Historical Events In December - 10

1954  On December - 10 albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize  

1958  On December - 10 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  On December - 10 charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies  

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

1962  On December - 10 hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years  

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

1965  On December - 10 henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68  

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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  On December - 10 brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer, dies at 71  

1968  Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1969  On this day in history franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75  

1971  On this day in history 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 this day in history mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78  

1973  Earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81 on this day in history.  

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

1977  Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station on December - 10.  

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  Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67 on December - 10.  

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  On this day in history soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off  

1982  Freeman "Amos" Gosden, US radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83 on December - 10.  

1983  Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize on December - 10.  

1983  Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's first civilian president on December - 10.  

1983  On December - 10 dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84  

1984  On this day in history south African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize  

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1394  On this day in history birth of king James I of Scotland (d. 1437)  

1452  On this day in history birth of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)  

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 December - 10.  

1679  Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders was born on this day in history.  

1691  Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist was born on December - 10.  

1741  On December - 10 birth of agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children)  

1750  On December - 10 birth of tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)  

0949  Death of Herman I, Duke of Swabia on this day in history.  

0969  Death of Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered on December - 10.  

1041  On December - 10 michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies  

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  Death of Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death on this day in history.  

1572  On this day in history death of cornelis Musius, Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at 72