Today in History - History - June 10th

197925th LPGA Championship won by Donna Caponi Young

1963US President JFK signs law for equal pay for equal work for men & women

1921Babe Ruth becomes all time HR champ with #120 (Gavvy Cravath)

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

1540Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminster

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

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

1834HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails Pacific Ocean

1972Elvis Presley records a live album at NY's Madison Square Garden

1990Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship

1965Elizabeth Hurley, Basingstroke England, actress (Christabel)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)