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First Salem witch hanging
Alcoholics Anonymous founded
Franklin flies kite during thunderstorm
Esprit Flchier French writer and bishop (d. 1710)
Jacques Marquette jesuitmissionary founder (Chicago)
James Cragg the Elder British politician (d. 1721)
James Francis Edward Stuart The old Pretender claimed thrones of England and Scotland as James IIIJames VIII (d. 1766)
Princess Caroline Elizabeth of Great Britain fourth child and third daughter of King George II of Great Britain and his wife Caroline of Ansbach born in Herrenhausen Palace Hanover (d. 1757)
John Morgan American physician-in-chief of Continental Army
William Eustis 12th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1825)
Amable-G-P B de Barante French politicianhistorian
Hermann Schlegel German ornithologist (d. 1884)
Friedrich Kaiser Dutch astronomer (Kaiser compass-card)
J D Gustave Courbet French realist painter (Demoiselles the la Seine)
John Jacob Astor III American businessman (Astor Estate holdings) born in New York (d. 1890)
W. A. Remy [Wilhelm Mayer] Austro-Bohemian composer (d. 1898)
Nikolaus A Otto German technician (gas motor otto motor)
Hendrik Pierson Dutch theologist (HP Foundation)
Rebecca Latimer Felton U.S. Senator (d. 1930)
Yamaoka Tesshu Japanese swordsmanmaster of kendo
Meyer van Beem Dutch actor (Mottige Janus Black Venus) born in Amsterdam Noord-Holland Netherlands (d. 1924)
Ludvig Holstein-Ledreborg Council President of Denmark (d. 1912)
Thomas Fentress Toon Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1902)
Albert Neuhuys Dutch painter of peasant families (Laren School) born in Utrecht Netherlands (d. 1914)
Karl Hagenbeck German animal trainer (Von Tieren und Menschen)
Jacques F H Perk Dutch poet (Iris Wood Song)
Joseph Cuypers Dutch architect (St Bavo Haarlem) born in Roermond the Netherlands (d. 1949)
Pierre Duhem French naturalist philosopher and historian born in Paris (d. 1916)
Mrs. Leslie Carter American actress and writer (Rocky Mountain Mystery The Heart of Maryland) born in Lexington Kentucky (d. 1937)
Louis M A Couperus Dutch poetwriter (Eline Vere)
Frederick A Cook American explorer claimed to have 1st discovered North Pole born in Callicoon New York (d. 1940)
Gustave Vanzype Belgian literaryheaded La Gazette
Margit Kaffka Hungarian writer (Colors and Years) born in Nagykroly (d. 1918)
Leone Sextus Tollemache British Army captain who was incorrectly alleged to have the longest English surname on record (Leone Sextus Denys Oswolf Fraudatifilius Tollemache-Tollemache de Orellana Plantagenet Tollemache-Tollemache) born in Lincolnshire England (d. 1917)
Leo Weismantel German writer (Der Reiter der Apocalypse)
Cliff Clark American actor (Kid Glove Killer Golden Hoofs Vigilante Hideout) born in NYC New York (d. 1953)
Jun 10 1194 Major fire at Chartres Cathedral France leads to it rebuilt as the high point of French Gothic style
Jun 10 1358 French Jacquerie peasant leader Guillaume Cale captured at the Battle of Mello
Jun 10 1502 Crimean Khan defeats the Great Horde in battle near Worskla leading to disintegration of the Great Horde