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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_10" title="June 10">June 10</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Boat_Festival" title="Dragon Boat Festival">Dragon Boat Festival</a></b> in China (2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1624" title="1624">1624</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty_Years%27_War" title="Thirty Years' War">Thirty Years' War</a>: France and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_Republic" title="Dutch Republic">Dutch Republic</a> concluded the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Compi%C3%A8gne_(1624)" title="Treaty of Compiègne (1624)">Treaty of Compiègne</a></b>, a mutual defence alliance.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1782" title="1782">1782</a> – King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rama_I" title="Rama I">Rama I</a> moved into the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Palace" title="Grand Palace">Grand Palace</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangkok" title="Bangkok">Bangkok</a>, which has remained the royal residence of Siam and Thailand since then.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957" title="1957">1957</a> – Led by <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Diefenbaker" title="John Diefenbaker">John Diefenbaker</a></b>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Conservative_Party_of_Canada" title="Progressive Conservative Party of Canada">Progressive Conservative Party</a> won a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurality_(voting)" title="Plurality (voting)">plurality</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Canada" title="House of Commons of Canada">House of Commons</a> seats in <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1957_Canadian_federal_election" title="1957 Canadian federal election">the Canadian federal election</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_New_Zealand_Navy" title="Royal New Zealand Navy">Royal New Zealand Navy</a> adopted <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_White_Ensign" title="New Zealand White Ensign">a unique white ensign</a></b>, to distinguish its vessels from those of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991" title="1991">1991</a> – Eleven-year-old <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidnapping_of_Jaycee_Dugard" title="Kidnapping of Jaycee Dugard">Jaycee Dugard was kidnapped</a></b> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Lake_Tahoe,_California" title="South Lake Tahoe, California">South Lake Tahoe, California</a>; she remained a captive until 2009.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_al-Wafa%27_al-Buzjani" title="Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani">Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 940); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aud_Blegen_Svindland" title="Aud Blegen Svindland">Aud Blegen Svindland</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1928); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Sta%C5%BCewski" title="Henryk Stażewski">Henryk Stażewski</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1988); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Stan" title="Alexandra Stan">Alexandra Stan</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1989)</p>