Friday 10 June 2011

On This Day - 10th June


1904 - Frederick Loewe born
1915 - Saul Bellow born
1921 - HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh is born. He was born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark and became the husband of Elizabeth II. He is the United Kingdom's longest-serving consort and the oldest serving spouse of a reigning British monarch.

1922 - Judy Garland born
1928 - Maurice Sendak born
1933 - F. Lee Bailey born
1957 - Michael Burger born
1965 - Elizabeth Hurley born
1967 - Israeli forces stop their advance into Syria and comply with a UN ceasefire bringing to an end six days of fighting on three fronts.
1977 - An elusive goldfish-eating perch with a prodigious appetite is finally netted after two years on the rampage in a Kent pond.
1978 - Shane West born
1981 - Hoku Ho born
1982 - Leelee Sobieski and Tara Lipinski born


1986 - Patrick Joseph Magee is found guilty of planting the Brighton bomb which killed five people two years ago.
1999 - Nato suspends its 11-week aerial war on Kosovo as Serb troops begin to withdraw.
2000 - London's newest bridge is closed for safety checks after large crowds cause it to sway violently.

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