June 10: Queen's Official Birthday in the United Kingdom and several other Commonwealth countries (2017)
John Diefenbaker
- 1329 – Byzantine–Ottoman wars: A heavily-armed Greek force was defeated in the Battle of Pelekanon.
- 1838 – More than 25 Australian Aborigines were massacred near Inverell, New South Wales.
- 1935 – American physician Bob Smith had his last alcoholic drink, marking the traditional founding date of Alcoholics Anonymous.
- 1957 – Led by John Diefenbaker (pictured), the Progressive Conservative Party won a plurality of the seats in the Canadian House of Commons in the federal election, bringing an end to 22 years of Liberal Party rule.
- 2008 – War in Afghanistan: An airstrike by the United States resulted in the deaths of eleven paramilitary troops of the Pakistan Army Frontier Corps and eight Taliban fighters in Pakistan's tribal areas.
Abu al-Wafa' Buzjani (b. 940) · Isabella Andreini (d. 1604) · Saul Bellow (b. 1915)
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