Today in History, 6/10

1190: During the Third Crusade, Frederick I of Barbarossa drown in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem.
1688: James Francis Edward Stuart "The Old Pretender" is born.1692: During the Salem Witch Trials, Bridget Bishop is hanged at Gallows Hill for allegedly practicing witchcraft.
1770: Captain James Cook discovers the Great Barrier Reef by running into it.
1805: During the First Barbary War, Yussif Karamanli signs a treaty with the United States ending hostilities.
1846: The Republic of California declares independence from Mexico.
1889: Sessue Hayakawa is born. He is best known in this country for playing the villainous Colonel Saito in The Bridge on the River Kwai.

1895: Hattie McDaniel is born. She is the first black person to win the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Gone With the Wind.1898: During the Spanish American war, US Marines land on Cuba.
1910: Howlin' Wolf, bluesman is born.

1915: Saul Bellow is born.1922: Judy Garland is born. Here she is in Meet Me in St. Louis.

1928: Maurice Sendak is born. He wrote Where the Wild Things Are.1935: Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink and founds Alcoholics Anonymous with Bill Wilson.
1940: Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.
1941: Jurgen Prochnow is born. He's best known for playing the captain of the U-Boat in Das Boot but he was also one of the very few good things about the 1984 version of Dune where he played Duke Leto Atreides.1944: 15-year old Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati Reds becomes the youngest person ever to play in a major league baseball game.1947: Saab produces its first automobile.
1965: Elizabeth Hurley is born.1967: The Six-Day War ends when Israel and Syria sign a cease fire.

Today in History elements mostly cribbed from The History Channel, Wikipedia, The New York Times, The Jewish World Review, The Writer's Almanac and anything else I can dig up.