Portal:United States/Anniversaries/June/June 10
- 1805 – Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States.
- 1898 – American Marines land on the island of Cuba as part of the Spanish–American War.
- 1928 – Maurice Sendak, best known as the author of the book Where the Wild Things Are, is born.
- 1935 – Dr. Robert Smith and Bill Wilson found Alcoholics Anonymous in Akron, Ohio.
- 1944 – In baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhall (pictured) of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever to play in a major-league game.
- 2003 – The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission. It would land on Mars in January of 2004 and operate though 2010, despite only being expected to operate for 90 days.
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Events
- 1692 – Salem witch trials: Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill near Salem, Massachusetts, for "certaine Detestable Arts called Witchcraft & Sorceries".
- 1805 – First Barbary War: Yussif Karamanli signs a treaty ending hostilities with the United States.
- 1846 – Mexican–American War: The California Republic declares independence from Mexico.
- 1854 – The first class of United States Naval Academy students graduate.
- 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.
- 1871 – Sinmiyangyo: Captain McLane Tilton leads 109 Marines in naval attack on Han River forts on Kanghwa Island, Korea.
- 1886 – Eruption of Mount Tarawera in New Zealand, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces.
- 1898 – Spanish–American War: US Marines land on the island of Cuba.
- 1935 – Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by Bill Wilson and Dr. Bob.
- 1940 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with "Stab in the Back" speech from the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia.
- 1944 – In baseball, 15–year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major–league game.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: Battle of Dong Xoai begins.
- 1973 – John Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy.
- 1977 – James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13.
- 1977 – Apple Computer ships its first Apple II personal computer.
- 1992 – Fatal ambush of U.S. Army Humvee in Panama on eve of President George H. W. Bush's visit to that country
- 2003 – The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.