On This Day:
Tuesday June 10, 2014 This is the 161st day of the year, with 204 days remaining in 2014. Fact of the Day: The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing The Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing consists of the following races: the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky; the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland; and the Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. The classic American races began in 1875, 1873, and 1867, respectively. To win the Triple Crown is to win all three races in one season; the first horse to do so was Sir Barton in 1919. The Triple Crown was given official status in 1987.
Holidays Feast day of St. Ithamar, St. Bogumilus, St. Landericus of Paris, and St. Getulius and his Companions.
Australia: Queen's Birthday.
Congo: Day of National Reconciliation.
Jordan: Great Arab Revolt and Army Day.
Portugal: Day of Portugal / Portugal Day.
Macao: Camoes and Portuguese Communities Day.
Events 1854 - The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, holds its first graduation.
1898 - U.S. Marines landed at Guantnamo Bay and for a month fought a land war in Cuba, ending Spanish colonial rule in the Western Hemisphere.
1940 - Italy declared war on France and Britain; Canada declared war on Italy. (World War II)
1940 - Norway surrendered to Nazi Germany.
1943 - The ball-point pen was patented in the U.S.A. by Laszlo Biro.
1946 - Italy replaced its abolished monarchy with a republic.
1954 - General Motors announced the first successful gas-turbine bus.
1967 - The Six-Day War ended as Israel and Syria agreed to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire.
2003 - The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
Births 1840 - Henry Morton Stanley, American journalist and explorer.
1915 - Saul Bellow, American novelist.
1922 - Judy Garland (Frances Gumm), American singer, actress.
1923 - Robert Maxwell, Czechoslovak-born English publisher.
1928 - Maurice Sendak, American illustrator and writer.
1933 - F. Lee Bailey, American defense attorney.
1964 - Jimmy Chamberlin, American musician.
1965 - Elizabeth Hurley, British actress.
Deaths 1870 - Charles Dickens, Victorian era English novelist.
1967 - Spencer Tracy, American film actor.
1976 - Adolph Zukor, Hungarian-born producer, and founder of Paramount Pictures.
2002 - John Gotti, American mobster and boss of the Gambino Crime Family.
2004 - Ray Charles, American singer, pianist, composer.
2005 - Curtis Pitts, American aircraft designer.
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