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June 10

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1922

Judy Garland

Would be 104

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Gustave Courbet

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Famous births5

1819 · 207 yrs

Gustave Courbet

Jean Désiré Gustave Courbet (UK: KOOR-bay; US: koor-BAY; French:; 10 June 1819 – 31 December 1877) was a French painter who led the Realism movement in 19th-century French painting.

ArtWould be 207

Photo: Nadar · Public domain

1915 · 111 yrs

Saul Bellow

Saul Bellow (born Solomon Bellows; June 10, 1915 – April 5, 2005) was an American writer. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the 1976 Nobel Prize in Literature, and the National Medal of Arts.

LiteratureWould be 111

Photo: Photograph by Jeff Lowenthal. Published by Viking Press. · Public domain

1921 · 105 yrs

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, later Philip Mountbatten; 10 June 1921 – 9 April 2021), was the husband of Queen Elizabeth II and served as consort of the British monarch from her accession on 6 February 1952 until his death in 2021, making him the longest-serving royal…

MilitaryWould be 105

Photo: Allan Warren · CC BY-SA 3.0

1922 · 104 yrs

Judy Garland

Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American actress, singer, and vaudevillian whose career spanned four decades. She is known for her artistic range and strong contralto voice, working in a variety of genres including musicals, comedies, and dramas.

MusicWould be 104

Photo: Eric Carpenter (1909-1976) for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . · Public domain

1959 · 67 yrs

Carlo Ancelotti

Carlo Ancelotti (Italian pronunciation:; born 10 June 1959) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of the Brazil national team. Nicknamed Carletto in Italy and Don Carlo in Spain, he is regarded as one of the greatest football managers of all time.

SportsAge 67

Photo: Bryan Berlin · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous deaths8

1836 · 190 yrs

André-Marie Ampère

André-Marie Ampère (20 January 1775 – 10 June 1836) was a French physicist and mathematician who was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as electrodynamics. He made also important contributions in chemistry and philosophy.

ScienceWould be 251

Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · Public domain

1926 · 100 yrs

Antoni Gaudí

Antoni Gaudí i Cornet ( gow-DEE, GOW-dee; Catalan:; 25 June 1852 – 10 June 1926) was a Catalan architect and designer, widely known as the greatest exponent of Catalan Modernisme. Gaudí's works have a sui generis style, with most located in Barcelona, including his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família church.

ArtWould be 174

Photo: Pau Audouard Deglaire · Public domain

1934 · 92 yrs

Lev Vygotsky

Lev Semyonovich Vygotsky (Russian: Лев Семёнович Выготский, IPA:; Belarusian: Леў Сямёнавіч Выгоцкі; 17 November 1896 – June 11, 1934) was a Russian and Soviet psychologist, best known for his work on psychological development in children and creating the framework known as cultural-historical activity theory.

LiteratureWould be 129

Photo: Unknown author · Public domain

1949 · 77 yrs

Sigrid Undset

Sigrid Undset (Norwegian pronunciation:; 20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Danish-born Norwegian novelist. She was awarded the 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature.

LiteratureWould be 144

Photo: Aage Remfeldt / Aage Rasmussen (1889-1983) · Public domain

1967 · 59 yrs

Spencer Tracy

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy (April 5, 1900 – June 10, 1967) was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility.

FilmWould be 126

Photo: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (work for hire) · Public domain

2004 · 22 yrs

Ray Charles

Ray Charles Robinson (September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century and was often referred to by contemporaries as "The Genius".

MusicWould be 96

Photo: William Morris Agency (management)/Photo by Maurice Seymour, New York. · Public domain

2008 · 18 yrs

Chingiz Aĭtmatov

Chinghiz Torekulovich Aitmatov (12 December 1928 – 10 June 2008) was a Kyrgyz author who wrote mainly in Russian, but also in Kyrgyz. He is one of the best-known figures in Kyrgyz literature.

LiteratureWould be 97

Photo: Госсоветник Татарстана · CC BY 4.0

2023 · 3 yrs

Ted Kaczynski

Theodore John Kaczynski ( kə-ZIN-skee; May 22, 1942 – June 10, 2023), also known as the Unabomber ( YOU-na-bom-ər), was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist. A mathematics prodigy, he abandoned his academic career in 1969 to pursue a reclusive primitive lifestyle and lone wolf terrorism campaign.

ScienceWould be 84

Photo: Federal Bureau of Investigation · Public domain

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