Historical Events In December - 10
Tuesday, 07 July 2020
1954 Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.
1958 First domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 people on this day in history.
1958 Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1959 Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies on this day in history.
1960 The birth of Kenneth Branagh, British actor on this day in history.
1962 Hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years on this day in history.
1963 On December - 10 6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on the Andy Williams Show
1963 Zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth on this day in history.
1964 Sam Cooke, US, singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33 on this day in history.
1965 Henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68 on December - 10.
1966 On December - 10 israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature
1966 On this day in history boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65
1967 On this day in history brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer, dies at 71
1968 Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82 on this day in history.
1969 Franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75 on December - 10.
1971 On December - 10 william H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice
1971 On this day in history jozef MLT Cals, Dutch min of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57
1972 On this day in history mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78
1973 On December - 10 earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81
1974 Helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun on December - 10.
1974 On December - 10 paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50
1975 Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize on December - 10.
1977 Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station on December - 10.
1978 In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.
1978 On this day in history edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54
1979 Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67 on this day in history.
1980 On this day in history soyuz T-3 returns to Earth
1981 On this day in history john Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at 89
1982 Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off on December - 10.
1982 Freeman "Amos" Gosden, US radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83 on December - 10.
1983 On this day in history danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize
1983 On December - 10 raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's first civilian president
1983 On December - 10 dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84
1984 South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize on December - 10.
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