Sunday, June 10, 2018

On This Day in History

June 10, 2018

 Historical Events

1190  Third Crusade: Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa drowns while crossing the Saleph River (modern Turkey) leading an army to Jerusalem
1786  A landslide dam on the Dadu River caused by earthquake ten days earlier collapses, killing 100,000 in the Sichuan province of China
1898  US Marines land in Cuba during Spanish-American War
1916  Great Arab Revolt begins against ruling Ottoman turks
1963  US Equal Pay Act signed into law by President John F. Kennedy
1977  Apple Computer ships its first Apple II computers
2003  The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission
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