Historical Events In December - 10

1907  Amedeo Nazzari, Cagliari Sardinia Italy, actor (Lure of Sila) on December - 10.   

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

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

1910  JD Van de Waals wins Nobel Prize for physics on December - 10.   

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

1910  On this day in history pablo Hernandez Salces, composer, dies at 76   

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

1911  On December - 10 joseph D Hooker, British botanist, dies at 94   

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

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

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

1914  On December - 10 french government returns to Paris   

1914  On this day in history dorothy Lamour, [Mary Kaumeyer], New Orleans, actress (Road to Bali)   

1915  President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt on December - 10.   

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

1918  John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League on this day in history.   

1918  On this day in history 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  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  Viktor Jacobi, composer, dies at 38 on December - 10.   

1922  Nobel prizes awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein on this day in history.   

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

1926  Dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, composer on December - 10.   

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 this day in history 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  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  Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.   

0949  Death of Herman I, Duke of Swabia on this day in history.   

0969  On this day in history 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 this day in history antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90   

1508  Death of René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451) on December - 10.   

1524  Death of Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death on this day in history.   

1572  Death of Cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72 on this day in history.