Historical Events on December 10

Events 1 - 200 of 238

Event of Interest

1510 Muslim ruler of Goa, Yusuf Adil Shah and his Ottoman allies surrender to Portuguese forces led by Afonso de Albuquerque who puts the Muslim population to the sword

Admiral and Duke of Goa Afonso de Albuquerque — Admiral and Duke of Goa
Afonso de Albuquerque

The Protestant Reformation

1520 Martin Luther publicly burns papal edict demanding he recant
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1582 France begins use of Gregorian calendar
1652 Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet
1672 New York Governor Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York & Boston

Event of Interest

1684 Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley

Astronomer, Mathematician and Physicist Edmond Halley — Astronomer, Mathematician and Physicist
Edmond Halley

Physicist & Mathematician Isaac Newton — Physicist & Mathematician
Isaac Newton

1688 King James II flees London
1690 Massachusetts Bay becomes first American colonial government to issue paper money

Appointment of Interest

1718 Laurence Eusden is appointed British Poet Laureate under George I

Event of Interest

1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie's army reaches Manchester

Pretender to the British throne Bonnie Prince Charlie — Pretender to the British throne
Bonnie Prince Charlie

1768 First part (number) of the Encyclopedia Britannica published in Edinburgh, Scotland
1799 Metric system first adopted in France

1810 Tom Cribb (GB) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in 1st interracial boxing championship (40 rounds)
1816 Dutch regain Sumatra from the British
1817 Mississippi admitted as 20th state of the Union
1831 "Spirit of the Times" begins publishing in New York City, the premier sports journal of the 19th century
1836 Emory College (now Emory University) is chartered in Oxford, Georgia.

Event of Interest

1864 General Sherman's armies reach Savannah & 12 day siege begins

Union General William Tecumseh Sherman — Union General
William Tecumseh Sherman

1869 Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st)
1869 The first American chapter of Kappa Sigma is founded at the University of Virginia.
1882 Johannes Brahms' "Gesang der Parzen" (Song of the Fates) premieres

Historic Publication

1884 "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain is first published in the UK and Canada (US Feb 1885, due to printing error)

1887 Austria-Hungary, Italy and Great Britain sign Balkan military treaty
1896 Alfred Jarry's "Ubu Roi" premieres in Paris
1898 Spanish-American War formally ended by the Treaty of Paris; US acquires Philippines, Puerto Rico & Guam
1898 The first western pilgrims were welcomed at The House of `Abdu'lláh Páshá
1899 -15] British "Black Week" due to defeats in South Africa
1899 Battle at Storm Berge South Africa - Boers vs British army
1899 Frank Wedekind's "Der Kammersänger" premieres in Berlin
1899 The Delta Sigma Phi fraternity is founded at the City College of New York.
1901 First Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to Red Cross founder Jean Henri Dunant and peace activist Frederic Passy

Nobel Prize

1901 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

1902 Women are given the right to vote in Tasmania.

Nobel Prize

1902 German organic chemist Emil Fischer is award the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on sugar and purine syntheses

Chemist and Nobel Laureate Emil Fischer — Chemist and Nobel Laureate
Emil Fischer

Nobel Prize

1903 Nobel Prize for physics awarded to Pierre and Marie Curie

Physicist Marie Curie — Physicist
Marie Curie

1904 King Peter I of Serbia named nationalist regime

Nobel Prize

1904 Ivan Pavlov awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for work on the physiology of digestion, first Russian to win a Nobel Prize

Physiologist Ivan Pavlov — Physiologist
Ivan Pavlov

1904 Founding of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.

Nobel Prize

1904 John William Strutt [Lord Rayleigh] and William Ramsay are presented with the Nobel Prize for Physics for their discovery of Argon

Physicist and Nobel Laureate John William Strutt — Physicist and Nobel Laureate
John William Strutt

Nobel Prize

1906 US President Theodore Roosevelt is the 1st American awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

26th US President Theodore Roosevelt — 26th US President
Theodore Roosevelt

Nobel Prize

1906 Frenchman Henri Moissan is presented with the Nobel prize for Chemistry for isolating Fluoride

Chemist and Nobel Laureate Henri Moissan — Chemist and Nobel Laureate
Henri Moissan

