1. On June 10, 1864, the largest Civil War engagement in South Carolina occurred in the Battle of Brice's Crossroads, Mississippi, with the Confederate army under General Nathan Bedford Forrest defeating a Union force under General Samuel Sturgis.

2. June 10, 1944, marked the beginning of the two-day Columbia Race Riot, which occurred after a black man was arrested for assaulting a white woman. The incident resulted in over 200 injured and multiple businesses and homes destroyed.

3. South Carolina native James Strom Thurmond, one of the longest-serving U.S. Senators and a staunch segregationist, was born on June 10, 1902.

4. On June 10, 1991, South Carolina's major river, the Congaree, was designated a national park, creating the Congaree National Park. The park features the largest expanse of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest in the country.

5. In 1977, the South Carolina Legislature proclaimed "June Dairy Month" in recognition of the state's dairy industry. South Carolina is home to over 80 dairy farms, which contribute over $200 million to the state's economy annually.