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 December - 10.  

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

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

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

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  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 this day in history.  

1911  Joseph D Hooker, British botanist, dies at 94 on December - 10.  

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

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

1913  Morton Gould, Richmond Hill NY, prolific composer (Verdun) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 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  Allen Dwight Sapp, composer on this day in history.  

1923  On this day in history polish govt of Grabski, forms  

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  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 December - 10 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 this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1691  Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.  

1741  Agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children) was born on December - 10.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1041  On this day in history 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  Death of René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.