Page 5: Historical Events In December - 10

1927  On December - 10 grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN   

1928  On December - 10 john Colicos, Toronto, actor (Battlestar Galactica)   

1929  Bradman scores 225 in 2nd inn of Test Cricket trial after 124 in 1st on December - 10.   

1929  On December - 10 dan Blocker, Texas, American actor (Tiny-Cimarron City, Hoss-Bonanza)   

1930  On December - 10 clayton K Yeutter, Nebraska, US trade rep/Republican Natl chairman   

1931  On December - 10 jane Addams (1st US woman) named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize   

1931  On December - 10 max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Six Chansons), dies at 69   

1932  Thailand receives its first constitution on this day in history.   

1932  On this day in history king Rama VII (Prajadhipok) grants Thailand a constitution   

1934  Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history a's sell Jimmie Foxx to the Red Sox for $150,000   

1935  On this day in history john H Aberson, 1st rector of Landbouw high school, dies at 78   

1936  On this day in history england replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI   

1936  King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson on December - 10.   

1936  On this day in history luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (Enrico IV, Nobel 1934), dies at 69   

1938  On this day in history 26th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 30-7   

1938  On this day in history mario Pilati, composer, dies at 35   

1939  Green Bay Packers win NFL championship, beat NY Giants 27-0 on December - 10.   

1939  Wilhelm Grosz, composer, dies at 45 on December - 10.   

1940  British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani) on this day in history.   

1941  On December - 10 hMS PRINCE OF WALES sunk off Kuantan, Malaya in the South China Sea as many as 5 or 6 torpedoes from Japanese Navy land-based aircraft (Nells and Bettys).Of the crew of 1,612 327 were lost.   

1941  HMS REPULSE sunk with HMS PRince of Wales but hit by 5 torpedoes. Destroyers rescued 1,285 officers and men on December - 10.   

1941  On this day in history british battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore   

1942  On this day in history hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherland people"   

1943  British 8th Army occupies Orsogna/Ortona Italy on December - 10.   

1944  9 Dutch citizens hanged by nazis on this day in history.   

1945  On December - 10 aust Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts   

1946  On December - 10 damon Runyon, US journalist/writer (Guys & Dolls), dies at 66   

1947  On December - 10 uSSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement   

1948  UN General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December - 10.   

1950  Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize on December - 10.   

1952  On this day in history yitchak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel   

1952  On December - 10 izhak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel   

1953  "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" opens at Imperial NYC for 229 perfs on this day in history.   

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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 December - 10.   

1538  Giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd) was born on December - 10.   

1588  Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637) was born on December - 10.   

1679  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)   

1750  Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799) was born on December - 10.   

0949  On December - 10 death of herman I, Duke of Swabia   

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

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 December - 10.