Today is Tuesday, June 10, the 161st day of 2025 with 204 to follow.
The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars, Neptune, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter and Mars.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include painter Gustave Courbet in 1819; actor Hattie McDaniel in 1895; writer Saul Bellow in 1915; Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, in 1921; actor Judy Garland in 1922; writer Maurice Sendak in 1928; actor Frankie Faison in 1949 (age 76); Football Hall of Fame member Dan Fouts in 1951 (age 74); actor Andrew Stevens in 1955 (age 70); Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves Robles in 1961 (age 64); musician Kim Deal (Pixies/Breeders) in 1961 (age 64); actor Carolyn Hennesy in 1962 (age 63); actor Gina Gershon in 1962 (age 63); actor Jeanne Tripplehorn in 1963 (age 62); musician Jimmy Chamberlin (Smashing Pumpkins) in 1964 (age 61); actor Kate Flannery in 1964 (age 61); actor/filmmaker Vincent Perez in 1964 (age 61); musician Joey Santiago (Pixies) in 1965 (age 60); model/actor Elizabeth Hurley in 1965 (age 60); comedian/actor Bill Burr in 1968 (age 57); musician Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing) in 1970 (age 55); musician JoJo (K-Ci & JoJo) in 1971 (age 54); musician Faith Evans in 1973 (age 52); screenwriter Dustin Lance Black in 1974 (age 51); actor Hugh Dancy in 1975 (age 50); choreographer/dancer Benjamin Millepied in 1977 (age 48); actor Shane West in 1978 (age 47); actor DJ Qualls in 1978 (age 47); musician Lee Brice in 1979 (age 46); actor Jonathan Bennett in 1981 (age 44); U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame member/TV personality Tara Lipinski in 1982 (age 43); Swedish Princess Madeleine in 1982 (age 43); actor/artist Leelee Sobieski in 1983 (age 42); actor Tristin Mays in 1990 (age 35); model/actor Kate Upton in 1992 (age 33); musician Jun (Seventeen) in 1996 (age 29); Sasha Obama, former first daughter, in 2001 (age 24).
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In 1692, Bridget Bishop was found guilty of the practice of witchcraft and hanged in Salem Village in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She was the first colonist executed during the Salem witch trials.
In 1898, U.S. Marines invaded Cuba in the Spanish-American War.
In 1916, whatever momentum former President Theodore Roosevelt had built up as he campaigned for the Republican nomination for president was extinguished when the progressive convention voted for reconciliation with the GOP.
In 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio.
In 1940, Norway surrendered to Germany during World War II, with King Haakon and members of the government fleeing to Britain. National Unity Party leader Vidkun Quisling led Norwegian fascist forces to assist the Germans, seizing strategic locations.
In 1942, the German Gestapo burned the tiny Czech village of Lidice after shooting 173 men and shipping the women and children to concentration camps.
In 1943, Hungarian Laszlo Biro secured a patent for his invention -- the first successful and widely used ballpoint pen.
In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a law authorizing employers to withhold income tax payments from salary checks.
In 2000, Syrian President Hafez Assad died from a heart attack at age 69. He had ruled the country since 1970.
In 2003, a three-member Ontario Court of Appeal in Canada ordered that full marriage rights be extended to same-sex couples.
In 2006, three detainees at the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, hanged themselves.
In 2009, Chrysler, one of America's "Big 3" automakers, climbed out of bankruptcy with a reconstruction plan that included a partnership deal with Italian carmaker Fiat.
In 2014, Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., the U.S. House Republican leader, was defeated by Tea Party challenger David Brat, a college economics professor, in one of the most stunning primary election upsets in congressional history.
In 2021, the U.S. Senate confirmed Zahid Quraishi to the U.S. District Court in New Jersey, making him the first Muslim federal judge in the United States.
In 2024, Apple introduced its new generative artificial intelligence technology, called Apple Intelligence, at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in Cupertino, Calif.
A thought for the day: "There is only 18 inches between a pat on the back and a kick in the seat of the pants." -- American actor Hattie McDaniel
