport, killing 30 people.
Africa · Sudan Airways Flight 109Wikipedia: Sudan Airways Flight 109 - 2008
War in Afghanistan: A U.S. airstrike resulted in the reported deaths of eleven paramilitary members of the Pakistani Frontier Corps and eight Taliban fighters in Pakistan's tribal areas.
Asia · Gora Prai airstrikeWikipedia: War in Afghanistan - 2009
Eighty-eight year-old James Wenneker von Brunn opens fire inside the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and fatally shoots Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other security guards returned fire, wounding von Brunn, who was apprehended.
North America · United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shootingWikipedia: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum shooting - 2018
The Opportunity rover sends its last message back to Earth. The mission was finally declared over on February 13, 2019.
no place on the mapWikipedia: Opportunity - 2024
A plane crash in Malawi leaves 10 people dead, including the country's Vice President Saulos Chilima.
Africa · Chikangawa Forest ReserveWikipedia: 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash - 2025
Eleven people are killed, including the perpetrator, and eleven others are injured, in a mass shooting at a secondary school in Graz, Austria.
Europe · 2025 Graz school shootingWikipedia: 2025 Graz school shooting
What the other Wikipedias remember
For these years the English list has nothing on this day. The events below come from the same day’s lists on Wikipedia in Spanish and were translated for this page.
- 1510
In Seville (Spain), the Casa de Contratación (House of Trade) receives its first statute, thanks to which its initial prerogatives are extended.
- 1776
The Congress in Philadelphia approves the Declaration of Independence of the States of the Union.
North America · United States Declaration of IndependenceTranslated from the list on Wikipedia in SpanishWikipedia: Declaración de Independencia de los Estados Unidos - 1998
In France, the World Cup opens.
Europe · 1998 FIFA World CupTranslated from the list on Wikipedia in SpanishWikipedia: Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 1998
Who was born on 10 June
In order of how many Wikipedia editions have an article about each. The first 60 of 227 are shown.
- 1922
Judy Garland, American actress and singer (died 1969)
Grand RapidsWikipedia: Judy Garland - 1921
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of the United Kingdom, Prince of Greece and Denmark, Consort of Queen Elizabeth II (died 2021)
- 1915
Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
LachineWikipedia: Saul Bellow - 1959
Carlo Ancelotti, Italian footballer and manager
ReggioloWikipedia: Carlo Ancelotti - 1819
Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (died 1877)
- 1929
E. O. Wilson, American biologist, author, and academic (died 2021)
BirminghamWikipedia: E. O. Wilson - 1972
Sundar Pichai, Indian-American businessman
MaduraiWikipedia: Sundar Pichai - 1992
Kate Upton, American model and actress
St. JosephWikipedia: Kate Upton - 1832
Nicolaus Otto, German engineer (died 1891)
Holzhausen an der HaideWikipedia: Nicolaus Otto - 1893
Hattie McDaniel, American actress (died 1952)
WichitaWikipedia: Hattie McDaniel - 1999
Rafael Leão, Portuguese footballer
AlmadaWikipedia: Rafael Leão - 1965
Elizabeth Hurley, English model, actress, and producer
BasingstokeWikipedia: Elizabeth Hurley - 940
Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani, Persian mathematician and astronomer (died 998)
- 1880
André Derain, French painter and sculptor (died 1954)
ChatouWikipedia: André Derain - 1931
João Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)
JuazeiroWikipedia: João Gilberto - 1982
Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland
Drottningholm PalaceWikipedia: Princess Madeleine, Duchess of Hälsingland and Gästrikland - 1897
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918)
- 1928
Maurice Sendak, American author and illustrator (died 2012)
BrooklynWikipedia: Maurice Sendak - 1688
James Francis Edward Stuart, claimant to the English and Scottish throne (died 1766)
St James's PalaceWikipedia: James Francis Edward Stuart - 1982
Tara Lipinski, American figure skater
PhiladelphiaWikipedia: Tara Lipinski - 1985
Vasilis Torosidis, Greek footballer
- 1938
Violetta Villas, Belgian-Polish singer-songwriter and actress (died 2011)
- 1953
