Events in History
- 536 Byzantine General Belisarius enters Rome while the Ostrogothic garrison peacefully leaves the city, returning the old capital to its empire
- 656 Battle of Kameel: Kalief Al ibn Abu Talib beats rebellion
- 730 Battle of Marj Ardabil, Turkic Khazar army led by Barjik defeats Umayyad force, with 20,000 killed including general al-Jarrah ibn Abdallah, whose head is mounted on a throne
- 1212 Frederick II (later also Holy Roman Emperor) crowned King of Germany in Mainz
- 1315 Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)
- 1425 Pope Martinus V forms University of Leuven
- 1570 The Geuzen (a confederacy of Calvinist Dutch nobles) under Herman de Ruyter occupies Loevestein
- 1625 Netherlands & England sign military treaty
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John Milton
Clarence Birdseye
Grace Hopper
Bob HawkeWeddings in History
- 1883 Poet Rabindranath Tagore (22) weds Mrinalini Devi in an arranged marriage
- 1956 Prime Minister of Australia Malcolm Fraser (26) weds Tamie Beggs (20)
- 1967 US President Lyndon B. Johnson's daughter Lynda (23) marries US Marine Captain Charles Robb (28) in the White House
Divorces in History
- 1929 Businessman Howard Hughes divorces 1st wife Ella Rice after 4 years of marriage
- 1937 Writer Walter Lippmann (48) divorces first wife Faye Albertson after 20 years of marriage
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Mary LeakeyDecember in History
Operation Restore Hope
A US helicopter flies over Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, during Restore Hope in December 1995
December 9, 1992
King Abdicates for Love of Wallis Simpson
On this day King Edward VIII gave up his throne so that he could marry the twice-divorced Wallis Simpson. It was the first time a British king had abdicated.
December 10, 1936
Explosive Background to the Nobel Prize
Albert Nobel died on this day. His unique Nobel Prize legacy rewarded pioneers in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace, and economics.
December 10, 1896
Roger the Ripped Kangaroo
Roger poses for the camera
December 10, 2018