Historical Events In December - 10

1907  On December - 10 amedeo Nazzari, Cagliari Sardinia Italy, actor (Lure of Sila)   

1908  On this day in history arnold A van Ruler, Dutch theologist   

1909  Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies on this day in history.   

1910  JD Van de Waals wins Nobel Prize for physics on December - 10.   

1910  Dennis Morgan, Prentice Wisc, actor (Dennis-21 Beacon Street) on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76   

1911  On December - 10 calbraith Rogers completes first crossing of US by airplane (84 days)   

1911  On December - 10 calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of US by airplane (84 days)   

1911  Chet Huntley, Cardwell Mont, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report) on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history joseph D Hooker, British botanist, dies at 94   

1912  On December - 10 rien van Nunen, Dutch actor (Spuit Elf)   

1913  Kamerlingh Onnes receives Nobel prize for physics on December - 10.   

1913  On this day in history morton Gould, Richmond Hill NY, prolific composer (Verdun)   

1914  French government returns to Paris on this day in history.   

1914  Dorothy Lamour, [Mary Kaumeyer], New Orleans, actress (Road to Bali) on December - 10.   

1915  President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt on this day in history.   

1915  On December - 10 10,000,000th model T Ford assembled   

1918  John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League on this day in history.   

1918  On December - 10 anne Gwynne, Waco TX, actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein)   

1919  On this day in history nL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers   

1919  On this day in history sven-Eric Emanuel Johanson, composer   

1920  On this day in history president Woodrow Wilson receives Nobel Peace Prize   

1920  Ragnhild Hveger, Denmark, 200m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1936) on December - 10.   

1921  On December - 10 viktor Jacobi, composer, dies at 38   

1922  Nobel prizes awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein on December - 10.   

1922  On this day in history allen Dwight Sapp, composer   

1923  On December - 10 polish govt of Grabski, forms   

1923  Abelardo Quinteros, composer on December - 10.   

1924  Aggrement reached on permanent rotation of World Series with each league, getting games 1, 2, 6, 7 in alternating years on December - 10.   

1925  George Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel on December - 10.   

1925  On December - 10 carolyn Ashley Kizer, US writer (Yin, Pulitzer 1985)   

1926  1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS) on December - 10.   

1926  Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, composer on December - 10.   

1927  On this day in history grand Ole Opry makes its first radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN   

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1394  On this day in history birth of king James I of Scotland (d. 1437)   

1452  On this day in history birth of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)   

1538  Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd) was born on this day in history.   

1588  Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637) was born on December - 10.   

1679  Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders was born on December - 10.   

1691  Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

1741  Agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children) was born on this day in history.   

1750  On this day in history birth of tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)   

0949  On this day in history death of herman I, Duke of Swabia   

0969  Death of Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered on December - 10.   

1041  On December - 10 michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies   

1198  On this day in history death of averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)   

1490  Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 on this day in history.   

1508  On December - 10 death of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)   

1524  Death of Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death on this day in history.   

1572  On this day in history death of cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72