Nobel Prize

1907 Rudyard Kipling receives the Nobel prize for literature, the first English-language writer to do so

Poet Rudyard Kipling — Poet
Rudyard Kipling

1907 The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals who have been vivisected.

Nobel Prize

1909 Swedish writer Selma Lagerlöf is the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature

Author and Nobel Laureate Selma Lagerlöf — Author and Nobel Laureate
Selma Lagerlöf

Nobel Prize

1910 Dutch Physicist Johannes van der Waals wins the Nobel Prize for physics

Physicist/Nobel Laureate Johannes van der Waals — Physicist/Nobel Laureate
Johannes van der Waals

1911 Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of US by airplane in 84 days
1911 Dutch lawyer Tobias Asser receives the Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel Prize

1912 Nobel Prize for Physics awarded to Gustaf Dalén for inventing automatic regulators for gas accumulators for lighthouses and buoys

Industrialist and Inventor Gustaf Dalén — Industrialist and Inventor
Gustaf Dalén

1913 Dutch scientist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes receives Nobel prize for physics

Nobel Prize

1913 Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore becomes the first non-European to be presented with the Nobel Prize for Literature for "Gitanjali"

1914 French government returns to Paris
1918 John Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League for the 2nd time

Nobel Prize

1919 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to US President Woodrow Wilson

28th US President Woodrow Wilson — 28th US President
Woodrow Wilson

1919 NL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers
1919 NY, Boston, & Chicago, oppose AL resolution accusing Ban Johnson of overstepping his duties

Nobel Prize

1920 August Krogh is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the regulation mechanisms of capillaries in skeletal muscle

Zoophysiologist and Nobel Laureate August Krogh — Zoophysiologist and Nobel Laureate
August Krogh

1922 Nobel prizes awarded to Niels Bohr (Physics), Francis William Aston (Chemistry) and Fridtjof Nansen (Peace)

1922 Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards

Nobel Prize

1922 Danish physicist Niels Bohr awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics, for work on the structure of atoms, at a ceremony in Copehagen

1922 1st National Football League Championship: undefeated Canton Bulldogs (10-0-2) named inaugural champions
1923 Polish government of Grabski forms
1924 Agreement reached on permanent rotation of World Series with each league, getting games 1, 2, 6, 7 in alternating years

Nobel Prize

1925 Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel Prize for Literature

1926 1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS)

Historic Publication

1926 2nd part of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf published

Dictator of Nazi Germany Adolf Hitler — Dictator of Nazi Germany
Adolf Hitler

1927 "Grand Ole Opry" first named as such during Barn Dance radio broadcast, in Nashville, Tennessee

Nobel Prize

1929 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine jointly awarded to Christiaan Eijkman and Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins for the discovery of vitamins

Physician and Nobel Laureate Christiaan Eijkman — Physician and Nobel Laureate
Christiaan Eijkman

1930 Indian Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman is presented with the Nobel Prize for Physics for work on light scattering - first Asian and non-white to win a Science Nobel

Nobel Prize

1930 German chemist Hans Fischer is awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his work on haemin

Physicist and Nobel Laureate Hans Fischer — Physicist and Nobel Laureate
Hans Fischer

Nobel Prize

1931 Jane Addams (1st US woman) named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize

Social Worker and Nobel Laureate Jane Addams — Social Worker and Nobel Laureate
Jane Addams

Election of Interest

1931 Manuel Azaña becomes Prime Minister of Spain with Niceto Zamora as President

President of the Spanish Republic Manuel Azaña — President of the Spanish Republic
Manuel Azaña

1932 King Rama VII (Prajadhipok) grants Thailand a constitution
1932 The "Great Emu War" ends: Emu's surprising resilience to bullets led to Emu victory over Australian military in Campion district, Western Australia

Nobel Prize

1933 Nobel Prize for Physics is presented to Paul Dirac and Erwin Schrödinger "for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory"

Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate Paul Dirac — Theoretical Physicist and Nobel Laureate
Paul Dirac

Physicist and Nobel Laureate Erwin Schrödinger — Physicist and Nobel Laureate
Erwin Schrödinger

