Page 6: Historical Events In December - 10

1954  On December - 10 albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize   

1958  On this day in history first domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 people   

1958  On this day in history juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician, dies at 72   

1959  Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies on December - 10.   

1960  On this day in history the birth of Kenneth Branagh, British actor   

1962  Hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years on December - 10.   

1963  On this day in history 6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on the Andy Williams Show   

1963  Zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth on this day in history.   

1964  Sam Cooke, US, singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33 on December - 10.   

1965  On this day in history henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68   

1966  On this day in history israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature   

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

1967  Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1968  On December - 10 karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82   

1969  Franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1971  William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice on December - 10.   

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

1972  Mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81   

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 this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize   

1977  On this day in history soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station   

1978  In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize on December - 10.   

1978  Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54 on December - 10.   

1979  Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67 on December - 10.   

1980  On this day in history soyuz T-3 returns to Earth   

1981  John Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at 89 on December - 10.   

1982  On this day in history soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off   

1982  On this day in history freeman "Amos" Gosden, US radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83   

1983  On December - 10 danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize   

1983  Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's first civilian president on December - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

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1394  On December - 10 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of herman I, Duke of Swabia   

0969  On this day in history death of nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered   

1041  On this day in history michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies   

1198  Death of Averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126) on this day in history.   

1490  On this day in history antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90   

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

1524  On this day in history death of henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death   

1572  Death of Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72 on December - 10.