June 10, 1938, Hollywood Park held their opening day.
On June 10, 1952, geologist and engineer Willard Rouse Jillson wrote the introduction to his book The First Oil Well in Kentucky. The book details the story of the Beatty oil well in Wayne, now McCreary County, in 1818.
June 10, 1953, Army CPL Donald L. Menken from Letcher County died fighting in the Korean War.