41st year - Nr 161 Wednesday, 10 June 2026

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41st year - Nr 161 Wednesday, 10 June 2026

10 June / Today's 39 Events:

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(-) 2349 years ago Sunday 10th of June 0323bc King of Macedonia Alexander the Great dies of a fever attack due to poisoning at the age of 33 in Mesopotamia, Babylon, Babil Governorate, Iraq.

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(-) 334 years ago Tuesday 10th of June 1692 Bridget Bishop, originally Bridget Playfer is executed by hanging at the age of 60 in Salem, Massachusetts, United States. Bishop was accused of bewitching five young women; Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Mercy Lewis, Mary Walcott, and Elizabeth Hubbard, on the date of her examination by the authorities. It was the first execution in the Salem Witchcraft Trials.

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(+) 207 years ago Thursday 10th of June 1819 Painter Gustave Jean Désiré Courbet is born in Ornans, Doubs, France.

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(-) 190 years ago He Was Happy at Last Friday 10th of June 1836 Physicist and mathematician André-Marie Ampère dies of unknown causes at the age of 61 in Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. On his deathbed Ampère ordered that an inscription be placed upon his tombstone: Tandem Felix (Happy at Last).

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(x) 140 years ago He Was Too Mad to Rule Thursday 10th of June 1886 41-year-old King of Bavaria Otto Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig II aka Der Märchenkönig is officially declared incapable of executing his governmental powers due to insanity in Schloss Neuschwanstein, Hohenschwangau, Bayern, Germany. Ludwig II was transported to Schloss Berg on the shores of Starnberger See, south of München.

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(-) 130 years ago Wednesday 10th of June 1896 Baby farm murderess Amelia Elizabeth Dyer, originally Hobley aka The Ogress of Reading is executed by hanging at the age of 59 in Newgate Prison, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Dyer was tried and hanged for one murder but there is little doubt she was responsible for many more similar deaths - possibly 400 or more - over a period of perhaps 20 years.

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(+) 116 years ago Friday 10th of June 1910 Musician Chester Arthur Burnett aka Howlin' Wolf is born in White Station, Mississippi, United States.

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(+) 111 years ago Thursday 10th of June 1915 Writer Saul Bellow is born in Lachine, Quebec, Canada.

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(+) 104 years ago Saturday 10th of June 1922 Actress, singer and vaudevillian Judy Garland, originally Frances Ethel Gumm is born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota, United States.

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(+) 103 years ago Sunday 10th of June 1923 Media tycoon Robert Ian Maxwell, originally Ján Ludvík Hyman Binyamin Hoch aka Captain Bob is born in Slatinské Doly, Zakarpattia Oblast, Ukraine.

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(-) 100 years ago Thursday 10th of June 1926 Architect Antoni Gaudí, originally Antoni Gaudí i Cornet aka God's Architect dies of injuries suffered in a traffic accident at the age of 74 in Hospital de la Santa Creu, El Guinardó, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. On 7 June 1926 Gaudí was taking his daily walk to the Sant Felip Neri church for his habitual prayer and confession. While walking along the Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes between Girona and Bailén streets he was struck by a passing tram and lost consciousness.

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(-) 100 years ago Thursday 10th of June 1926 Lilian St. Mary is raped and strangled by serial killer Earle Leonard Nelson aka The Gorilla Murderer in San Francisco, California, United States.

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(-) 99 years ago Friday 10th of June 1927 Murderer John Butchek is executed by hanging at the age of 45 in Oregon State Penitentiary, Salem, Oregon, United States.

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(+) 93 years ago Saturday 10th of June 1933 Criminal defense attorney Francis Lee Bailey is born in Waltham, Massachusetts, United States.

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(+) 85 years ago She Was Still a Foolish Little Girl Tuesday 10th of June 1941 Lead singer of the Shirelles Shirley Owens, originally Shirley Alston Reeves is born in Henderson, North Carolina, United States.

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(x) 82 years ago Saturday 10th of June 1944 642 inhabitants including women and children are massacred by the 2. SS-Panzer-Division 'Das Reich' under command of SS-Gruppenführer Heinz Lammerding in Oradour-sur-Glane, Haute-Vienne, France.

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(-) 80 years ago Monday 10th of June 1946 Boxer Jack John Arthur Johnson aka The Galveston Giant known for becoming the first African American world heavyweight boxing champion dies in a car crash at the age of 68 in U.S. Highway 1, Franklinton, North Carolina, United States. Johnson crashed into a telephone pole after racing angrily from a diner that refused to serve him.

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(-) 77 years ago Friday 10th of June 1949 Writer Sigrid Undset dies of unknown causes at the age of 67 in Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway.

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(-) 69 years ago Monday 10th of June 1957 Murderer Clarence van Buuren is executed by hanging at the age of 33 in Pretoria Central Prison, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa.

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(-) 59 years ago He Left with a Loud Clump Saturday 10th of June 1967 Actor Spencer Bonaventure Tracy dies of a heart attack at the age of 67 in Beverly Hills, California, United States. Katharine Hepburn described in her autobiography how she followed Tracy to the kitchen: "Just as I was about to give the door a push, there was a sound of a cup smashing to the floor - then clump - a loud clump."

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(x) 53 years ago Wurde das Orgien Mysterien Theater Eröffnet Sunday 10th of June 1973 35-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 41. Aktion in Schloss Prinzendorf, Schloss Straße 1, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Niederösterreich, Austria. It was the opening event for Nitsch' Orgien Mysterien Theater and lasted for 12 hours.

