Historical Events In December - 10

1954  On December - 10 albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize   

1958  On this day in history first domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 people   

1958  On this day in history juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician, dies at 72   

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

1960  On this day in history the birth of Kenneth Branagh, British actor   

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

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

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

1964  Sam Cooke, US, singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33 on December - 10.   

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

1966  On this day in history israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature   

1966  On this day in history boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65   

1967  Brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer, dies at 71 on December - 10.   

1968  Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82 on December - 10.   

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

1971  On December - 10 william H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice   

1971  Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch min of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57 on December - 10.   

1972  On December - 10 mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78   

1973  Earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81 on December - 10.   

1974  On December - 10 helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun   

1974  Paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1975  On December - 10 andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize   

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

1978  On December - 10 in Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize   

1978  On this day in history edward D Wood Jr, director (Plan 9), dies of heart failure at 54   

1979  On December - 10 ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67   

1980  On December - 10 soyuz T-3 returns to Earth   

1981  On this day in history john Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at 89   

1982  On December - 10 soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off   

1982  On December - 10 freeman "Amos" Gosden, US radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83   

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

1983  On this day in history raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's first civilian president   

1983  On December - 10 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  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  On December - 10 birth of giovanni Battista Guarini, Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd)   

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 this day in history 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 this day in history birth of tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)   

0949  On this day in history death of herman I, Duke of Swabia   

0969  On December - 10 death of nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered   

1041  Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies on December - 10.   

1198  On December - 10 death of averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)   

1490  Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 on this day in history.   

1508  On this day in history death of rené II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)   

1524  On December - 10 death of henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death   

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