1934 Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp
1934 NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of season
1934 Saint-Adelbert cooperation formed by Catholic elite
1935 As sell Jimmie Foxx to the Red Sox for $150,000
1935 White Sox sell Al Simmons to the Tigers for $75,000

Nobel Prize

1935 Nobel Prize for Chemistry awarded to Irene Joliot-Curie (daughter of Marie Curie) and her husband Frédéric Joliot for the discovery of artificial radioactivity

Physicist/Chemist Irene Joliot-Curie — Physicist/Chemist
Irene Joliot-Curie

Nobel Prize

1935 James Chadwick is awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for his discovery of the neutron

Physicist James Chadwick — Physicist
James Chadwick

1936 Stockholm: physicist PBJ Debije receives Nobel prize for chemistry

Event of Interest

1936 Britain replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI

King of Great Britain George VI — King of Great Britain
George VI

King of Great Britain Edward VIII — King of Great Britain
Edward VIII

Event of Interest

1936 Edward VIII signs Instrument of Abdication, giving up the British throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson

Duchess of Windsor Wallis Simpson — Duchess of Windsor
Wallis Simpson

Nobel Prize

1936 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Carlos Saavedra Lamas for mediating end to Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia, 1st Latin American to win

Nobel Peace Laureate Carlos Saavedra Lamas — Nobel Peace Laureate
Carlos Saavedra Lamas

1938 CFL Grey Cup: In repeat of last year, Toronto Argonauts defeat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 30-7 to retain Championship
1938 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen teacher, Rinzai line, enters Zen priesthood

Nobel Prize

1938 Italian scientist Enrico Fermi receives the Nobel Prize for Physics (work on reduced radioactivity)

Father of the Atomic Bomb Enrico Fermi — Father of the Atomic Bomb
Enrico Fermi

NFL Championship

1939 National Football League Championship, Dairy Bowl, West Allis, Wisconsin: Green Bay Packers beat New York Giants, 27-0; Packers 5th title

American Football Player Mel Hein — American Football Player
Mel Hein

1939 KNVB celebrates 50th anniversary
1940 British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani)
1940 1941 NFL Draft: Tom Harmon from University of Michigan first pick by Chicago Bears
1941 British battleship Prince of Wales and battlecruiser Repulse (Force Z ) sunk following Japanese aerial attacks off Malaya. 840 men die
1941 Japanese troops landed on northern Luzon in the Philippines
1941 Japanese troops overrun Guam
1942 Adolf Hitler names Anton Mussert "leader of the Dutch people"
1942 North Africa: 5th German panzer army forms under col-gen von Arnim

Event of Interest

1942 An early report the Holocaust prepared by the Polish government-in-exile, using information obtained by Witold Pilecki, is addressed to UN member states

Polish Resistance Fighter Witold Pilecki — Polish Resistance Fighter
Witold Pilecki

1943 British 8th Army (1st Canadian Infantry Division) occupies Orsogna/Ortona Italy
1944 9 Dutch citizens hanged by nazis
1944 German counter attack at Dillingen bridgehead on the Saar
1945 Aust Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts
1945 Preston Tucker reveals plan to produce the Torpedo, a new 150 MPH car

Nobel Prize

1946 German/Swiss novelist Hermann Hesse wins the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style"

Nobel Laureate Novelist Hermann Hesse — Nobel Laureate Novelist
Hermann Hesse

1947 USSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement

Nobel Prize

1947 American physiologists Joseph Erlanger and Herbert Gasser presented with Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in Stockholm (awarded 1944) , for research into nerve function

Physiologist Joseph Erlanger — Physiologist
Joseph Erlanger

Event of Interest

1948 UN General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Jurist John Peters Humphrey — Jurist
John Peters Humphrey

Nobel Prize

1950 Ralph Bunche (1st black American) presented the Nobel Peace Prize for mediation in Israel

Diplomat and Nobel Laureate Ralph Bunche — Diplomat and Nobel Laureate
Ralph Bunche

1952 Izhak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel
1952 WSLS TV channel 10 in Roanoke, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" opens at Imperial NYC for 229 performances
1953 KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WSTV (now WTOV) TV channel 9 in Steubenville-Wheeling, OH (CBS) begins

