Historical Events In December - 10

1907  On December - 10 amedeo Nazzari, Cagliari Sardinia Italy, actor (Lure of Sila)  

1908  Arnold A van Ruler, Dutch theologist on December - 10.  

1909  Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies on December - 10.  

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  Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76 on December - 10.  

1911  On this day in history calbraith Rogers completes first crossing of US by airplane (84 days)  

1911  Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of US by airplane (84 days) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1912  On December - 10 rien van Nunen, Dutch actor (Spuit Elf)  

1913  On this day in history kamerlingh Onnes receives Nobel prize for physics  

1913  On this day in history morton Gould, Richmond Hill NY, prolific composer (Verdun)  

1914  On this day in history french government returns to Paris  

1914  Dorothy Lamour, [Mary Kaumeyer], New Orleans, actress (Road to Bali) on December - 10.  

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

1923  On December - 10 polish govt of Grabski, forms  

1923  Abelardo Quinteros, composer on this day in history.  

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

1925  On December - 10 george Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel  

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

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

1926  On December - 10 dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, composer  

1927  Grand Ole Opry makes its first radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN on December - 10.  

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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  On December - 10 birth of willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders  

1691  On December - 10 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 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 this day in history.  

1490  On December - 10 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 this day in history.  

1572  On this day in history death of cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72