Page 6: 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  Charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies on December - 10.   

1960  The birth of Kenneth Branagh, British actor on December - 10.   

1962  On this day in history hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years   

1963  On December - 10 6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on the Andy Williams Show   

1963  On this day in history zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth   

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

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 December - 10.   

1966  Boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65 on December - 10.   

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

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 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  Mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

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

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  On this day in history soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station   

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  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  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  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 December - 10.   

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  On December - 10 birth of king James I of Scotland (d. 1437)   

1452  Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531) was born on this day in history.   

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 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  Agatha "Aagje" Deken, Dutch writer (For the Elderly & Children) was born on December - 10.   

1750  On December - 10 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  Death of Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered on December - 10.   

1041  On this day in history michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies   

1198  Death of Averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126) on December - 10.   

1490  On December - 10 antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90   

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