Historical Events In December - 10

1907  On this day in history amedeo Nazzari, Cagliari Sardinia Italy, actor (Lure of Sila)  

1908  On December - 10 arnold A van Ruler, Dutch theologist  

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

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

1910  On December - 10 dennis Morgan, Prentice Wisc, actor (Dennis-21 Beacon Street)  

1910  Pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76 on December - 10.  

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

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  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  French government returns to Paris on this day in history.  

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

1919  NL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers on December - 10.  

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 December - 10.  

1922  On this day in history nobel prizes awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein  

1922  Allen Dwight Sapp, composer on December - 10.  

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

1923  Abelardo Quinteros, composer on December - 10.  

1924  On December - 10 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 December - 10 1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS)  

1926  Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, composer on this day in history.  

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

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1394  King James I of Scotland (d. 1437) was born on this day in history.  

1452  On this day in history birth of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)  

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 December - 10.  

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 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  On this day in history michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies  

1198  Death of Averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126) on December - 10.  

1490  On this day in history antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90  

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  Death of Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72 on December - 10.