On June 10, 1912, at the aviation rally in Aspern, Aurel Vlaicu defeated famous pilots, obtaining important prizes and the applause of a Europe fascinated by flight. Also on June 10, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Cosmin Olăroiu, Romanian footballer and coach, Loredana Groza, singer and actress, were born.
June 10: The day Loredana Groza was born. PHOTO: The truth
323 BC: Alexander the Great, ruler of the greatest empire ever conquered, died
Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander the Great, Alexander III of Macedon or Alexandros III Philippou Makedonon, King of Macedonia (336 BC-323 BC), was one of the first great strategists and military leaders in history.
His spectacular conquests made the Macedonians masters of the Near East. At his death at the age of 32, Alexander was the master of the largest empire ever conquered.
Alexander the Great contributed substantially to the spread of Hellenistic civilization throughout the world.
1860: The great soprano Hariclea Darclée was born
Hariclea Darclée (real name at birth Hariclea Haricli), was a Romanian opera singer with a soprano voice, being the first performer of the role of Floria Tosca in the opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, the premiere of the opera taking place on January 14, 1900 at the Costanzi Theater in Rome.
1921: Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, was born
Prince Philip was a member of the British Royal Family and the husband of Queen Elizabeth II, with the title of Prince Consort.
Prince Philip was born in 1921 to Alice of Battenberg and Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark. His father was none other than the brother of the King of Greece. At the age of only 1 year, his uncle was removed from the throne, and his entire family was forced to flee the country. Prince Philip was transported in a fruit basket across the border.
After leaving Greece, Philip's father completely abandoned his family. Prince Andrew spent the rest of his life with his mistress, somewhere in the south of France. Philip got to see him very rarely, something that greatly affected his parenting style, failing to establish any close relationship with his children.
Left with his mother, even she could not give the child the stability and love he needed. Alice Battenberg, Queen Victoria's niece, was strikingly beautiful, but completely deaf. He had learned to hide his disability by learning to read lips in several languages. But another was her major problem.
When Philip was 9 years old, his mother was hospitalized in a psychiatric hospital and treated by Sigmund Freud himself, who applied a treatment to accelerate her menopause. She was later diagnosed with schizophrenia.
Prince Philip did not see his mother until the end of her life, when she moved to Buckingham Palace in 1967 and lived out her last days with her son.
He married Elizabeth on 20 November 1947. Just before the wedding, he was granted the titles of Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Merioneth and Baron Greenwich, with the title of His Royal Highness. Philip left active military service when his wife became queen (1952), having risen to the rank of commander. He received the title of prince in 1957.
Philip and Elizabeth had four children together: Charles, Prince of Wales, the current King Charles III, Princess Anne of Great Britain, Andrew, Duke of York and Edward, Earl of Wessex.
1912: Aurel Vlaicu achieved great success at the Aspern air show
Aurel Vlaicu was a Romanian engineer, inventor and pioneer of Romanian and world aviation. He began his engineering studies at the Technical University of Budapest, studies which he continued at the Technische Hochschule in Munich, obtaining his engineering degree in 1907. He then worked as an engineer at the Opel plants in Rüsselsheim.
Aurel Vlaicu PHOTO: Archive
In 1908 he returned to Binținti where he built a glider with which he made a number of flights in 1909. In the fall of 1909 he moved to Bucharest and began the construction of his first plane, Vlaicu I, at the Army Arsenal. The plane flies without modifications (a unique thing for the beginnings of world aviation) in June 1910. In 1911 he builds a second plane, Vlaicu II, with which in 1912 he won five memorable prizes (1 first prize and 4 second prizes) at the air show in Aspern, Austria.
The competition brought together between June 23 and 30, 1912, 40 pilots from 7 countries, including 17 from Austria-Hungary, 7 Germans, 12 French including Roland Garros, the most famous pilot of the time, a Russian, a Belgian, a Persian and the Romanian Aurel Vlaicu.
1967: Spencer Tracy, American actor, died
Spencer Tracy was a two-time Academy Award-winning stage and film actor who appeared in 74 films between 1930 and 1967.
Spencer Tracy PHOTO: Archive
June 3: 66 years since the death of Ana Pauker, the first woman from Romania to hold the positions of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs
The legendary actor was often involved in fights in bars, was arrested by the police and even found himself, at one point, locked in a room in an asylum in Chicago. He didn't want to fly by plane and then he went by train to where he had work, only he filled his vases with bottles of drink and trudged to his destination.
1969: Cosmin Olăroiu, Romanian footballer and coach, was born
Cosmin Aurelian Olăroiu is a Romanian football coach and former player. As a player, Olăroiu had no notable performances (with the exception of a double scored from free kicks against Gloria Bistrița while playing for FC Național), but as a coach he won the championship and the Romanian Supercup with Steaua Bucharest, both in 2006, and qualified the team to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup.
The most famous clubs where he played are Universitatea Craiova and FC National Bucharest. He also played successfully in South Korea for Suwon Samsung Bluewings winning 2 championships, 2 cups and 2 super cups and in Japan for JEF United Ichihara Chiba.
1970: Loredana Groza, singer and actress, was born
Loredana Groza Bonea is a light music singer from Romania, actress, composer, TV presenter, author, dancer, trainer in the musical show Vocea României in the first 7 seasons, as well as the image of some cosmetic products.
He started his career at Onești, then called Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej. Her debut album “Good evening, love” was released in 1988, the song of the same name being one of her most famous songs.
In 2002, inspired by the success of the album “Agurida”, Loredana decided to reinterpret songs from the interwar period, which are part of the live album “Zaraza-vänzatorea de placeri” released in December 2002.
She was married to Andrei Boncea from 1998-2023 and has a daughter.
1989: Alexandra Stan, Romanian singer, was born
Alexandra Stan is a vocal soloist and composer from Romania. He released the single “Lollipop (Param Pam Pam)” towards the end of 2009. The song had an impact in Romania in early 2010, climbing the radio charts and reaching the 18th place in the Romanian Top 100.
The second single, “Mr. Saxobeat”, enjoyed enormous international success, becoming a hit. It sold nearly 1,000,000 copies in less than a year, reaching the top 5 in over 20 countries such as New Zealand, the UK and the top 30 in Australia, Canada and the United States.
June 4: The day on which the famous actress Angelina Jolie was born
The soloist released his debut album in August 2011, called Saxobeats. This was a commercial success, charting in the Top 40 albums in countries such as Germany, Finland or Switzerland, in Japan reaching the Top 20. The following singles are “Get Back (ASAP)” and “1,000,000”.
On June 4, 2012, the song “Lemonade” is released, recording almost 47,000,000 views on Youtube in less than 10 months. The single reaches number 1 in Bulgaria and enters the Top 50 in over 8 countries, being the first single from the re-release of the debut album, Saxobeats. The next single, “Cliche (Hush Hush)” did not enjoy the same success. The Manilla Maniacs collaboration for All My People is the third single from the re-release, but this too is not a resounding success.
2004: Ray Charles, American singer and pianist, died
Ray Charles Robinson was an American musician known by the stage name Ray Charles (abbreviated to avoid confusion with boxer Sugar Ray Robinson).
He pioneered soul music in the 1950s by fusing rhythm and blues, gospel and blues music while recording on Atlantic Records.
He helped integrate country, rhythm and blues, and pop styles in the 1960s through his success with ABC Records, where he became one of the first African-American musicians to be given artistic control by a major record label.
