Historical Events In December - 10

1954  Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize on December - 10.   

1958  On December - 10 first domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 people   

1958  On December - 10 juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician, dies at 72   

1959  Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies on this day in history.   

1960  The birth of Kenneth Branagh, British actor on December - 10.   

1962  Hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years on this day in history.   

1963  On December - 10 6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on the Andy Williams Show   

1963  On this day in history zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth   

1964  Sam Cooke, US, singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33 on this day in history.   

1965  Henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68 on December - 10.   

1966  On December - 10 israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature   

1966  On December - 10 boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65   

1967  On this day in history brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer, dies at 71   

1968  Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1969  On December - 10 franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75   

1971  On this day in history william H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice   

1971  On December - 10 jozef MLT Cals, Dutch min of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57   

1972  On December - 10 mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78   

1973  Earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81 on December - 10.   

1974  Helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun on this day in history.   

1974  Paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50 on December - 10.   

1975  Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.   

1977  On December - 10 soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station   

1978  On December - 10 in Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize   

1978  Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54 on this day in history.   

1979  Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1980  Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history john Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at 89   

1982  Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off on December - 10.   

1982  On December - 10 freeman "Amos" Gosden, US radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83   

1983  Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize on December - 10.   

1983  On this day in history raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's first civilian president   

1983  Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1984  South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize on December - 10.   

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1394  On December - 10 birth of king James I of Scotland (d. 1437)   

1452  On December - 10 birth of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)   

1538  Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd) was born on December - 10.   

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

1679  On this day in history birth of willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders   

1691  On this day in history birth of cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist   

1741  On December - 10 birth of agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)   

1750  Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

0949  Death of Herman I, Duke of Swabia on December - 10.   

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 December - 10 death of averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)   

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

1508  Death of René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451) on December - 10.   

1524  On December - 10 death of henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death   

1572  Death of Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72 on this day in history.