
December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 21 days remaining in the year. == Events == *1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V. *1508 - League of Cambrai formed as an alliance against Venice between Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon. *1817 - Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state. *1836 - Emory College, now Emory University, is chartered in Oxford, Georgia. *1864 - William Tecumseh Sherman reaches Savannah, Georgia, ending his "March to the Sea". *1869 - Wyoming grants women the right to vote *1898 - A treaty is signed in Paris that officially ends the Spanish-American War. *1901 - First Nobel Prizes awarded *1904 - Pi Kappa Phi is founded in Charleston, South Carolina *1906 - Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize *1936 - Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, the only British monarchy to have voluntarily relinquished the King of England, signed his Abdication Crisis of Edward VIII. He reverted to the title of "His Royal Highness Prince Edward of Windsor" the following day. *1941 - Japanese forces land in the Philippines, capture Guam and sink the British ships ''HMS Prince of Wales'' and ''HMS Repulse'' *1948 - The UN General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. *1949 - Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last KMT-held city on mainland China. Chiang Kai-shek leaves for Taiwan. *1953 - Dr. Albert Schweitzer is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. *1965 - The Grateful Dead play their first concert, at the Fillmore in San Francisco. *1972 - Professional Wrestler Ric Flair has his first match against against George "Scrap Iron" Gadaski. It was a 10 minute draw. *1975 - Andrei Sakharov wins the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize is accepted by his wife, Yelena Bonner *1978 - Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat win the Nobel Peace Prize *1983 - Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize is accepted by his wife, Danuta. *1984 - Desmond Tutu wins the Nobel Peace Prize *1986 - Elie Wiesel wins the Nobel Peace Prize *1993 - Shareware version of ''Doom'' is released. *2002 - High Court of Australia handed down its judgement in the Internet defamation dispute in the case of Gutnick v Dow Jones. *2004 - A Tombstone of Communist Carlos Marighella, in Salvador, Bahia is inaugurated to commemorate the 35th year of his death. The tombstone was designed by Oscar Niemeyer. *2004 - Anil Kumble became India highest Wicket#Dismissing_a_batsman when he trapped Mohammad Rafique of Bangladesh to surpass Kapil Dev haul of 435 wickets. == Births == *1750 - Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799) *1787 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, educator (d. 1851) *1805 - William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist journalist (d. 1879) *1815 - Ada Lovelace, English computer programmer (d. 1852) *1822 - César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (d. 1890) *1830 - Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886) *1845 - Wilhelm von Bode, art historian (d. 1929) *1851 - Melvil Dewey, American librarian (d. 1931) *1870 - Adolf Loos, architect (d. 1933) *1882 - Otto Neurath, philosopher (d. 1945) *1891 - Nelly Sachs, writer and recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature (d. 1970) *1903 - Una Merkel, actress (d. 1986) *1907 - Rumer Godden, writer (d. 1998) *1908 - Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992) *1909 - Hermes Pan, choreographer, dancer (d. 1990) *1911 - Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974) *1912 - Philip A. Hart, U.S. Senator (d. 1976) *1913 - Morton Gould, American composer (d. 1996) *1914 - Dorothy Lamour, actress (d. 1996) *1917 - Sultan Yahya Petra, Sultan of Kelantan and 6th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 1979) *1920 - Reginald Rose, writer (d. 2002) *1921 - Christine Bruckner, author (d. 1996) *1928 - Dan Blocker, actor (d. 1972) *1947 - Douglas Kenney, humorist (d. 1980) *1948 - Jessica Cleaves, musician (P Funk) *1951 - Ellen Nikolaysen, Norwegian singer *1952 - Clive Anderson, television host *1952 - Susan Dey, actress *1957 - Michael Clarke Duncan, actor *1960 - Kenneth Branagh, actor, film director *1974 - Meg White, drummer (The White Stripes) *1980 - Alexa Rae, actress *1980 - Ledley King, England football (soccer) *1983 - Gary Noble, boxer *1985 - Raven-Symoné, actress ==Deaths== *1618 - Giulio Caccini, Italian composer *1865 - King Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790) *1896 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist, founder of the Nobel Prize (b. 1833) *1911 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist (b. 1817) *1917 - Sir Mackenzie Bowell, fifth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823) *1928 - Charles Rennie Mackintosh, architect, designer and illustrator (b. 1868) *1936 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (b. 1867) * 1936 - Bobby Abel, English cricketer (b. 1857) *1941 - Colin Kelly, American airman *1946 - Walter Johnson, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1887) * 1946 - Damon Runyon, writer (b. 1884) *1951 - Algernon Blackwood, writer (b. 1869) *1967 - Otis