THE DAY IN HISTORY · JUNE 10
June 10 in history
What happened on June 10: 4 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1190, 1916, 1942 and 1963, each linked to the map that shows it.
— Death of Frederick Barbarossa
10 Jun 1190 — Frederick Barbarossa, the mightiest king of the age, drowns crossing a river in Cilicia. His great German army dissolves in grief and disease before it reaches the Holy Land.
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— Arab Revolt
10 Jun 1916 — Sharif Hussein of Mecca raises revolt against Ottoman rule, on British promises of Arab independence. His sons’ armies — with a liaison officer named T. E. Lawrence — will cut the Hejaz railway and enter Damascus in 1918.
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— Lidice massacre
10 Jun 1942 — In reprisal for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, German police shoot the 173 men of this Czech village, send its women to Ravensbrück and murder most of its children; the village is razed. Memories of occupation like this shaped how Czechs judged their German neighbours in 1945. Remember them.
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— JFK’s Commission on the Status of Women
Dec 1961 – Oct 1963 — Chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt until her death, Kennedy’s Commission on the Status of Women documents unequal pay and laws state by state. On 10 June 1963 Kennedy signs the Equal Pay Act.
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