June 10 is the 161st day of the year (162nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 204 days remaining until the end of the year.
June 10: Portugal Day
More anniversaries:
1829 – In rowing, Oxford defeated Cambridgein the first Boat Race (2002 race pictured)held on the Thames in London.
1865 – Richard Wagner's revolutionaryTristan und Isolde received its premiere in Munich.
1925 – The United Church of Canada, the country's largest Protestant church, held its inaugural service inToronto's Mutual Street Arena.
1957 – Led by John Diefenbaker, the Progressive Conservative Party won a plurality of the seats in theCanadian House of Commons in the federal election, bringing an end to 22 years of Liberal Party rule.
2008 – War in Afghanistan: An airstrike by the United States resulted in the deaths of eleven paramilitary troops of the Pakistan Army Frontier Corps and eight Talibanfighters in Pakistan's tribal areas.