Nobel Prize

1954 Linus Pauling wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry

Chemist & Peace Activist Linus Pauling — Chemist & Peace Activist
Linus Pauling

1954 Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize
1954 Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium
1956 Establishment of MPLA in Angola

1958 1st domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111
1958 U of Pitts agrees to buy Forbes Field from the Pirates

Event of Interest

1959 Novel Prize for Literature awarded to Sicilian writer Salvatore Quasimodo for his lyrical poetry

Author/Poet Salvatore Quasimodo — Author/Poet
Salvatore Quasimodo

Nobel Prize

1960 Willard Libby wins the Nobel prize in Chemistry for his work developing carbon-14 dating (radiocarbon dating).

Chemist Willard Libby — Chemist
Willard Libby

1961 Houston Oiler Billy Cannon gains record 373 yards against Titans
1961 US performs nuclear test at Carlsbad New Mexico (underground)
1961 USSR & Albania break diplomatic relations

Nobel Prize

1961 Robert Hofstadter and Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer win the Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleon

Physicist Robert Hofstadter — Physicist
Robert Hofstadter

1962 Hunters Point (San Francisco) jitney ends service after 50 years

Film Premier

1962 David Lean's film "Lawrence of Arabia", based on life of T. E. Lawrence and starring Peter O'Toole, premieres at Odeon Leicester Square (Academy Awards Best Picture 1963)

Film Director David Lean — Film Director
David Lean

Soldier and Writer T. E. Lawrence — Soldier and Writer
T. E. Lawrence

1963 6-year old Donny Osmond's singing debut on Andy Williams Show
1963 Zanzibar gains independenence from Great Britain

Nobel Prize

1963 Karl Ziegler and Giulio Natta receive the 1963 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on the technology of high polymers

Chemist/Nobel Laureate Karl Ziegler — Chemist/Nobel Laureate
Karl Ziegler

Nobel Prize

1964 Nobel Peace Prize presented to Dr Martin Luther King Jr. in Oslo

Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr. — Civil Rights Activist
Martin Luther King Jr.

Nobel Prize

1964 Dorothy Hodgkin is the first British woman to be awarded the Nobel prize in Chemistry for work on penicillin and vitamin B12

Chemist Dorothy Hodgkin — Chemist
Dorothy Hodgkin

1965 "Yearling" opens at Alvin Theater NYC for 3 performances
1965 Dutch ends economic boycott of Rhodesia
1965 Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters v England at the Gabba
1966 Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature
1966 Nobel for chemistry awarded to Robert S. Mulliken

Nobel Prize

1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine awarded to Ragnar Granit, Haldan Keffer Hartline and George Wald "for discoveries about the make-up of the eye

Scientist George Wald — Scientist
George Wald

Nobel Prize

1967 Guatemalan author Miguel Ángel Asturias is awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm

Boxing Title Fight

1968 Joe Frazier beats Oscar Bonavena in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Frazier — Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Joe Frazier

1968 Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", occurs in Tokyo.
1970 North American Soccer League awards NY & Toronto franchises

Nobel Prize

1971 West German Chancellor Willy Brandt receives the Nobel Peace Prize

Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt — Chancellor of West Germany
Willy Brandt

1971 William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice
1972 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

Event of Interest

1973 First time since 1885, tennis has 2 top male players - Americans Stan Smith and Jimmy Connors

Tennis Legend Jimmy Connors — Tennis Legend
Jimmy Connors

1974 European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament

1974 Helios 1 launched by US and Germany; later makes closest flyby of the Sun

Nobel Prize

1975 Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize

Nuclear Physicist & Soviet Dissident Andrei Sakharov — Nuclear Physicist & Soviet Dissident
Andrei Sakharov

1975 Terry Funk beats Jack Brisco in Miami Beach, to become NWA champ
1976 Wings release triple album "Wings Over America"

Nobel Prize

1976 Samuel C. C. Ting is the first person to deliver a Nobel Prize lecture in Mandarin, during the ceremony to award him and Burton Richter the Nobel Prize for Physics for discovering the J/ψ particle

Physicist and Nobel Laureate Samuel C. C. Ting — Physicist and Nobel Laureate
Samuel C. C. Ting

1977 Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
1978 "Platinum" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 33 performances
1978 67th Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Rancho Mirage (4-1)

Nobel Prize

1978 Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo

President of Egypt and Nobel Laureate Anwar Sadat — President of Egypt and Nobel Laureate
Anwar Sadat

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin — Israeli Prime Minister
Menachem Begin

1978 Islanders ends 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3) to Canadians

Film Premier

1978 Superman: The Movie, directed by Richard Donner and starring Christopher Reeve, Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman and Margot Kidder premieres at the Uptown Theater in Washington, D.C.

