Today in History - History - June 10th

1834HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails Pacific Ocean

199565th French Womens Tennis Open: Steffi Graf beats A.S. Vicario (7-6 4-6 6-0)

1190Third Crusade: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph River (now called the Göksu in modern Turkey) while leading an army to Jerusalem.

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

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

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

1540Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminster

1984Patty Sheehan wins LPGA McDonald's Kids Golf Classic

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

197319th LPGA Championship won by Mary Mills

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)

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

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

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

2002John Gotti, American gangster (b. 1940)

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

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