Redding, singer (b. 1941) *1968 - Thomas Merton, monk and author (b. 1915) *1968 - Karl Barth, Protestant theologian (b. 1886) *1969 - Carlos Marighella, Brazilian politician *1978 - Ed Wood, Jr., American filmmaker (b. 1924) *1979 - Ann Dvorak, American film actress (b. 1912) *1982 - Freeman F. Gosden, actor (b. 1899) *1987 - Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian violinist (b. 1901) *1996 - Faron Young, country music singer *1999 - Franjo Tudjman, President of Croatia (b. 1922) *2000 - Marie Windsor, American film actress (b. 1919) *2001 - Ashok Kumar (actor), Indian actor == Holidays and observances == *Sweden - Nobel Prize Ceremony, an Flag days in Sweden *United Nations - Human Rights Day == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/10 BBC: On This Day] ---- December 9 - December 11 - November 10 - January 10 -- historical anniversaries == Deaths == *1618 - Giulio Caccini, Italian composer *1865 - King Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790) *1896 - Alfred Nobel, chemist, founder of the Nobel Prize (b. 1833) *1911 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, botanist (b. 1817) *1917 - Sir Mackenzie Bowell, fifth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823) *1928 - Charles Rennie Mackintosh, architect, designer and illustrator (b. 1868) *1929 - Harry Crosby, socialite, poetaster (suicide) *1936 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (b. 1867) *1941 - Colin Kelly, american airman. *1946 - Walter Johnson, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1887) * 1946 - Damon Runyon, writer (b. 1884) *1951 - Algernon Blackwood, writer (b. 1869) *1967 - Otis Redding, singer (b. 1941) *1968 - Thomas Merton, monk and author (b. 1915) *1969 - Carlos Marighella, Brazilian Socialist. *1978 - Ed Wood, Jr., United States filmmaker (b. 1924) *1979 - Ann Dvorak, american film actress (b. 1912) *1982 - Freeman F. Gosden, actor (b. 1899) *1987 - Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian violinist (b. 1901) *1996 - Faron Young, country music singer *1996 - John Duffey, bluegrass music musician *1999 - Franjo Tudjman, president of Croatia (b. 1922) *2000 - Marie Windsor, actress *2001 - Ashok Kumar (actor), actor, India == Holidays and observances == *Sweden - Nobel Prize Ceremony, an Flag days in Sweden *United Nations - Human Rights Day *Public holiday in Angola celebrating the anniversary of the Foundation of the MPLA (The Popular Movement for Liberation of Angola) ---- December 9 - December 11 - November 10 - January 10 -- historical anniversaries la:10 Decembris th:10 ธันวาคม
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December 10 is the 344th day (345th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 21 days remaining in the year. == Events == *1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V. *1508 - League of Cambrai formed as an alliance against Venice between Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon. *1817 - Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state. *1836 - Emory College, now Emory University, is chartered in Oxford, Georgia. *1864 - William Tecumseh Sherman reaches Savannah, Georgia, ending his "March to the Sea". *1869 - Wyoming grants women the right to vote *1898 - A treaty is signed in Paris that officially ends the Spanish-American War. *1901 - First Nobel Prizes awarded *1904 - Pi Kappa Phi is founded in Charleston, South Carolina *1906 - Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize *1936 - Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, the only British monarchy to have voluntarily relinquished the King of England, signed his Abdication Crisis of Edward VIII. He reverted to the title of "His Royal Highness Prince Edward of Windsor" the following day. *1941 - Japanese forces land in the Philippines, capture Guam and sink the British ships ''HMS Prince of Wales'' and ''HMS Repulse'' *1948 - The UN General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. *1949 - Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last KMT-held city on mainland China. Chiang Kai-shek leaves for Taiwan. *1953 - Dr. Albert Schweitzer is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. *1965 - The Grateful Dead play their first concert, at the Fillmore in San Francisco. *1972 - Professional Wrestler Ric Flair has his first match against against George "Scrap Iron" Gadaski. It was a 10 minute draw. *1975 - Andrei Sakharov wins the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize is accepted by his wife, Yelena Bonner *1978 - Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat win the Nobel Peace Prize *1983 - Lech Walesa wins the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize is accepted by his wife, Danuta. *1984 - Desmond Tutu wins the Nobel Peace Prize *1986 - Elie Wiesel wins the Nobel Peace Prize *1993 - Shareware version of ''Doom'' is released. *2002 - High Court of Australia handed down its judgement in the Internet defamation dispute in the case of Gutnick v Dow Jones. *2004 - A Tombstone of Communist Carlos Marighella, in Salvador, Bahia is inaugurated to commemorate the 35th year of his death. The tombstone was designed by Oscar Niemeyer. *2004 - Anil Kumble became India highest Wicket#Dismissing_a_batsman when he trapped