Today is Wednesday, June 10, the 161st day of 2026. There are 204 days left in the year.

Today in history:
On June 10, 2018, NASA’s rover Opportunity sent its last message from the surface of Mars. Originally expected to serve a threemonth mission, Opportunity functioned for over 14 years, traveling over 28 miles (45 kilometers) across Mars and providing critical discoveries about the planet’s geology.

Also on this date:
In 1692, the first execution resulting from the Salem witch trials in Massachusetts
took place as Bridget
Bishop was hanged.
In 1854, the U.S. Naval Academy held its first graduation ceremony. In 1940, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini declared war on France and Great Britain, formally entering Italy into World War II. In 1963, President John F.

Kennedy signed into law the Equal Pay Act of 1963, aimed at eliminating wage disparities based on gender. In 1967, six days of war in the Mideast involving Israel, Syria, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq ended as Israel and Syria accepted a United Nations-mediated ceasefire.

In 1977, James Earl Ray, the convicted assassin of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., escaped from Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Tennessee with six others. He was recaptured three days later. In 1978, racehorse Affirmed, ridden by Steve Cauthen, won the 110th Belmont Stakes to claim the 11th Triple Crown. Alydar, ridden by Jorge Velasquez, finished a close second in each of the Triple Crown races. Today’s Birthdays: Political commentator Jeff Greenfield is 83. Actor Frankie Faison is 77. Football Hall of Famer Dan Fouts is 75. Actor Gina Gershon is 64. Actor-model Elizabeth Hurley is 61. Comedian Bill Burr is 58.