John Edwards, American lawyer and politician
SenecaWikipedia: John Edwards - 1989
Alexandra Stan, Romanian singer-songwriter, dancer, and model
ConstanțaWikipedia: Alexandra Stan - 1927
László Kubala, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2002)
BudapestWikipedia: László Kubala - 1987
Martin Harnik, German-Austrian footballer
HamburgWikipedia: Martin Harnik - 1962
Gina Gershon, American actress, singer and author
Los AngelesWikipedia: Gina Gershon - 1985
Kaia Kanepi, Estonian tennis player
HaapsaluWikipedia: Kaia Kanepi - 1941
Jürgen Prochnow, German actor
- 1971
Bobby Jindal, American journalist and politician, 55th Governor of Louisiana
Baton RougeWikipedia: Bobby Jindal - 1983
Leelee Sobieski, American actress and producer
New York CityWikipedia: Leelee Sobieski - 2001
Julien Alfred, Saint Lucian sprinter
CastriesWikipedia: Julien Alfred - 1963
Jeanne Tripplehorn, American actress
- 1985
Andy Schleck, Luxembourger cyclist
LuxembourgWikipedia: Andy Schleck - 1910
Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
Clay CountyWikipedia: Howlin' Wolf - 867
Emperor Uda of Japan (died 931)
Heian-kyōWikipedia: Emperor Uda - 1832
Edwin Arnold, English poet and journalist (died 1904)
GravesendWikipedia: Edwin Arnold - 1886
Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese actor and producer (died 1973)
NanauraWikipedia: Sessue Hayakawa - 1863
Louis Couperus, Dutch author and poet (died 1923)
Mauritskade 43Wikipedia: Louis Couperus - 1929
James McDivitt, American general, pilot, and astronaut (died 2022)
ChicagoWikipedia: James McDivitt - 1999
Blanche, Belgian singer
Brussels metropolitan areaWikipedia: Blanche - 1804
Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist and herpetologist (died 1884)
AltenburgWikipedia: Hermann Schlegel - 1923
Robert Maxwell, Czech-English captain, publisher, and politician (died 1991)
SolotvynoWikipedia: Robert Maxwell - 1959
Eliot Spitzer, American lawyer and politician, 54th Governor of New York
The BronxWikipedia: Eliot Spitzer - 1968
Bill Burr, American comedian and actor
CantonWikipedia: Bill Burr - 1913
Tikhon Khrennikov, Russian pianist and composer (died 2007)
- 1966
David Platt, English footballer and manager
ChaddertonWikipedia: David Platt - 1865
Frederick Cook, American physician and explorer (died 1940)
HortonvilleWikipedia: Frederick Cook - 1969
Ronny Johnsen, Norwegian footballer
SandefjordWikipedia: Ronny Johnsen - 1972
Radmila Šekerinska, Macedonian politician, Prime Minister of the Republic of Macedonia
- 1973
Faith Evans, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
LakelandWikipedia: Faith Evans - 1983
Steve von Bergen, Swiss footballer
NeuchâtelWikipedia: Steve von Bergen - 1835
Rebecca Latimer Felton, American educator and politician (died 1930)
- 1904
Lin Huiyin, Chinese architect and poet (died 1955)
HangzhouWikipedia: Lin Huiyin - 1976
Hadi Saei, Iranian martial artist
- 1986
Marco Andreolli, Italian footballer
Ponte dell'OlioWikipedia: Marco Andreolli - 1713
Princess Caroline of Great Britain (died 1757)
Herrenhausen PalaceWikipedia: Princess Caroline of Great Britain - 1927
Eugene Parker, American astrophysicist and academic (died 2022)
HoughtonWikipedia: Eugene Parker - 1962
Tzi Ma, Hong Kong American character actor
Hong KongWikipedia: Tzi Ma - 1918
Patachou, French singer and actress (died 2015)
12th arrondissement of ParisWikipedia: Patachou
What is celebrated on 10 June
- World Art Nouveau Day (Worldwide)
- Christian feast day: Bogumilus
- Christian feast day: Blessed Diana degli Andalò
- Christian feast day: Blessed Edward Poppe
- Christian feast day: Getulius, Amancius, Cerealus and Primitivus
- Christian feast day: Guardian Angel of Portugal
- Christian feast day: John of Tobolsk (Russian Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Landry of Paris
- Christian feast day: Maurinus of Cologne
- Christian feast day: Maximus of Aveia (or of Aquila)
- Christian feast day: Olivia
- Christian feast day: June 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Portugal Day, also Day of Camões (Portugal and the Portuguese communities)
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Where the tour stops
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The tour of births names the people with articles in the most editions and leaves aside those whom the list or Wikidata describes as rulers, politicians, commanders, leaders of movements or criminals; they stay in the list.
