Historical Events In December - 10

1954  Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize on December - 10.  

1958  First domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 people on this day in history.  

1958  Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

1959  On December - 10 charles Jones, cricket batsman (WI in 4 Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  Henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at 68 on December - 10.  

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

1966  On December - 10 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 December - 10 franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75  

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

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

1972  On December - 10 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  Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize on December - 10.  

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

1978  In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize on December - 10.  

1978  On December - 10 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  Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth on this day in history.  

1981  On December - 10 john Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at 89  

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

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 this day in history.  

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  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  On December - 10 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 this day in history.  

1679  On December - 10 birth of willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/gov of Zeeuws-Flanders  

1691  On December - 10 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 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 this day in history death of nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered  

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

1198  On this day in history death of averroes, Arab physician and philosopher (b. 1126)  

1490  Antoine Haneron, Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about 90 on December - 10.  

1508  Death of René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451) on December - 10.  

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.