June 10th
Today in America's Present Past
1637 | Great Lakes explorer Jacques Marquette was born.
1639 | The first American log cabin was built at Fort Christina, Delaware.
1692 | Bridget Bishop, the first victim of the Salem Witch Trials, was hanged.
1752 | Benjamin Franklin tested his lightning conductor with his kite-flying experiment.
1760 | New York enacts the first effective law regulating the practice of medicine.
1768 | British customs officials seize John Hancock's ship, "The Liberty.”
1794 | Civil Rights: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Philadelphia formed.
1805 | War on Terror: A peace treaty that ended the First Barbary War was signed.
1822 | Entrepreneur John Jacob Astor III was born.
1835 | Politician Rebecca Latimer Felton was born.
1845 | POTUS: At the funeral of President Jackson, his African Grey parrot “Poll” had to be removed for loud, excessive swearing.
1847 | The Chicago Tribune began publishing.
1863 | Civil War: The Battle of Brice’s Crossroads.
1864 | Civil War: The Battle of Kellar’s Bridge.
1895 | Actress Hattie McDaniel was born.
1898 | U.S. forces land in Cuba during the Spanish-American War.
1899 | The Elks formed.
1907 | Painter Fairfield Porter was born.
1909 Cleric Edward Everett Hale died.
1915 | Novelist Saul Bellow is born.
1916 | SCOTUS: Justice Charles Evans Hughes resigns.
1922 | Actress Judy Garland was born.
1933 | POTUS: Democrat President Roosevelt signs an order establishing Mount Rushmore.
1935 | Alcoholics Anonymous is formed.
1940 | Activist Marcus Garvey died.
1943 | Journalist Jeff Greenfield was born.
1946 | Boxer Jack Johnson died.
1963 | POTUS: Democrat President Kennedy signs the Equal Pay legislation.
1967 | Actor Spencer Tracy died.
1972 | Entrepreneur Sundar Pinchai was born.
1977 | Martin Luther King, Jr. assassin James Earl Ray escaped from prison.
1988 | Writer Louis L'Amour died.
2002 | Outlaw John Gotti died.
2004 | Musician Ray Charles died.
2023 | Unabomber Ted Kacyzski died.