Historical Events In December - 10

1907  Amedeo Nazzari, Cagliari Sardinia Italy, actor (Lure of Sila) on this day in history.   

1908  Arnold A van Ruler, Dutch theologist on this day in history.   

1909  Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies on this day in history.   

1910  JD Van de Waals wins Nobel Prize for physics on December - 10.   

1910  On December - 10 dennis Morgan, Prentice Wisc, actor (Dennis-21 Beacon Street)   

1910  Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76 on December - 10.   

1911  On December - 10 calbraith Rogers completes first crossing of US by airplane (84 days)   

1911  Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of US by airplane (84 days) on this day in history.   

1911  On December - 10 chet Huntley, Cardwell Mont, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report)   

1911  Joseph D Hooker, British botanist, dies at 94 on this day in history.   

1912  Rien van Nunen, Dutch actor (Spuit Elf) on December - 10.   

1913  On December - 10 kamerlingh Onnes receives Nobel prize for physics   

1913  On December - 10 morton Gould, Richmond Hill NY, prolific composer (Verdun)   

1914  French government returns to Paris on December - 10.   

1914  Dorothy Lamour, [Mary Kaumeyer], New Orleans, actress (Road to Bali) on this day in history.   

1915  President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt on December - 10.   

1915  On this day in history 10,000,000th model T Ford assembled   

1918  On December - 10 john A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League   

1918  Anne Gwynne, Waco TX, actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein) on December - 10.   

1919  On December - 10 nL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers   

1919  On December - 10 sven-Eric Emanuel Johanson, composer   

1920  President Woodrow Wilson receives Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.   

1920  On December - 10 ragnhild Hveger, Denmark, 200m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1936)   

1921  Viktor Jacobi, composer, dies at 38 on December - 10.   

1922  On December - 10 nobel prizes awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein   

1922  Allen Dwight Sapp, composer on December - 10.   

1923  Polish govt of Grabski, forms on December - 10.   

1923  On this day in history abelardo Quinteros, composer   

1924  Aggrement reached on permanent rotation of World Series with each league, getting games 1, 2, 6, 7 in alternating years on this day in history.   

1925  George Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history carolyn Ashley Kizer, US writer (Yin, Pulitzer 1985)   

1926  1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS) on December - 10.   

1926  On this day in history dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, composer   

1927  Grand Ole Opry makes its first radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN on this day in history.   

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1394  On this day in history 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  On December - 10 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  Death of Herman I, Duke of Swabia on December - 10.   

0969  Death of Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered on this day in history.   

1041  On December - 10 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 this day in history 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