Historical Events In December - 10

1907  Amedeo Nazzari, Cagliari Sardinia Italy, actor (Lure of Sila) on this day in history.  

1908  On this day in history arnold A van Ruler, Dutch theologist  

1909  Red Cloud, Sioux indian chief, dies on this day in history.  

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

1910  Dennis Morgan, Prentice Wisc, actor (Dennis-21 Beacon Street) on December - 10.  

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  Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of US by airplane (84 days) on December - 10.  

1911  On this day in history chet Huntley, Cardwell Mont, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report)  

1911  Joseph D Hooker, British botanist, dies at 94 on this day in history.  

1912  Rien van Nunen, Dutch actor (Spuit Elf) on December - 10.  

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

1913  On December - 10 morton Gould, Richmond Hill NY, prolific composer (Verdun)  

1914  On December - 10 french government returns to Paris  

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

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

1915  On December - 10 10,000,000th model T Ford assembled  

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

1918  Anne Gwynne, Waco TX, actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein) on December - 10.  

1919  On this day in history nL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers  

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 December - 10.  

1921  On December - 10 viktor Jacobi, composer, dies at 38  

1922  On December - 10 nobel prizes awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein  

1922  On this day in history allen Dwight Sapp, composer  

1923  Polish govt of Grabski, forms on December - 10.  

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 this day in history george Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel  

1925  Carolyn Ashley Kizer, US writer (Yin, Pulitzer 1985) on December - 10.  

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

1926  On this day in history dag Schjelderup-Ebbe, composer  

1927  On December - 10 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 December - 10.  

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 December - 10.  

1588  On December - 10 birth of isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)  

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  On December - 10 death of herman I, Duke of Swabia  

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  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 this day in history.  

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 December - 10.