Historical Events In December - 10

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

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

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  Chet Huntley, Cardwell Mont, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report) on this day in history.  

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

1912  Rien van Nunen, Dutch actor (Spuit Elf) on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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 December - 10.  

1919  On December - 10 nL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers  

1919  On December - 10 sven-Eric Emanuel Johanson, composer  

1920  President Woodrow Wilson receives Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.  

1920  Ragnhild Hveger, Denmark, 200m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1936) on this day in history.  

1921  Viktor Jacobi, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

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

1922  On December - 10 allen Dwight Sapp, composer  

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

1923  Abelardo Quinteros, composer on this day in history.  

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

1927  On December - 10 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  Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd) was born on December - 10.  

1588  On this day in history 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  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  Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies on December - 10.  

1198  On this day in history death of averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)  

1490  Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 on December - 10.  

1508  On December - 10 death of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)  

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.