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 December - 10 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1911  On this day in history calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of US by airplane (84 days)  

1911  On December - 10 chet Huntley, Cardwell Mont, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report)  

1911  On this day in history joseph D Hooker, British botanist, dies at 94  

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1912  On this day in history rien van Nunen, Dutch actor (Spuit Elf)  

1913  Kamerlingh Onnes receives Nobel prize for physics on this day in history.  

1913  Morton Gould, Richmond Hill NY, prolific composer (Verdun) on December - 10.  

1914  On this day in history french government returns to Paris  

1914  On December - 10 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 this day in history 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  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  On this day in history president Woodrow Wilson receives Nobel Peace Prize  

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

1923  Abelardo Quinteros, composer on December - 10.  

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

1925  On December - 10 george Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel  

1925  On December - 10 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  King James I of Scotland (d. 1437) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 December - 10.  

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

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

1741  On December - 10 birth of agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)  

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

1041  Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies on this day in history.  

1198  On December - 10 death of averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)  

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 December - 10 death of cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72