Today in History - History - June 10th

1863Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Miss; Nathan Bedford Forrest w/3500 defeats 8000 Feds

195050th US Golf Open: Ben Hogan shoots a 287 at Merion Golf Club PA

1540Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminster

1966Janis Joplin's 1st live concert (Avalon Ballroom in SF)

197949th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Victor Pecci (63 61 67 64)

2001Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint Saint Rafqa

1834HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails Pacific Ocean

1990Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship

198454th French Men Tennis: Ivan Lendl beats John McEnroe (3-6 2-6 6-4 7-5 7-5)

1933John Dillinger robs his first bank, in New Carlisle, Ohio. He takes $10, 600

1922Judy Garland, [Frances Gumm], Minnesota, actress/singer (Wizard of Oz)

1983Leelee Sobieski, New York City, American actress (Deep Impact, Joan of Arc, Uprising)

1915Saul Bellow, Lachine Quebec, Canadian-born American author (Mr Sammler's Planet, Nobel 1976)

1965Elizabeth Hurley, Basingstroke England, actress (Christabel)

1989Detroit Red Wings NHL player Steve Yzerman (24) weds Lisa Brennan

1962NFL running back Gale Sayers (19) weds his high school sweetheart Linda McNeil

1190Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1122)

1937Robert Borden, eighth Prime Minister of Canada, dies at 82

1099El Cid [Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar], Spanish general strategist, dies at 59

2004Ray Charles, Grammy winning crooner who blended gospel and blues, dies aged 73

2002John Gotti, American gangster (b. 1940)

323 BCAlexander the Great, Macedonian king, dies from either fever or excessive wine at 32, (or the 11th June)