Today in history: June 10
President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at eliminating wage disparities based on gender, and more events that happened on this day in history.
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1922: Judy Garland
In 1922, singer-actor Judy Garland was born Frances Ethel Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minnesota.
1942: Lidice, Czechoslovakia
In 1942, during World War II, German forces massacred 173 male residents of Lidice (LIH’-dyiht-zeh), Czechoslovakia, in retaliation for the killing of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich.
1944: Oradour-sur-Glane
In 1944, German forces massacred 642 residents of the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane.
1963: The Equal Pay Act
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy signed into law the Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at eliminating wage disparities based on gender.
1967: The Six Day War
In 1967, six days of war in the Mideast involving Israel, Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq ended as Israel and Syria accepted a United Nations-mediated cease-fire.
1971: Richard Nixon
In 1971, President Richard M. Nixon lifted a two-decades-old trade embargo on China.
1977: James Earl Ray
In 1977, James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., escaped from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Tennessee with six others; he was recaptured June 13.
1978: Affirmed
In 1978, Affirmed, ridden by Steve Cauthen, won the 110th Belmont Stakes to claim horse racing’s 11th Triple Crown.
2004: Ray Charles
In 2004, singer-musician Ray Charles died in Beverly Hills, California, at age 73.
2011: Robert Gates
Ten years ago: In a stern rebuke, Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned in Brussels that the future of the historic NATO military alliance was at risk because of European penny pinching and a distaste for front-line combat.
2013: George Zimmerman
In 2013, jury selection began in Sanford, Florida, in the trial of neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman, charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. (Zimmerman was acquitted.)
2016: Christina Grimmie
Five years ago: Singer Christina Grimmie, 22, a finalist on NBC’s “The Voice,” was shot to death during a meet-and-greet after giving a concert in Orlando, Florida, by an apparently obsessed fan who then killed himself.
2016: Gordie Howe
Five years ago: “Mr. Hockey” Gordie Howe, who set scoring records that stood for decades, died in Sylvania, Ohio, at 88.
2016: Muhammad Ali
Five years ago: Muhammad Ali was laid to rest in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, after an all-day send-off.
2020: Donald Trump
One year ago: President Donald Trump said his administration would “not even consider” changing the name of any of the 10 Army bases that were named for Confederate Army officers.