Once Upon A Time – June 10 – 1720 – Mrs Clements Of England Markets 1st Paste-Style Mustard

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 the 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

More Historical Events
Jun 10 in Film & TV
2007 “The Sopranos” series finale on HBO (infamous “cut to black” ending)

Jun 10 in Music
1865 Richard Wagner’s opera “Tristan und Isolde” premieres in Munich, Germany

Jun 10 in Sport
1977 American golfer Al Geiberger becomes first player in history to post a sub-60 score, 59 (−13) in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event, during the 2nd round Danny Thomas Memphis Classic at Colonial CC in Cordova, Tennessee

MORE FACTS…
1720 Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard

1845 Andrew Jackson’s African Grey parrot “Poll” is removed from his funeral for swearing at The Hermitage, Tennessee. Funeral attendee William Menefee Norment recorded: “Before the sermon and while the crowd was gathering, a wicked parrot that was a household pet got excited and commenced swearing so loud and long as to disturb the people and had to be carried from the house”

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