Mohammad Rafique of Bangladesh to surpass Kapil Dev haul of 435 wickets. == Births == *1750 - Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799) *1787 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, educator (d. 1851) *1805 - William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist journalist (d. 1879) *1815 - Ada Lovelace, English computer programmer (d. 1852) *1822 - César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (d. 1890) *1830 - Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886) *1845 - Wilhelm von Bode, art historian (d. 1929) *1851 - Melvil Dewey, American librarian (d. 1931) *1870 - Adolf Loos, architect (d. 1933) *1882 - Otto Neurath, philosopher (d. 1945) *1891 - Nelly Sachs, writer and recipient of the Nobel Prize in literature (d. 1970) *1903 - Una Merkel, actress (d. 1986) *1907 - Rumer Godden, writer (d. 1998) *1908 - Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992) *1909 - Hermes Pan, choreographer, dancer (d. 1990) *1911 - Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974) *1912 - Philip A. Hart, U.S. Senator (d. 1976) *1913 - Morton Gould, American composer (d. 1996) *1914 - Dorothy Lamour, actress (d. 1996) *1917 - Sultan Yahya Petra, Sultan of Kelantan and 6th Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia (d. 1979) *1920 - Reginald Rose, writer (d. 2002) *1921 - Christine Bruckner, author (d. 1996) *1928 - Dan Blocker, actor (d. 1972) *1947 - Douglas Kenney, humorist (d. 1980) *1948 - Jessica Cleaves, musician (P Funk) *1951 - Ellen Nikolaysen, Norwegian singer *1952 - Clive Anderson, television host *1952 - Susan Dey, actress *1957 - Michael Clarke Duncan, actor *1960 - Kenneth Branagh, actor, film director *1974 - Meg White, drummer (The White Stripes) *1980 - Alexa Rae, actress *1980 - Ledley King, England football (soccer) *1983 - Gary Noble, boxer *1985 - Raven-Symoné, actress ==Deaths== *1618 - Giulio Caccini, Italian composer *1865 - King Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790) *1896 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist, founder of the Nobel Prize (b. 1833) *1911 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist (b. 1817) *1917 - Sir Mackenzie Bowell, fifth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823) *1928 - Charles Rennie Mackintosh, architect, designer and illustrator (b. 1868) *1936 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (b. 1867) * 1936 - Bobby Abel, English cricketer (b. 1857) *1941 - Colin Kelly, American airman *1946 - Walter Johnson, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1887) * 1946 - Damon Runyon, writer (b. 1884) *1951 - Algernon Blackwood, writer (b. 1869) *1967 - Otis Redding, singer (b. 1941) *1968 - Thomas Merton, monk and author (b. 1915) *1968 - Karl Barth, Protestant theologian (b. 1886) *1969 - Carlos Marighella, Brazilian politician *1978 - Ed Wood, Jr., American filmmaker (b. 1924) *1979 - Ann Dvorak, American film actress (b. 1912) *1982 - Freeman F. Gosden, actor (b. 1899) *1987 - Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian violinist (b. 1901) *1996 - Faron Young, country music singer *1999 - Franjo Tudjman, President of Croatia (b. 1922) *2000 - Marie Windsor, American film actress (b. 1919) *2001 - Ashok Kumar (actor), Indian actor == Holidays and observances == *Sweden - Nobel Prize Ceremony, an Flag days in Sweden *United Nations - Human Rights Day == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/10 BBC: On This Day] ---- December 9 - December 11 - November 10 - January 10 -- historical anniversaries == Deaths == *1618 - Giulio Caccini, Italian composer *1865 - King Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790) *1896 - Alfred Nobel, chemist, founder of the Nobel Prize (b. 1833) *1911 - Joseph Dalton Hooker, botanist (b. 1817) *1917 - Sir Mackenzie Bowell, fifth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823) *1928 - Charles Rennie Mackintosh, architect, designer and illustrator (b. 1868) *1929 - Harry Crosby, socialite, poetaster (suicide) *1936 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (b. 1867) *1941 - Colin Kelly, american airman. *1946 - Walter Johnson, Baseball Hall of Famer (b. 1887) * 1946 - Damon Runyon, writer (b. 1884) *1951 - Algernon Blackwood, writer (b. 1869) *1967 - Otis Redding, singer (b. 1941) *1968 - Thomas Merton, monk and author (b. 1915) *1969 - Carlos Marighella, Brazilian Socialist. *1978 - Ed Wood, Jr., United States filmmaker (b. 1924) *1979 - Ann Dvorak, american film actress (b. 1912) *1982 - Freeman F. Gosden, actor (b. 1899) *1987 - Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian violinist (b. 1901) *1996 - Faron Young, country music singer *1996 - John Duffey, bluegrass music musician *1999 - Franjo Tudjman, president of Croatia (b. 1922) *2000 - Marie Windsor, actress *2001 - Ashok Kumar (actor), actor, India == Holidays and observances == *Sweden - Nobel Prize Ceremony, an Flag days in Sweden *United Nations - Human Rights Day *Public holiday in Angola celebrating the anniversary of the Foundation of the MPLA (The Popular Movement for Liberation of Angola) ---- December 9 - December 11 - November 10 - January 10 -- historical anniversaries la:10 Decembris th:10 ธันวาคม
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