Page 6: Historical Events In December - 10

1954  Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history 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  6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on the Andy Williams Show on December - 10.   

1963  Zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth on December - 10.   

1964  On December - 10 sam Cooke, US, singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel at 33   

1965  On this day in history henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68   

1966  Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature on this day in history.   

1966  Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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

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

1971  On December - 10 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 this day in history earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at 81   

1974  On this day in history helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun   

1974  On this day in history paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50   

1975  On this day in history andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize   

1977  Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station on this day in history.   

1978  In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize on this day in history.   

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

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

1980  Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth on December - 10.   

1981  John Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at 89 on December - 10.   

1982  Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off on this day in history.   

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

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  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 December - 10.   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history 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 December - 10.   

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 December - 10.   

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