June 10 in History

• 1190

  June 10, 1190:

  In an attempt to cross the Saleph River as part of the Third Crusade, Frederick I, the Holy Roman Emperor drowns.

• 1692

  June 10, 1692:

  Bridget Bishop, one of the Salem Witch Trials’ victims, found guilty of witchcraft and becomes the first to be hanged.

• 1847

  June 10, 1847:

  The Chicago Tribune newspaper is published for the first time.

• 1868

  June 10, 1868:

  Michael III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.

• 1940

  June 10, 1940:

  Benito Mussolini’s Italy makes a war declaration against Great Britain and France.

• 1944

  June 10, 1944:

  Joe Nuxhall, at 15 years old, debuts in Major League Baseball becoming the youngest person to play in the league.

• 1966

  June 10, 1966:

  Singer Janis Joplin performs her first concert at the San Francisco-based Avalon Ballroom.

• 1977

  June 10, 1977:

  Apple Computer Inc. ships the first Apple II computer.

• 2002

  June 10, 2002:

  21-year-old Clint Messina, who stole a Krispy Kreme doughnut delivery truck in March, gets arrested.

• 2007

  June 10, 2007:

  HBO airs the series finale of the crime drama television series, “The Sopranos”, watched by an estimated 12 million people.