Today is Friday, June 10, the 163rd day of 2016. There are 203 days left in the year.
1760 — NY passes first effective law regulating practice of medicine
1801 — Tripoli declares war on U.S. for refusing tribute
1865 — Wagner’s "Tristan und Isolde" premieres in Munich
1898 — U.S. Marines land in Cuba, during Spanish-American War
1916 — Great Arab Revolt begin
1932 — First demonstration of artificial lightning Pittsfield Mass
1940 — Italy declares war on France & Britain during WW II
1942 — Massacre at Lidice (Czechoslovakia) Gestapo kills 173
1946 — Italian Republic established
1984 — Ivan Lendl wins the French Open, his first grand slam