Historical Events In December - 10

1907  On this day in history amedeo Nazzari, Cagliari Sardinia Italy, actor (Lure of Sila)  

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

1909  On this day in history red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies  

1910  On December - 10 jD Van de Waals wins Nobel Prize for physics  

1910  Dennis Morgan, Prentice Wisc, actor (Dennis-21 Beacon Street) on December - 10.  

1910  Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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 December - 10.  

1911  On this day in history 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  Morton Gould, Richmond Hill NY, prolific composer (Verdun) on December - 10.  

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

1914  On this day in history dorothy Lamour, [Mary Kaumeyer], New Orleans, actress (Road to Bali)  

1915  On December - 10 president Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt  

1915  On December - 10 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 this day in history.  

1919  On this day in history nL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers  

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

1920  On this day in history president Woodrow Wilson receives Nobel Peace Prize  

1920  Ragnhild Hveger, Denmark, 200m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1936) on this day in history.  

1921  On this day in history viktor Jacobi, composer, dies at 38  

1922  On this day in history nobel prizes awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein  

1922  Allen Dwight Sapp, composer on December - 10.  

1923  On December - 10 polish govt of Grabski, forms  

1923  On December - 10 abelardo Quinteros, composer  

1924  On December - 10 aggrement reached on permanent rotation of World Series with each league, getting games 1, 2, 6, 7 in alternating years  

1925  George Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel on December - 10.  

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

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

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 December - 10 birth of king James I of Scotland (d. 1437)  

1452  Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.  

1538  On December - 10 birth of giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd)  

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  Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.  

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  Death of Herman I, Duke of Swabia on this day in history.  

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

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  Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 on this day in history.  

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

1524  On December - 10 death of henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death  

1572  Death of Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72 on this day in history.