On This Day

What Happened on December 10, 1901

Day of the Week: Tuesday

Historical Events

  • First Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to Red Cross founder Jean Henri Dunant and peace activist Frederic Passy

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First Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Wilhelm Röntgen for his discovery of X-rays

Physicist and Nobel Laureate Wilhelm Röntgen
Physicist and Nobel Laureate
Wilhelm Röntgen

Famous Birthdays

  • F Fischer, German war criminal (Breda 4)

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