Today is Friday, June 10, the 161st day of 2022 with 204 to follow.
The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn, Uranus and Venus.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Gemini. They include French painter Gustave Courbet in 1819; actor Hattie McDaniel in 1895; Broadway composer Frederick Loewe in 1901; Nobel literature laureate Saul Bellow in 1915; Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, in 1921; Hollywood icon Judy Garland in 1922; children's author/illustrator Maurice Sendak in 1928; attorney F. Lee Bailey in 1933; football Hall of Fame member Dan Fouts in 1951 (age 71); actor Andrew Stevens in 1955 (age 67); actor Carolyn Hennesy in 1962 (age 60); model/actor Elizabeth Hurley in 1965 (age 57); comedian/actor Bill Burr in 1968 (age 54); former Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal in 1971 (age 51); singer Faith Evans in 1973 (age 49); screenwriter Dustin Lance Black in 1974 (age 48); choreographer/dancer Benjamin Millepied in 1977 (age 45); actor Shane West in 1978 (age 44); country singer Lee Brice in 1979 (age 43); actor Jonathan Bennett in 1981 (age 41); Olympic figure skater Tara Lipinski in 1982 (age 40); Swedish Princess Madeleine in 1982 (age 40); actor/artist Leelee Sobieski in 1983 (age 39); actor Tristin Mays in 1990 (age 32); model/actor Kate Upton in 1992 (age 30); Sasha Obama, daughter of former President Barack Obama, in 2001 (age 21).
On this date in history:
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.
A thought for the day: "I was born at the age of 12 on an MGM lot." -- American actor Judy Garland