Historical Events In December - 10

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

1958  First domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 people on December - 10.   

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

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

1963  On December - 10 zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth   

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

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

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

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

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

1971  William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice on this day in history.   

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

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

1973  On December - 10 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  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  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 December - 10.   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1588  On this day in history 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  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 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 this day in history michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies   

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

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

1508  On this day in history death of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)   

1524  Death of Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death on December - 10.   

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