The Earth and the Sun
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The day you were born
The number ones come from the weekly lists on Wikipedia: Billboard for the United States (from 1940; the Hot 100 from August 1958), the UK Singles Chart (from November 1952), Los 40 Principales for Spain (from July 1966) and, for Romania, the Romanian Top 100 and Airplay 100 (2001–2021, with missing weeks). The page shows the chart of the week in which the day of birth falls, with its date; Billboard and the UK chart are dated at the end of their week. For Romania before 2001 and for China these sources have no weekly chart.
The films are those that reached cinemas in the United States up to ten days before or three days after that day (some of them in a few cinemas at first), from the English Wikipedia’s yearly lists (from 1968), in order of how many editions have an article about them. The events “in those days” are the ones on the neighbouring days’ lists that carry the year of birth, passed through the same filter as the tour.
The day of birth, year included
The Moon, the star sign and the constellation are worked out by the page itself, for noon Universal Time on the day. The lit part of the Moon is rounded and can differ by a few per cent from that at the hour of birth. The sign follows the usual zodiac of twelve equal parts starting at the March equinox; the constellation is the one the Sun actually stood in front of, by the borders set by the International Astronomical Union, and within a day of a border the page does not name it. When the Sun changes sign while it is that day anywhere on Earth, the page gives the moment of crossing, rounded to ten minutes and accurate to within about a quarter of an hour, and the clock time in a few cities, with the time zone and summer time of that year.
The year in the Chinese calendar is the one your device’s own calendar gives for the date, checked against the Hong Kong Observatory’s tables. “All your birthdays” uses the same sources as the rest of the chapter for the same day in every year since the birth: the temperature, well-known launches that took place on that very day, matches of the teams the edition follows, snow deeper than 10 cm and strong geomagnetic storms. The three things at the top and the four on the picture are chosen in a fixed order (the song, the animal, a full Moon, a well-known launch before an ordinary earthquake); on the picture you can change them.
When the link carries a year of birth, the page adds a few things about that exact day. The weather is the Met Office’s Central England temperature record and the readings from New York’s Central Park; the “usual high” is the average of the daily highs of 1961–1990 for that date, with two days either side. The carbon dioxide figure is the monthly mean at the Mauna Loa observatory, where measurements begin in March 1958.
The earthquake is the one with the largest magnitude in the USGS catalogue for that day, counted in Universal Time. Before the 1960s the catalogue has gaps even above magnitude 5.5, so in the older years many days have no earthquake. The page gives only the magnitude and the place: the country the epicentre falls in or, when the epicentre is at sea within 300 km of a coast, the nearest country; farther out, only the ocean.
The launches are those that reached orbit or left for the Moon and the planets, from Jonathan McDowell’s GCAT catalogue. If nothing left that day, the page shows the nearest launch within three days before or after, and says how many days away it was. The geomagnetic storm appears only when the Kp index reached at least 5 in one of the day’s eight three-hour intervals.
The animal comes from GBIF: an observation made by a person (the animal seen or heard, or its tracks), dated to that exact day, with coordinates and a CC0 or CC BY licence. Only a few hundred well-known species are searched (mammals, birds, turtles, butterflies); of those noted that day, mammals and species with articles in many Wikipedia editions come first; birds noted almost every day, and species used recently, wait their turn. Observations dated 1 January are left out, because records without a day are often filed there. An observation shows that the animal was recorded there, not how many animals there were.
The matches are those between national teams. Only matches of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, Canada and Australia are shown, along with those at the big final tournaments. The picture to send is drawn in the page from the day’s globe and the facts above, and stays on your device until you send it.
Sources
- Events, births and holidays: the day’s page on Wikipedia, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates, places of birth and the number of editions: Wikidata (CC0).
- The Earth by day: NASA Blue Marble Next Generation. The Earth by night: NASA Black Marble 2016.
- Borders and regions: Natural Earth.
- World population and births per year: UN World Population Prospects 2024.
- Charts and films: Wikipedia’s lists for Billboard, the UK Singles Chart, Los 40 Principales, Romanian Top 100, Airplay 100 and American films by year (CC BY-SA 4.0).
- Weather: Met Office Hadley Centre, HadCET (Open Government Licence) and NOAA GHCN-Daily, New York Central Park. Carbon dioxide: NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Mauna Loa.
- Earthquakes: the USGS catalogue. Launches: Jonathan McDowell, GCAT (CC BY). Kp index: GFZ Potsdam (CC BY 4.0). Matches: International football results, Mart Jürisoo (CC0).
- Animal observations: GBIF, with a link to each record; species names come from Wikidata.