June 10th

June 10 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 194 days remaining until the end of time.

1752 Ben Franklin's kite is struck by lightning— what a shock!

1899 Improved Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks forms in Cincinnati. Hmm, I wonder how it was improved. . .

1915 Girl Scouts are founded

1935 Lovers Dr. Robert Smith and William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous to blame their relationship on drinking too much.

1944 With the war still raging, Joe Nuxhall, 15, of Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player in major league history

1963 President John F. Kennedy signs law for equal pay for equal work for men and women

1977 James Earl Ray (Martin Luther King's assassin) escapes from prison

1981 IRA's Joseph Doherty escapes from Crumlin Road Jail

1985 The glove don’t fit: Claus von Bulow acquitted on charges he tried to murder his wife

1985 Coca Cola brings back their 99-year-old formula

1988 Greatest number of participants, 31,678, on a bicycle tour, London

1990 Rap group 2 Live crew members arrested in Florida for obscenity

1991 "Twin Peaks" airs on ABC-TV

1922 Frances Ethel Gumm, sacred US treasure 

1928 Maurice Sendak, gay US author/illustrator (Where the Wild Things Are) 

1945 Ron Glass, maybe gay US actor 

1955 Andrew Stevens, US actor/celebuspawn  

1963 Tony Ward, US model/actor /professional boy-toy 

1964 Vincent Perez, Swiss actor 

1964 Ben Daniels, English actor 

1968 Domiziano Arcangeli, Italian actor 

1972 Jeremy Webb, gay US actor 

1974 Costantino Vitagliano, Italian model 

1976 Michel Brown, Argentine actor/composer 

1976 Stefan Postma, Dutch soccer player/Call Me Peggy

1978 Scott Neal, English actor (Beautiful Thing) 

1984 Ryan Thomas, English actor 

1984 Dirk van Tichelt, Belgian judo champion 

1986 Andrew Schimmer, Filipino actor 

1987 He Chong, hawt Chinese diver 

356BCE Alexander the Great, gay Macedonian conqueror, not so great anymore.

1973 William Inge, gay US playwright (Come Back Little Sheba), finds this no picnic

1982 Rainer Werner Fassbinder, gay German director/actor, hat eine Reise ins Licht

2004 Ray Charles, US blues legend (Georgia on My Mind), sees the light