Today in History - History - June 10th

1974Mike Schmidt hits a ball off public address speaker on Astrodome roof

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

1933Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Park flip their car into a ravine, and Parker suffers serious third degree burns from the accident which would affect her for the rest of her life

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

1540Thomas Cromwell arrested in Westminster

198959th French Womens Tennis Open: A Sanchez Vicario beats S Graf (7-6 3-6 7-5) favored Steffi Graf, also 1st Spaniard to win a grand slam title

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

1981Pete Rose ties Stan Musial's NL record of 3,630 hits

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

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

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

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

1965Elizabeth Hurley, Basingstroke England, actress (Christabel)

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

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

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

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

2002John Gotti, American gangster (b. 1940)

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