Today in History - History - June 10th

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

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

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

1990Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Golf Championship

1943FDR becomes 1st US president to visit a foreign country during wartime

1540Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminster

197319th LPGA Championship won by Mary Mills

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

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

197925th LPGA Championship won by Donna Caponi Young

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

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

1965Elizabeth Hurley, Basingstroke England, actress (Christabel)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2002John Gotti, American gangster (b. 1940)