What happend on 10th June

09.06
11.06
2003

The Spirit Rover is launched, beginning NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission.

2001

Pope John Paul II canonized Saint Rafqa

1999

Kosovo War: NATO suspends its air strikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo.

1997

Khmer Rouge leader Pol Pot orders the killing of his defense chief Son Sen and 11 of Sen's family members before Pol Pot flees his northern stronghold.

1996

Peace talks begin in Northern Ireland without Sinn Féin.

1991

In what was dubbed "The Mother of All Parades," New York City hosts a parade welcoming back troops from Operation Desert Storm.

1980

The African National Congress in South Africa publishes a call to fight from their imprisoned leader Nelson Mandela.

1980

Percy Wood, president of United Airlines, is injured by an exploding package sent by the Unabomber.

1978

Costa Rica becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

1977

James Earl Ray escapes from Brushy Mountain State Prison in Petros, Tennessee, but is recaptured on June 13.