Historical Events -  June 10

1854: The very first batch of students of the United States Naval Academy graduated. 

1924: Assassination of Italian socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti.

1940: World War II – Norway surrendered to Germany.

1944: World War II – Six hundred forty-two men, women, and children massacred at Oradour-Sur-Glane, France.

1966: The famous airplanes, MIG, were designed for the first time in India at Ozar Airport of Nashik. 

1972: Elvis Presley recorded his live album at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

1977: One of the first home computers, Apple II was made available in the market for sale. 

1999: Ustad Zakir Hussain was selected for the prestigious National Heritage Award in the United States.

2003: Spirit, one of the two rovers of NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Mission was launched. 

Famous Birthdays   – June 10  

1213: Fakhr al-Din Ibrahim Iraqi, Persian Sufi master, poet, and writer.

1938: Rahul Bajaj, an Indian billionaire businessman, and philanthropist.

1955: Prakash Padukone, a former Indian badminton player.

1960: Nandamuri Balakrishna, an Indian film actor and politician. 

1972: Sundar Pichai, an Indian-American business executive. He is the chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google.

1977: Mika Singh, an Indian singer, and performer.

 

Death Anniversaries - June 10

1836: André-Marie Ampère, a French physicist and mathematician.

1976: Adolph Zukor, one of the three founders of Paramount Pictures. 

2006: Gulabdas Broker, a Gujarati language author from India.