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 this day in history.  

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

1960  The birth of Kenneth Branagh, British actor on this day in history.  

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

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

1965  On December - 10 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  On December - 10 boris Koutzen, composer, dies at 65  

1967  On this day in history brazilio da Cunha Luz Itibere, composer, dies at 71  

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  Mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78 on December - 10.  

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 this day in history.  

1977  On this day in history 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  Ann Dvorak, actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1980  On this day in history soyuz T-3 returns to Earth  

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

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  On this day in history danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize  

1983  On December - 10 raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's first civilian president  

1983  Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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

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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 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  On this day in history birth of cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist  

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

1750  Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799) was born on this day in history.  

0949  On December - 10 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.