TOP TEN LISTS
Today in History
Wednesday, 10 June 2026
2003
The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
2002
The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
2001
Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
1999
Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
1997
Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
1996
Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
1980
The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.
1977
James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13.
Apple ships its first Apple II personal computer.
1973
John Paul Getty III, grandson of billionaire J. Paul Getty, is kidnapped in Rome, Italy.
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