June 10

Today in History
• 1194 - Major fire at Chartres Cathedral, France
• 1610 - 1st Dutch settlers arrive (from NJ), to colonize Manhattan Island
• 1639 - 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware)
• 1652 - In Boston, John Hull opens the 1st mint in America
• 1720 - Mrs Clements of England markets first paste-style mustard
• 1752 - Benjamin Franklin tests the lightning conductor with his kite-flying experiment
• 1760 - NY passes 1st effective law regulating practice of medicine
• 1793 - 1st public zoo opens in Paris


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Abolition Day
• National Ballpoint Pen Day
• National Egg Roll Day
• National EHS Awareness Day
• National Iced Tea Day
• Portugal Day
• Slavery Abolition Day (French Guiana)
• Worldwide Knit in Public Day

Birthdays
• 867 - Uda, 59th Emperor of Japan (887-897)
• 1613 - Johann Georg II, Elector of Saxony (1656-80)
• 1637 - Jacques Marquette, French Jesuit missionary explorer
• 1688 - James III Edward, Old Pretender, recognized as King of Britain by Pope
• 1735 - John Morgan, American physician-in-chief of Continental Army
• 1753 - William Eustis, 12th Governor of Massachusetts (1823-25)
• 1803 - Henry Darcy, French hydraulic engineer (Darcy's Law)
• 1832 - Nikolaus Otto, German engineer (gas motor, otto motor)