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 while crossing a river in Cilicia. His great German army breaks apart amid grief and disease before reaching the Holy Land.
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— Arab Revolt
10 Jun 1916 — British promises of Arab independence help bring Sharif Hussein of Mecca into revolt against Ottoman rule. His sons’ armies, accompanied by liaison officer T. E. Lawrence, go on to cut the Hejaz railway and enter Damascus in 1918.
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— Lidice massacre
10 Jun 1942 — German police exact reprisals for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich at the Czech village of Lidice. They shoot its 173 men, send the women to Ravensbrück, murder most of the children and raze the village. Memories of occupation, including atrocities like this one, shaped how Czechs judged their German neighbors in 1945. Remember them.
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— JFK’s Commission on the Status of Women
Dec 1961 – Oct 1963 — Kennedy’s Commission on the Status of Women examines unequal pay and laws state by state. Eleanor Roosevelt chairs it until her death. On 10 June 1963, Kennedy signs the Equal Pay Act.
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