June 10
People born on this day are Gemini.
- 1994
China conducts a nuclear test for DF-31 warhead at Area C (Beishan), Lop Nur, its prominence being due to the Cox Report.
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Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without the participation of Sinn Féin.
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Before fleeing his northern stronghold, Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members.
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Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.
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Pope John Paul II canonizes Lebanon's first female saint, Saint Rafqa.
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The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwick in the United Kingdom.
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The Spirit rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.
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Sudan Airways Flight 109 crashes at Khartoum International Airport, killing 30 people.
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Eighty-eight year-old James Wenneker von Brunn opens fire inside the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and fatally shoots Museum Special Police Officer Stephen Tyrone Johns. Other security guards returned fire, wounding von Brunn, who was apprehended.
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The Opportunity rover sends its last message back to Earth. The mission was finally declared over on February 13, 2019.
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A plane crash in Malawi leaves 10 people dead, including the country's Vice President Saulos Chilima.
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Eleven people are killed, including the perpetrator, and eleven others are injured, in a mass shooting at a secondary school in Graz, Austria.
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2001Julien Alfred, Saint Lucian sprinter
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1999Rafael Leão, Portuguese footballer
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1999Blanche, Belgian singer
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1998Ryan Papenhuyzen, Australian rugby league player
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1997Cheung Ka-long, Hong Kong foil fencer, 2020 Olympic champion
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1996Wen Junhui, Chinese singer and actor
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1992Kate Upton, American model and actress
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1991Alexa Scimeca Knierim, American figure skater
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1989David Miller, South African cricketer
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1989Alexandra Stan, Romanian singer-songwriter, dancer, and model
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1988Jeff Teague, American basketball player
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1987Martin Harnik, German-Austrian footballer
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