Page 6: Historical Events In December - 10

1954  On this day in history albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize   

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  On December - 10 charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies   

1960  On December - 10 the birth of Kenneth Branagh, British actor   

1962  On this day in history hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years   

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

1963  On December - 10 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  On December - 10 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 this day in history 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  Franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75 on December - 10.   

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

1971  Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch min of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1972  On this day in history mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78   

1973  On December - 10 earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81   

1974  On December - 10 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 this day in history andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize   

1977  Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station on December - 10.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1982  On December - 10 soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off   

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

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

1983  On December - 10 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 this day in history.   

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1394  King James I of Scotland (d. 1437) was born on December - 10.   

1452  Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531) was born on December - 10.   

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

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

1679  Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

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

1198  On December - 10 death of averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)   

1490  On December - 10 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  On December - 10 death of cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72