Today
Wednesday June 10 2026
- Day of the year
- 161/ 365
- Week
- 242,026
- Days left
- 20444%
- Moon
- 27%Waning crescent
Today is Wednesday, June 10, 2026. It is day 161 of 2026, a year of 365 days: 204 remain, and 44% of the year has gone. Under ISO 8601 this date falls in week 24.
What's celebrated on this date
No United Nations international day falls on this date.
Coming up
- June 12World Day Against Child Labour
- June 14World Blood Donor Day
- June 17World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Saints and name days
Saints whose feast falls on this date, most widely known first.
- John DominiciDominican friar, cardinal, writer and poet
- Olivia de Palermo5th‑century Sicilian teenage virgin and martyr, Christian saint, venerated in Palermo and Tunis
- Amalarius of MetzFrench priest, poet and writer
- Landry of ParisFrench bishop and saint
- Feodor KuzmichRussian saint
Sources : Wikidata (P841) · CC0 1.0
Astronomy
New York
- Sunrise
- 05:24
- Sunset
- 20:27
- Length of day
- 15h 2m+1 min vs yesterday
- Solar noon
- 12:56
Times shown for America/New_York
Season
Spring
began on March 20, 2026
Next season
Summer — 11 days, June 21, 2026 (June solstice)
Public holidays — United States
Not a public holiday in the United States.
Next public holiday : Juneteenth National Independence Day — June 19, 2026
National holidays only. Regions, provinces and Länder add their own.
Moon
Waning crescent
Illumination : 27%
Moon age : 24.8 days
- Next full moon
- June 29, 2026
- Next new moon
- June 15, 2026
Astrology
Today's zodiac sign
Gemini
until June 21, 2026 — Cancer
Zodiac dates are an astrological convention, not the Sun's actual position among the constellations. The astronomy above is measured; this is not.
On this day in history
1190
Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem. Wikipedia
1829
The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London. Wikipedia
1886
Mount Tarawera in New Zealand erupts, killing 153 people and burying the famous Pink and White Terraces. Eruptions continue for three months creating a large, 17 km (11 mi) long fissure across the mountain peak. Wikipedia
1898
Spanish–American War: In the Battle of Guantánamo Bay, U.S. Marines begin the American invasion of Spanish-held Cuba. Wikipedia
1924
Fascists kidnap and kill Italian Socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti in Rome. Wikipedia
1935
Dr. Robert Smith takes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson. Wikipedia
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1942
World War II: The Lidice massacre is perpetrated as a reprisal for the assassination of Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich. Wikipedia
1944
World War II: Six hundred forty-three men, women and children are massacred at Oradour-sur-Glane, France. Wikipedia
1967
The Six-Day War ends: Israel and Syria agree to a cease-fire. Wikipedia
1999
Kosovo War: NATO suspends its airstrikes after Slobodan Milošević agrees to withdraw Serbian forces from Kosovo. Wikipedia
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
Births and deaths
Born on this day June 10
- 1819Gustave Courbet, French-Swiss painter and sculptor (died 1877)
- 1893Hattie McDaniel, American actress (died 1952)
- 1897Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia (died 1918)
- 1910Howlin' Wolf, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1976)
- 1915Saul Bellow, Canadian-American novelist, essayist and short story writer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2005)
- 1921Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of the United Kingdom, Prince of Greece and Denmark, Consort of Queen Elizabeth II (died 2021)
- 1922Judy Garland, American actress and singer (died 1969)
- 1927László Kubala, Hungarian footballer, coach, and manager (died 2002)
Died on this day June 10
- 1190Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor (born 1122)aged 68 years
- 1580Luís de Camões, Portuguese poet (born 1524–25)aged 55 years
- 1836André-Marie Ampère, French physicist and mathematician (born 1775)aged 61 years
- 1849Robert Brown, Scottish botanist (born 1773)aged 76 years
- 1899Ernest Chausson, French composer (born 1855)aged 44 years
- 1923Pierre Loti, French soldier and author (born 1850)aged 73 years
- 1926Antoni Gaudí, Spanish architect, designed the Park Güell (born 1852)aged 74 years
- 2000Hafez al-Assad, Syrian general and politician, 18th President of Syria (born 1930)aged 70 years
Sources : Wikipedia (en) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26
The day in words
In New York the sun rises at 05:24 and sets at 20:27, giving 15h 2m of daylight — 1 minute more than yesterday. It has been spring since March 20, 2026; summer opens in 11 days, on June 21, 2026 (June solstice).
The moon is a waning crescent, 27% illuminated. The next full moon falls on June 29, 2026 and the next new moon on June 15, 2026.
The saints' calendar attaches June 10 to John Dominici, Olivia de Palermo and Amalarius of Metz.
No United Nations international day falls on June 10. The next one on the calendar is World Day Against Child Labour, on June 12.
It is not a public holiday in the United States.
On this day in history: Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the river Saleph while leading an army to Jerusalem (1190); The first Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place on the Thames in London (1829). English Wikipedia records 10 events for this date.
Gustave Courbet was born on June 10, 1819; Frederick I died on June 10, 1190.
198 days remain until Christmas and 205 until New Year's Day.
In astrology — kept separate from the measured astronomy above, deliberately — June 10 falls under the sign of Gemini.
Calendar
By the numbers
- 44%
- of the year elapsed
- 198
- until Christmas
- 205
- until New Year
- 629
- until the next 29 February
2026 — Common year (365 days)
Work with dates
Sources
Every block on this page names where its data comes from. Nothing here is generated when the source is silent.
- United Nations — International Days— What's celebrated today
- Wikidata (P841)— Saints and name days · CC0 1.0
- Wikipedia (en)— On this day in history · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Data imported on 2026-08-26