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What happened in history on this day: December 10?
On December 10 in ...
- 1817 - Mississippi is admitted as 20th state in the USA.
- 1864 - USA Army General Tecumseh Sherman's armies reach Savannah, Georgia, and twelve-day siege begins.
- 1869 - Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US first).
- 1898 - Signing of the Treaty of Paris ends war between the USA and Spain. Under terms of the treaty, control of the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, and Cuba are turned over to the USA.
- 1906 - First American awarded Nobel Peace Prize - President Theodore Roosevelt.
- 1911 - Calbraith Rogers completes first crossing of US by airplane (84 days).
- 1915 - 10,000,000th Ford Model T car is assembled.
- 1920 - President Woodrow Wilson receives Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1927 - "Grand Ole Opry" makes its first radio broadcast, in Nashville, Tennessee.
- 1931 - American Jane Addams named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1937 - Dollar Line's SS President Hoover runs aground off Japanese island of Formosa. All passengers are transferred to the SS President Pierce after four days. The ship is scavenged by the Japanese in 1939.
- 1941 - Japanese troops land on northern Luzon in the Philippines.
- 1941 - Japanese forces capture Guam.
- 1950 - In Saint Louis, Missouri, USA a falling meteorite strikes a car.
- 1958 - First domestic (New York-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flies 111 passengers.
- 1961 - US performs nuclear test at Carlsbad, New Mexico (underground).
- 1964 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr Martin Luther King Junior.
- 1971 - William H Rehnquist confirmed as US Supreme Court justice.
- 1974 - Helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun.
- 1984 - In Claxton, Georgia, USA a mailbox is destroyed by a meteorite fall.
- 1985 - Bill to balance the US federal budget passed by Congress.
- 1991 - Howard Spira sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for trying to extort money from New York Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner.
- 1991 - IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- 1993 - id Software releases the Doom game for MS-DOS to the public, via the ftp site on the University of Wisconsin's computer system. The game's name was inspired by a scene in the movie The Color of Money.
- 1995 - Worst snowstorm in Buffalo history, 37.9 inches in 24 hours, breaking previous record of 25.3 inches in 1982.
- 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.
- 2006 - NASA space shuttle Discovery lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center on the first night launch since the 2003 loss of Columbia.
- 2020 - The United States reaffirms its previous recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara and announces plans to build a consulate there.
- 2020 - The United States and Saudi Arabia approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, while Argentina approves Sputnik V.
- 2021 - 36 tornados in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee kill over 90 people.
Births on December 10
- 1787 - Birth of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; pioneer of educating the deaf.
- 1830 - Birth of Emily Dickinson in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA; poet (Collected Poems).
- 1889 - Birth of Ray Collins in Sacramento, California, USA; actor (Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie).
- 1903 - Birth of Una Merkel in Covington, Kentucky, USA; actress (42nd Street, Abraham Lincoln).
- 1910 - Birth of Dennis Morgan in Prentice, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Dennis - 21 Beacon Street).
- 1910 - Birth of John Hammond in New York City, New York, USA; rock/jazz producer ("I Can Tell", "So Many Roads").
- 1911 - Birth of Chet Huntley in Cardwell, Montana, USA; newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report).
- 1913 - Birth of Morton Gould in Richmond Hill, New York, USA; unbelievably prolific composer (Verdun).
- 1914 - Birth of Dorothy Lamour [Mary Kaumeyer] in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actress (Road to Bali, Greatest Show on Earth).
- 1918 - Birth of Anne Gwynne in Waco, Texas, USA; actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein).
- 1923 - Birth of Harold Gould in Schenectady, New York, USA; actor (He and She, Martin - Rhoda, The Big Bus).
- 1929 - Birth of Dan Blocker in Texas, USA; actor (Tiny - Cimarron City, Hoss - Bonanza).
- 1930 - Birth of Clayton K Yeutter in Nebraska, USA; US trade representative/Republican National chairman.
- 1937 - Birth of Don Bies in Cottonwood, Idaho, USA; PGA golfer (1975 Sammy Davis Junior).
- 1937 - Birth of Don Sebesky in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA; orchestra leader (Jimmy Dean Show).
- 1940 - Birth of William Fred Dempster in Berkeley, California, USA; crew member (Biosphere 2).
- 1941 - Birth of Tim Considine in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (Mike - My Three Sons).
- 1941 - Birth of Tommy Rettig in Jackson Heights, New York, USA; actor (Jeff's Collie - Lassie).
- 1943 - Birth of Theodore Wilson in New York City, New York, USA; actor (That's My Mama, Sanford Arms).
- 1944 - Birth of Tisha Sterling in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Coogan's Bluff).
- 1946 - Birth of Gloria Loring in New York City, New York, USA; actress/singer (Days of Our Lives).
- 1946 - Birth of Walter "Clyde" Orange in Florida, USA; rocker (Commodores - "Too Hot to Trot").
- 1947 - Birth of Wayne Northrop in Sumner, Washington, USA; actor (Roman - Days of Our Lives).
- 1952 - Birth of Susan Hallock Dey in Illinois, USA; actress (First Love, The Partridge Family, L.A. Law).
- 1958 - Birth of John J York in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Mac Scorpio - General Hospital).
- 1959 - Birth of Burke Moses in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Sean Baxter - As the World Turns).
- 1960 - Birth of Paul Assenmacher in Detroit, Michigan, USA; pitcher (Cleveland Indians).
- 1961 - Birth of Nia Peeples [Vernia] in Hollywood, California, USA; actress/dancer/singer/host (Fame, Party Machine).
- 1963 - Birth of Doug Henry in Sacramento, California, USA; pitcher (New York Mets).
- 1963 - Birth of Michael Lofton in Montgomery, Alabama, USA; fencer-sabre (Olympics-1996).
- 1963 - Birth of Robin White in San Diego, California, USA; tennis player (US Open doubles 1988).
- 1983 - Birth of Patrick Flueger; American actor (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, The 4400).
- 1985 - Birth of Raven-Symoné Pearman; American actress (Cosby Show), singer.
Deaths on December 10
- 1878 - Death of Henry Wells; co-founder of Wells, Fargo & Company.
- 1890 - Death of Spencer M. Clark; US Superintendent of National Currency Bureau.
- 1909 - Death of Red Cloud at age 77 on Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, USA; leader of Oglala Lakota Sioux during Boseman War (1866-1868).
- 1946 - Damon Runyon, US journalist/writer (Guys and Dolls), dies at age 66.
- 1965 - Henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at age 68.
- 1968 - Thomas Merton, French/American priest/writer (7 Story Mountain), dies at age 53.
- 1978 - Death of Edward D Wood Junior of heart failure at age 54, American filmmaker (Plan 9) (born 1924).
- 1979 - Ann Dvorak, American actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at age 67 (born 1911).
- 1979 - Fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster (Life is Worth Living), dies from a heart attack in New York City, New York at age 84.
- 1982 - Death of Freeman Gosden at age 83 of heart failure; radio actor (Amos - Amos 'n' Andy radio show).
- 1991 - Berenice Abbott, US photographer, dies at age 93.
- 1991 - Death of Greta Kempton, American artist (born 1901).
- 1995 - Death of Darren Robinson AKA Buffy the Human Beatbox at age 28; American rap singer (The Fat Boys) (born 1967).
- 2004 - Death of Gary Webb, American journalist known for his investigation into the Iran-Contra affair (born 1955).
- 2015 - Death of Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (born 1928).
- 2021 - Death of Michael Nesmith of heart failure at age 78; American musician and television personality (The Monkees - Daydream Believer) .
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