Actor Christopher Reeve — Actor
Christopher Reeve

Actor Marlon Brando — Actor
Marlon Brando

1979 Piet Dankert appointed as chairman of European Parliament
1980 Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth
1980 USSR performs underground nuclear test
1981 -13] El Salvador army kills 900
1981 Jules Feiffer's "Grownups" premieres in NYC
1981 The United Nations General Assembly approves Pakistan's proposal for establishing nuclear free-zone in South Asia.

Boxing Title Fight

1982 Heavyweight Michael Doakes KOs Mike Weaver in 1:03 in Las Vegas

WBA World Heavyweight Champion Mike Weaver — WBA World Heavyweight Champion
Mike Weaver

1982 Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off
1982 CDC report on a transfusion recipient who developed AIDS symptoms

Nobel Prize

1983 Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Wałęsa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize

Polish Politician and Labor Activist Lech Wałęsa — Polish Politician and Labor Activist
Lech Wałęsa

1983 Last NFL game at Shea Stadium; Steelers beat NY Jets 34-7
1983 Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's 1st civilian president

Tennis Open

1983 Australian Open Women's Tennis: Martina Navratilova wins 8th career Grand Slam singles event; beats Kathy Jordan of the US 6-2, 7-6

Tennis Player Martina Navratilova — Tennis Player
Martina Navratilova

1984 1st "planet" outside our solar system discovered

Nobel Prize

1984 South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu is presented with his Nobel Peace Prize

Anglican Archbishop and Activist Desmond Tutu — Anglican Archbishop and Activist
Desmond Tutu

1984 WNSY-AM in Newport News VA returns from WGH
1985 Bill to balance the federal budget passed by US Congress
1985 Junta leaders Videla & Massera sentenced in Buenos Aires

Film Premier

1985 "Out of Africa", based on the book by Isak Dinesen, directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Meryl Streep and Robert Redford premieres in Los Angeles (Best Picture 1986)

Actress Meryl Streep — Actress
Meryl Streep

Film Director, Producer and Actor Sydney Pollack — Film Director, Producer and Actor
Sydney Pollack

Actor Robert Redford — Actor
Robert Redford

1986 Atlanta Hawk Dominique Wilkins scores 57 points vs Chicago Bulls
1986 France performs nuclear test

Nobel Prize

1986 Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize

Event of Interest

1986 Ivan Lendl repeats previous year's result with a 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 win over Boris Becker to claim back-to-back season-ending ATP Masters Grand Prix tennis titles at Madison Square Garden, NYC

Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major Champion Ivan Lendl — Tennis Player and Eight-Time Major Champion
Ivan Lendl

Tennis Legend Boris Becker — Tennis Legend
Boris Becker

1987 "Nightline" is seen in USSR for 1st time
1988 Washington Capitals 1st NHL scoreless tie, vs Montreal Canadiens
1989 President Gustav Husak of Czechoslovakia, resigns
1990 Hindu-Muslim rebellion in Hyderabad-Aligargh India, 140 die
1990 Soyuz TM-10 lands
1990 Space Shuttle STS 35 (Columbia 11) lands
1991 "Crucible" opens at Belasco Theater NYC for 32 performances
1991 IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
1991 Jackie Martling walks off of Howard Stern show for 1 day

Event of Interest

1991 Howard Spira sentenced to 2½ years in prison for trying to extort money from Yankees owner George Steinbrenner

New York Yankees Owner George Steinbrenner — New York Yankees Owner
George Steinbrenner

1992 "My Favorite Year" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater NYC for 37 performances
1992 NHL awards franchises to Miami & Anaheim for 1994-95
1992 NY Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key
1992 Orlanda Magic scores 14 3-pointers (2 shy of record)
1993 Dow Jones hits record 3740.67

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