Historical Events In December - 10

1954  Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize on December - 10.  

1958  On December - 10 first domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 people  

1958  Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician, dies at 72 on December - 10.  

1959  Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies on this day in history.  

1960  On December - 10 the birth of Kenneth Branagh, British actor  

1962  Hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years on December - 10.  

1963  On this day in history 6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on the Andy Williams Show  

1963  Zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth on this day in history.  

1964  On this day in history sam Cooke, US, singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33  

1965  Henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1966  On December - 10 israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature  

1966  On December - 10 boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65  

1967  Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1968  On this day in history karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82  

1969  Franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1971  William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice on December - 10.  

1971  On this day in history jozef MLT Cals, Dutch min of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57  

1972  On this day in history mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78  

1973  On December - 10 earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81  

1974  Helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun on December - 10.  

1974  Paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50 on December - 10.  

1975  Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize on December - 10.  

1977  On December - 10 soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station  

1978  In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize on December - 10.  

1978  Edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54 on December - 10.  

1979  On this day in history ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67  

1980  Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth on this day in history.  

1981  John Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1982  Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off on December - 10.  

1982  Freeman "Amos" Gosden, US radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1983  Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.  

1983  Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's first civilian president on this day in history.  

1983  On this day in history dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84  

1984  South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.  

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

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  Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist was born on December - 10.  

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 December - 10.  

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  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 this day in history.