On this day in History - Dec. 10

• 1041 - Michael IV dies (b. 1010). Byzantine Emperor
• 1041 - Michael V Calaphates ascended the throne of the Byzantine Empire following the death of Michael IV.
• 1198 - Averroes dies (b. 1126). Arab physician and philosopher.
• 1394 - King James I of Scotland was born (d. 1437)
• 1452 - Johannes Stöffler was born (d. 1531). German mathematician and astronomer.
• 1508 - Pope Julius II, the Holy Roman emperor Maximilian I, Louis XII of France, and Ferdinand II of Aragon formed the League of Cambrai.
• 1508 - René II, Duke of Lorraine dies (b. 1451)
• 1520 - Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.
• 1582 - Adoption du calendrier grégorien par la France.
• 1588 - Isaac Beeckman was born (d. 1637). Dutch scientist and phhilosopher.
• 1603 - William Gilbert dies (b. 1544). English scientist.
• 1618 - Giulio Caccini dies. Italian composer
• 1626 - Edmund Gunter dies (b. 1581). English mathematician.
• 1665 - Tarquinio Merula dies. Italian composer.
• 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 Edmund Halley.
• 1736 - António Manoel de Vilhena dies (b. 1663). Portuguese ruler of Malta.
• 1750 - Tipu Sultan was born (d. 1799). ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore .
• 1787 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was born (d. 1851). American educator..
• 1801 - Criação da Guarda Real de Polícia, primeiro corpo especial de polícia existente em Portugal.
• 1799 - En France, adoption du système métrique
• 1804 - Carl Jacobi was born (d. 1851). German mathematicien.
• 1815 - Ada Lovelace was born in London (d. 1852). British mathematician and musician, is best known as the first computer programmer. Her father was the British poet, Lord Byron.
• 1817 - Mississippi became the 20th state in the United States.
• 1822 - César Franck was born (d. 1890). Belgian composer and organist.
• 1824 - George MacDonald was born (d. 1905). British writer and preacher.
• 1830 - Emily Dickinson was born in Amhers, Massachusets (d. 1886). American poet. She is widely considered one of the greatest poets in American literature.
• 1831 - Thomas Seebeck dies (b. 1770). Baltic German physicist.
• 1835 - The social reform and literary movement Young Germany was identified collectively by that name in a resolution passed by the Diet of the German Confederation that demanded suppression of their writings.
• 1836 - A importação e exportação de escravos nos territórios portugueses a Sul do Equador foi proibida. É a primeira medida efectiva promulgada em Portugal contra o tráfico esclavagista
• 1836 - Emory College (now Emory University) is chartered in Oxford, Georgia.
• 1845 - Robert Thompson, civil engineer. patented pneumatic tyres in London
• 1848 - France: Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte is elected Presdent of Republic
• 1850 - In the United States, following the Compromise of 1850, a Georgia state convention adopted the Georgia Platform in qualified support for the Union.
• 1851 - Melvil Dewey was born in Philadelphia (d. 1931). American librarian.
• 1859 - Batalla de Santa Inés, librada en la población homónima en el Estado Barinas, Venezuela en la cual triunfaron los federalistas al mando del General Ezequiel Zamora
• 1864 - American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea - Major General William T. Sherman's Union Army troops reach Savannah, Georgia.
• 1865 - King Léopold I of Belgium dies (b. 1790).
• 1868 - Traffic lights: gas-lit traffic lights were first placed in operation at the corner of Bridge Street and New Palace Yard, London, England, atop a 22-ft high cast-iron pillar
• 1869 - The territory of Wyoming authorized women to vote and hold office.
• 1870 - Pierre Louÿs was born. French author.
• 1870 - Adolf Loos was born (d. 1993). Austrian architect.
• 1872 - Don Lorenzo Perosi was born (d. 1956). Italian composer.
• 1882 - Otto Neurath was born (d. 1945). Austrian philosopher.
• 1884 - Zinaida Serebryakova was born (d. 1967). Russian-born painter.
• 1886 - Marco Minghetti was born (d. 1813). Italian statesman.
• 1891 - Nelly Sachs was born. German Jewish poet and dramatist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1966.
• 1896 - Alfred Nobel dies (b. 1833). Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize
• 1898 - Representatives of Spain and the United States signed the Treaty of Paris, concluding the Spanish-American War
• 1901 - The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace.
• 1902 - After four years of construction, the Aswan Dam, Egypt, is declared completed today.
• 1902 - José Olympio was born in Batataia, São Paulo. Brazilian editor.
• 1903 - Pierre and Marie Curie were awarded the Nobel Physics Prize.
• 1903 - Una Merkel was born (d. 1986). American actress.
