10 years ago

From the Journal Tribune: “Democrats in Senate District four will have to choose between two familiar faces in the June 13 primaries as incumbent Sen. Nancy Sullivan vies to keep her position from Rep. Joanne Twomey, who is termed out on her District 135 seat in the House of Representatives. Sullivan believes that her constituents have found her sensible and thorough. Politically, she said that she’s remained loyal to women’s and equal rights about issues, but has tried to remain flexible and open.”

50 years ago

From the Biddeford-Saco Journal: “Flames of undetermined origin gutted the former Ebb Tide restaurant and heavily damaged the rear portion of Marlon’s Department Store here late yesterday afternoon. One firefighter was injured. No estimations of loss were available. Firefighters battled the blaze for two hours, saving the Debot and Spa and front section of Marlon’s. Saco and Scarborough departments aided in the blaze.”

100 years ago

From the Biddeford Daily Journal: “That unscrupulous horse dealers of East Cambridge Mass. are unloading diseased or bad horses upon the people of Maine and York County was the charge contained in a letter issued today by Hon. Borden Beatrice of East Eddington, livestock sanitary commissioner. He says that the scheme has been worked by these horse dealers for many years past.” — Krysteana Scribner

Today in History

Today is Friday, June 10, the 162nd day of 2016. There are 204 days left in the year.

On this date In 1864, the Confederate Congress authorized military service for men between the ages of 17 and 70. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding signed into law the Budget and Accounting Act, which created the Bureau of the Budget and the General Accounting Office. In 1935, Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron, Ohio, by Dr. Robert Holbrook Smith and William Griffith Wilson. In 1940, Italy declared war on France and Britain; Canada declared war on Italy. Jamaican-born Pan-African nationalist Marcus Garvey died in London at 52. In 1942, during World War II, German forces massacred 173 male residents of Lidice (LIH’-dyiht-zeh), Czechoslovakia, in retaliation for the killing of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich. In 1944, German forces massacred 642 residents of the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane. In 1967, the Middle East War ended as Israel and Syria agreed to observe a United Nations-mediated cease-fire.

Today’s Highlight in History:

On June 10, 1692, the first execution resulting from the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts took place as Bridget Bishop was hanged.

Ten years ago Two Saudis and one Yemeni were found hanged at the Guantanamo Bay military prison, the first successful suicides at the base after dozens of attempts. Justine Henin-Hardenne won the French Open, beating Svetlana Kuznetsova 6-4, 6-4. Jazil cruised to victory, holding off Bluegrass Cat in the Belmont Stakes.

Five years ago In a stern rebuke, Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned in Brussels that the future of the historic NATO military alliance was at risk because of European penny pinching and a distaste for front-line combat. Tony La Russa managed his 5,000th game as his St. Louis Cardinals lost to the Milwaukee Brewers 8-0.

One year ago President Barack Obama ordered the deployment of up to 450 more American troops to Iraq in an effort to reverse major battlefield losses to the Islamic State. Pope Francis took the biggest step yet in cracking down on bishops who covered up for priests who raped and molested children, creating a new tribunal inside the Vatican to hear cases of bishops accused of failing to protect their flocks.

— By The Associated Press