Historical Events In December - 10

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

1958  On this day in history 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  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  Hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years on December - 10.   

1963  6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on the Andy Williams Show on this day in history.   

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   

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

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 this day in history.   

1969  On December - 10 franco Capuana, composer, dies at 75   

1971  William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice on this day in history.   

1971  On this day in history jozef MLT Cals, Dutch min of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57   

1972  Mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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  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  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 this day in history.   

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

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 December - 10 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 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 December - 10.   

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 December - 10 birth of johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)   

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

1691  Cornelis Pronk, Dutch portrait painter/cartoonist was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1041  Michael IV, Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies on this day in history.   

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

1490  On this day in history 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