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(x) 51 years ago Tuesday 10th of June 1975 25-year-old Serial killer Randall Brent 'Randy' Woodfield aka The I-5 Killer is sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for armed assault in Portland, Oregon, United States.

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(x) 50 years ago Thursday 10th of June 1976 38-year-old Wiener Aktionist Hermann Nitsch performs his 52. Aktion for Pfingsfest in Schloss Prinzendorf, Schloss Straße 1, Prinzendorf an der Zaya, Niederösterreich, Austria. Nitsch' 52. Aktion lasted 12 hours.

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(x) 46 years ago Tuesday 10th of June 1980 38-year-old Mathematician and serial bomber Theodore John 'Ted' Kaczynski aka The Unabomber mails a bomb to United Airlines president Percy Wood in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States. Wood suffered cuts and burns over most of his body and face.

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(-) 44 years ago Thursday 10th of June 1982 Wife and muse of Salvador Dalí Gala Dalí, originally Elena Ivanovna Diakonova dies of natural causes at the age of 88 in Port Lligat, Catalonia, Spain.

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(-) 44 years ago Thursday 10th of June 1982 Film director Rainer Werner Fassbinder dies of heart failure resulting from a lethal interaction between sleeping pills and cocaine at the age of 37 in München, Bayern, Germany.

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(-) 44 years ago Thursday 10th of June 1982 Singer Addie Harris aka Micki Harris known from The Shirelles dies of a heart attack at the age of 42 in Hyatt Regency Atlanta, 265 Peachtree Street NE, Downtown, Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Harris had just finished two performances with The Shirelles at the hotel.

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(x) 43 years ago Friday 10th of June 1983 24-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV performs 'Karl Großmann' in Club Moral, Kattenberg 122, Borgerhout, Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium. Standing on a tree stump I read confessions from multiple murderer and cannibal Karl Groβmann, then I poured blood over my head and let it run down over my body onto the tree stump.

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(-) 38 years ago Friday 10th of June 1988 Child molester and serial killer Arthur Gary Bishop aka The Mormon Murderer is executed by lethal injection at the age of 36 in Utah State Prison, Draper, Utah, United States. "I am a homosexual pedophile convicted of murder, and pornography was a determining factor in my downfall."

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(-) 32 years ago Friday 10th of June 1994 Installation artist Ed Edward Ralph Kienholz dies of a heart attack at the age of 67 in Hope, Idaho, United States. Kienholz was buried in a Kienholz installation: "His corpulent, embalmed body was wedged into the front seat of a brown 1940 Packard coupe. There was a dollar and a deck of cards in his pocket, a bottle of 1931 Chianti beside him and the ashes of his dog Smash in the back. He was set for the afterlife. To the whine of bagpipes, the Packard, steered by his widow Nancy Reddin Kienholz, rolled like a funeral barge into the big hole."

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(x) 28 years ago Wednesday 10th of June 1998 19-year-old Mass murderer Sa'eed Qashash kills 11 members of his family and a friend because they threatened to kick him out of the house if he failed to pass his Tawjihi exams in Amman, Muhafazat al-Asima, Jordan.

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(x) 28 years ago He Fainted Wednesday 10th of June 1998 Red Army deserter and 25-year-old Serial killer Vadim Nikolayevich Ershov aka The Krasnoyrask Beast is sentenced to death for robbing, raping and killing 19 people in Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsky Krai, Russia. Ershov reportedly fainted as the sentence was pronounced.

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(-) 25 years ago Sunday 10th of June 2001 Princess of Iran Leila Pahlavi commits suicide by an overdose of Seconal and cocaine at the age of 31 in Leonard Hotel, 11-17 Seymour Street, Marylebone, London, Greater London, United Kingdom. Pahlavi was found in bed, her body emaciated by years of anorexia, bulimia, and food intolerances. Pahlavi had more than five times the lethal dose of Seconal in her system along with a nonlethal amount of cocaine. She spent much of her last year staying at the Leonard Hotel paying £450 a night for her favourite suite.

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(-) 22 years ago Thursday 10th of June 2004 Singer-songwriter and composer Ray Charles, originally Raymond Charles Robinson aka The Genius dies of acute liver disease at the age of 74 in Beverly Hills, California, United States.

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19 years ago The Eyes had it Sunday 10th of June 2007 Obligatorious democratorius in Antwerpen, Antwerpen, Belgium.

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(-) 16 years ago Thursday 10th of June 2010 Painter Sigmar Polke dies of cancer at the age of 69 in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany.

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(-) 6 years ago Wednesday 10th of June 2020 Serial killer Michel Bellen aka The Strangler of the Left Bank dies of heart failure at the age of 74 in Zorggroep Sint-Kamillus, Krijkelberg 1, Bierbeek, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium.

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(x) 4 years ago Friday 10th of June 2022 Start of the trial against 61-year-old Serial rapist Dino Scala aka Le Violeur de la Sambre in Douai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Scala was suspected of having committed 56 rapes, attempted rapes, assaults and sexual assaults between 1988 and 2018 in the Sambre Valley.

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(-) 3 years ago He Took the Last Flight to Nowhere Saturday 10th of June 2023 Mathematician and serial bomber Theodore John 'Ted' Kaczynski aka The Unabomber is found unresponsive in his cell at the age of 81 in Federal Medical Center, Old North Carolina Highway 75, Butner, North Carolina, United States. Kaczynski was pronounced dead upon being transported to a nearby hospital. According to three people familiar with the situation Kaczynski died by suicide.

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