Page 6: Historical Events In December - 10

1954  Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.   

1958  First domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 people on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1964  On December - 10 sam Cooke, US, singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33   

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

1966  Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature on December - 10.   

1966  Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65 on December - 10.   

1967  Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer, dies at 71 on December - 10.   

1968  On this day in history karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82   

1969  Franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75 on December - 10.   

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

1971  On this day in history 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  On this day in history earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81   

1974  On this day in history helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun   

1974  On December - 10 paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50   

1975  On December - 10 andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize   

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

1978  In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.   

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

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

1980  On December - 10 soyuz T-3 returns to Earth   

1981  John Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1983  On December - 10 dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84   

1984  On December - 10 south African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize   

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1394  King James I of Scotland (d. 1437) was born on this day in history.   

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

1538  On this day in history birth of giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd)   

1588  On December - 10 birth of isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)   

1679  On December - 10 birth of willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders   

1691  Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist was born on December - 10.   

1741  On this day in history birth of agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)   

1750  On December - 10 birth of tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)   

0949  On December - 10 death of herman I, Duke of Swabia   

0969  On December - 10 death of nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered   

1041  Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies on this day in history.   

1198  Death of Averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126) on December - 10.   

1490  Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 on December - 10.   

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

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.