Historical Events In December - 10

1907  Amedeo Nazzari, Cagliari Sardinia Italy, actor (Lure of Sila) on December - 10.  

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

1909  On December - 10 red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies  

1910  On this day in history jD Van de Waals wins Nobel Prize for physics  

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

1910  On this day in history pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76  

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

1911  On December - 10 calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of US by airplane (84 days)  

1911  Chet Huntley, Cardwell Mont, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report) on December - 10.  

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

1912  Rien van Nunen, Dutch actor (Spuit Elf) on this day in history.  

1913  Kamerlingh Onnes receives Nobel prize for physics on this day in history.  

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

1914  French government returns to Paris on this day in history.  

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

1915  On this day in history president Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt  

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

1918  On this day in history john A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League  

1918  On December - 10 anne Gwynne, Waco TX, actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein)  

1919  NL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers on December - 10.  

1919  Sven-Eric Emanuel Johanson, composer on December - 10.  

1920  President Woodrow Wilson receives Nobel Peace Prize on December - 10.  

1920  Ragnhild Hveger, Denmark, 200m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1936) on December - 10.  

1921  Viktor Jacobi, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

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

1922  On this day in history allen Dwight Sapp, composer  

1923  On December - 10 polish govt of Grabski, forms  

1923  On December - 10 abelardo Quinteros, composer  

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

1925  On December - 10 george Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel  

1925  On December - 10 carolyn Ashley Kizer, US writer (Yin, Pulitzer 1985)  

1926  On this day in history 1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS)  

1926  Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, composer on December - 10.  

1927  On December - 10 grand Ole Opry makes its first radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN  

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

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 this day in history.  

1588  On this day in history birth of isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)  

1679  On this day in history 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  Agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children) was born on this day in history.  

1750  On this day in history birth of tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)  

0949  Death of Herman I, Duke of Swabia on December - 10.  

0969  On December - 10 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 December - 10.  

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

1508  On December - 10 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  On December - 10 death of cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72