WHAT HAPPENED ON 10. JUNE
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Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces. (10. June 1886)

Spanish–American War: U.S. Marines land on the island of Cuba. (10. June 1898)

The Villisca Axe Murders were discovered in Villisca, Iowa. (10. June 1912)

An Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Empire led by Lawrence of Arabia breaks out. (10. June 1916)

The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel. (10. June 1918)

Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome. (10. June 1924)

Inaugural service for the United Church of Canada, a union of Presbyterian, Methodist, and Congregationalist churches, held in the Toronto Arena. (10. June 1925)

Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson. (10. June 1935)

Chaco War ends: a truce is called between Bolivia and Paraguay who had been fighting since 1932. (10. June 1935)

The Russian animation studio Soyuzmultfilm is founded. (10. June 1936)

World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia. (10. June 1940)

World War II: Norway surrenders to German forces. (10. June 1940)

World War II: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom. (10. June 1940)

World War II: Nazis burn the Czech village of Lidice in reprisal for the killing of Reinhard Heydrich. (10. June 1942)

World War II: 642 men, women and children are killed in the Oradour-sur-Glane Massacre in France. (10. June 1944)

World War II: In Distomo, Boeotia, Greece 218 men, women and children are massacred by German troops. (10. June 1944)

In baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game. (10. June 1944)

Australian Imperial Forces land in Brunei Bay to liberate Brunei. (10. June 1945)

Saab produces its first automobile. (10. June 1947)

John Diefenbaker leads the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada to a stunning upset in the Canadian federal election, 1957, ending 22 years of Liberal Party government. (10. June 1957)