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Notable anniversaries in history for today: December 10
- 500th: 1524 - Henry van Zutphen Dutch Augustine/Lutheran minister, burned to death.
- 200th: 1824 - Birth of George MacDonald in Scotland; sci-fi author (Lilith, Princess and Curdie).
- 100th: 1924 - Agreement reached on permanent rotation of World Series baseball championships with each league getting games 1, 2, 6, 7 in alternating years.
- 100th: 1924 - Willem Einthoven awarded Nobel Prize for medicine.
- 90th: 1934 - Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp.
- 90th: 1934 - NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of the season.
- 90th: 1934 - Saint-Adelbert cooperation formed by Catholic elite.
- 80th: 1944 - Nine Dutch citizens are hanged by Germans.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Tisha Sterling in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Coogan's Bluff).
- 80th: 1944 - German counter-attack at Dillingen-bridgehead at Saar.
- 80th: 1944 - France and the Soviet Union sign a mutual assistance pact.
- 70th: 1954 - Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize.
- 70th: 1954 - Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Luis Polonia in Santiago City, Dominican Republic; outfielder (New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles).
- 60th: 1964 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr Martin Luther King Junior.
- 50th: 1974 - European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament.
- 50th: 1974 - Helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun.
- 50th: 1974 - Paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson - Breaking Point), dies at age 50.
- 40th: 1984 - First planet outside our solar system is discovered.
- 40th: 1984 - South African Bishop Desmond Tutu receives his Nobel Peace Prize.
- 40th: 1984 - In Claxton, Georgia, USA a mailbox is destroyed by a meteorite fall.
- 30th: 1994 - The ABC TV network airs the two-hour special Wonderful World of Disney: 40 Years of Television Magic.
- 30th: 1994 - 60th Heisman Trophy Award: Rashaan Salaam, Colorado (Running Back).
- 30th: 1994 - European Campaign against racism "All different, All equal" begins.
- 30th: 1994 - The 100th episode of US TV show Baywatch airs.
- 30th: 1994 - Keith Joseph, British Member of Parliament (Conservative), dies.
- 30th: 1994 - Nobel Prize awarded to Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, and Yasser Arafat.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Alexander Wilson, Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (born 1905).
- 25th: 1999 - German author Gunter Grass wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- 25th: 1999 - The European Union, at its meeting in Helsinki, Finland, determines to take up negotiations with Rumania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, the Slovak Republic and Malta for admission to the Union.
- 20th: 2004 - New Zealand bans smoking in all public places (bars, restaurants, hotels, school, etc.).
- 20th: 2004 - Malaysian freighter Selendang Ayu carrying 1.8 million litres of fuel oil snaps in two off Unalaska Island, Alaska, USA, releasing thousands of litres of fuel oil.
- 20th: 2004 - Death of Gary Webb, American journalist known for his investigation into the Iran-Contra affair (born 1955).
- 10th: 2014 - Birth of Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco.
- 10th: 2014 - Birth of Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès.
- 5th: 2019 - Sanna Marin, at the age of 34, becomes the world's youngest serving prime minister after being selected to lead Finland's Social Democratic Party.
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