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From 1946 to 1980, he played 26 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) and six seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA); his first 25 seasons were spent with the Detroit Red Wings.
Notable Deaths on June 10
2016 — Gordie Howe
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1928)
June 10 has 122 recorded notable deaths across history, from 38 to 2025. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
122 source records
38 – 2025
Today in history
Major events on June 10
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- 1963 The Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on sex, is signed into law by John F. Kennedy as part of his New Frontier Program. Source
- 1805 First Barbary War: Yusuf Karamanli signs a treaty ending the hostilities between Tripolitania and the United States. Source
- 1964 United States Senate breaks a 75-day filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1964, leading to the bill's passage. Source
- 1940 World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt denounces Italy's actions in his "Stab in the Back" speech at the graduation ceremonies of the University of Virginia. Source
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Frederick I's nickname of Barbarossa "was first used by the Florentines only in 1298 to differentiate the emperor from his grandson, Frederick II ...
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Hafez al-Assad was a Syrian politician and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000.
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At the time of his death, almost all of his 105 existing works were still in print, and he was "one of the world's most popular writers".
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Rainer Werner Fassbinder directed over 40 films that span a variety of genres; frequently his work blends elements of Hollywood melodrama with social criticism and avant-garde techniques.
More major people who died on June 10
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1190
Frederick I
Holy Roman Emperor (born 1122)
Frederick Barbarossa, also known as Frederick I, was the Holy Roman Emperor from 1155 until his death in 1190. He was elected King of Germany in Frankfurt on 4 March 1152 and crowned in Aachen on 9 March 1152.
2000
Hafez al-Assad
Syrian general and politician, 18th President of Syria (born 1930)
Hafez al-Assad was a Syrian politician and military officer who served as the president of Syria from 1971 until his death in 2000.
1988
Louis L'Amour
American novelist and short story writer (born 1908)
Louis Dearborn L'Amour was an American novelist and short story writer. His books consisted primarily of Western novels, though he called his work "frontier stories".
1982
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
German actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1945)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder, sometimes credited as R. W. Fassbinder, was a German filmmaker, dramatist and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the major figures and catalysts of the New German Cinema movement.
1924
Giacomo Matteotti
Italian lawyer and politician (born 1885)
Giacomo Matteotti was an Italian socialist and anti-fascist politician who served as the opposition leader and as secretary of the Unitary Socialist Party (PSU) from 1922 to 1924.
1437
Joan of Navarre
Queen of England (born 1370)
Joan of Navarre, also known as Joanna was Duchess of Brittany by marriage to Duke John IV and later Queen of England as the wife of King Henry IV. Joan was a daughter of Charles II of Navarre and Joan of France.
1580
Luís de Camões
Portuguese poet (born 1524–25)
Luís Vaz de Camões, sometimes rendered in English as Camoens or Camoëns, was a Portuguese poet, considered Portugal's and the Portuguese language's greatest poet.
1849
Robert Brown
Scottish botanist (born 1773)
Robert Brown was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope.
2024
Victims in the 2024 Chikangawa Dornier 228 crash:
Saulos Klaus Chilima was a Malawian economist and politician who served as Vice President of Malawi from 2014 to 2019 and again from 2020 until his death in 2024.
2012
Warner Fusselle
American sportscaster (born 1944)
Warner Fusselle was an American sportscaster remembered for contributions to the television shows This Week in Baseball and Major League Baseball Magazine, and for his memorable Southern voice.
2005
Curtis Pitts
American aircraft designer, designed the Pitts Special (born 1915)
Curtis Hardeman Pitts was an American aircraft designer, aircraft manufacturer, crop duster, and airport fixed-base operator.
1946
Jack Johnson
American boxer (born 1878)
John Arthur Johnson, nicknamed the "Galveston Giant", was an American boxer who, at the height of the Jim Crow era, became the first black world heavyweight boxing champion (1908–1915). His 1910 fight against James J.
1936
John Bowser
English-Australian politician, 26th Premier of Victoria (born 1856)
Sir John Bowser, Australian politician, was the 26th Premier of Victoria. He was born in London, the son of an army officer, and arrived in Melbourne as a child with his family.
1967
Spencer Tracy
American actor (born 1900)
Spencer Bonaventure Tracy was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility.
1902
Jacint Verdaguer
Catalan priest and poet (born 1845)
Jacint Verdaguer i Santaló was a Spanish writer and priest, regarded as one of the greatest poets of Catalan literature and a prominent literary figure of the Renaixença, a cultural revival movement of the late Romantic…
1836
André-Marie Ampère
French physicist and mathematician (born 1775)
André-Marie Ampère was a French physicist and mathematician who was one of the founders of the science of classical electromagnetism, which he referred to as electrodynamics.
2018
Neal E. Boyd
American singer, winner of the 2008 season of America's Got Talent (born 1975)
Neal Evans Boyd was an American singer who developed an interest in opera after listening to the performances of the Three Tenors. Despite being raised in conditions of poverty within the U.S.
1791
Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte
French admiral (born 1720)
Lieutenant général des armées navales Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte was a French Navy officer. Over a career spanning 50 years, he served under Louis XV and Louis XVI and took part in 34 military engagements.
1996
Jo Van Fleet
American actress (born 1915)
Jo Van Fleet was an American stage, film, and television actress. During her long career, which spanned over four decades, she often played characters much older than her actual age.