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 December - 10.  

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

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

1910  On this day in history dennis Morgan, Prentice Wisc, actor (Dennis-21 Beacon Street)  

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

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

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

1911  On this day in history chet Huntley, Cardwell Mont, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report)  

1911  On December - 10 joseph D Hooker, British botanist, dies at 94  

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

1913  Kamerlingh Onnes receives Nobel prize for physics on December - 10.  

1913  On this day in history 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  President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt on December - 10.  

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

1918  John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League on December - 10.  

1918  Anne Gwynne, Waco TX, actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein) on this day in history.  

1919  NL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers on this day in history.  

1919  Sven-Eric Emanuel Johanson, composer on this day in history.  

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

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

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  On December - 10 allen Dwight Sapp, composer  

1923  Polish govt of Grabski, forms on this day in history.  

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 December - 10.  

1925  On December - 10 george Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel  

1925  Carolyn Ashley Kizer, US writer (Yin, Pulitzer 1985) on December - 10.  

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

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

1927  On this day in history grand Ole Opry makes its first radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN  

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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 December - 10.  

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 this day in history.  

1679  Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders was born on December - 10.  

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 December - 10.  

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  Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies on this day in history.  

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 December - 10.  

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 this day in history death of cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72