• 1904 - The Pi Kappa Phi fraternity is founded in Charleston, South Carolina.
• 1904 - Ivan Pavlov won The Nobel of Physiology or Medicine Prize .
• 1906 - US President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for helping to mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War.
• 1907 - Joseph Rudyard Kipling receives The Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1907 - Rumer Godden (Margaret Rumer Godden) was born (d. 1998). British writer.
• 1907 - Lucien Laurent was born (d. 2005). French international footballer.
• 1908 - Olivier Messiaen was born (d. 1992). French composer and ornithologist.
• 1909 - Hermes Pan was born (d. 1990). American choreographer and dancer.
• 1911 - Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker was born (d. 1817). British botanist
• 1911 - Marie Curie recebe o seu segundo Prémio Nobel, o de Química.
• 1911 - Chet Huntley was born (d. 1974). American journalist.
• 1912 - Philip A. Hart was born (d. 1976). U.S. Senator.
• 1913 - Morton Gould was born (d. 1996). American composer.
• 1914 - Dorothy Lamour was born (d. 1996). American actress.
• 1915 - Ford produz o milionésimo carro modelo T.
• 1917 - Sultan Yahya Petra was born (d. 1979). King of Malaysia
• 1917 - Sir Mackenzie Bowell dies (b. 1823). Fifth Prime Minister of Canada
• 1920 - Clarice Lispector was born (d. 9 Dec 1977). Brazilian writer
• 1920 - Reginald Rose was born (d. 2002). American writer.
• 1922 - Albert Einstein recebe o Prêmio Nobel de Física.
• 1923 - Wilson Grey was born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian actor.
• 1928 - Charles Rennie Mackintosh dies (b. 1868). British architect, designer, and illustrator
• 1928 - Dan Blocker was born (d. 1972). American actor
• 1931 - Jane Addams became a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (jointly with Nicholas Murray Butler), the first American woman so honored.
• 1934 - Howard Martin Temin was born (d. 1994). American geneticist and Nobel Prize laureate
• 1936 - Luigi Pirandello dies (b. 1867). Italian writer and Nobel Prize laureate.
• 1936 - Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs his Instrument of Abdication.He abdicated the British throne to pursue a relationship with a married American woman, the only British monarch to voluntarily surrender the crown. He subsequently became the Duke of Windsor, his brother was crowned George VI
• 1936 - Bobby Abel dies (b. 1857). English test cricketer.
• 1941 - World War II: Battle of the Philippines - Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on the Philippine mainland.
• 1941 - World War II: Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse - The Royal Navy ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers.
• 1941 - Colin Kelly dies. American pilot.
• 1942 - World War II North Africa- A strong German attack at Medjez el Bab, Tunisia, is turned by British and Free French defenders.
• 1946 - Walter Johnson dies (b. 1887). American baseball player.
• 1946 - Damon Runyon dies (b. 1884). American writer
• 1947 - Douglas Kenney was born (d. 1980). American humorist.
• 1947 - Rasul Guliyev was born. Azerbaijani politician and chairman of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party.
• 1948 - Abu Abbas was born (d. 2004). Founder of the Palestine Liberation Front .
• 1948 - The United Nations General Assembly adopted its Universal Declaration on Human Rights.
• 1949 - Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
• 1950 - William Faulkner won the Nobel Literature Prize 1950 Dr. Ralph Bunche became the first black to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1951 - Ellen Nikolaysen was born. Norwegian singer
• 1951 - Algernon Blackwood dies (b. 1869). British writer
• 1952 - Clive Anderson was born. British television host .
• 1952 - Susan Dey was born. American actress
• 1953 - Abdullah Yusuf Ali dies (b. 1872). Indian-born scholar and translator.
• 1953 - Winston Churchill , primeiro ministro inglês que liderou os aliados durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, recebe o Nobel de Literatura.
• 1953 - Dr. Albert Schweitzer is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work.
• 1954 - Ernest Hemingway American writer receives The Nobel prize in Literature.
• 1954 - Óscar de Lemos dies. Portuguese actor.
• 1957 - Michael Clarke Duncan was born. American actor.
• 1958 - the first domestic passenger jet flight took place in the U.S. as a National Airlines Boeing 707 flew 111 passengers from New York to Miami in about 21/2 hours.
• 1958 - Floriano Peixoto was born in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian actor.
• 1960- Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli is the first black African to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1960 - Kenneth Branagh was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Actor, director, and writer who is best known for his film adaptations of Shakespearean plays and for his magnetic and often whimsical performances. director
• 1961 - Rompimento de relações entre a União Soviética e a Albânia.
• 1961 - O exército da União Indiana invadiu e ocupou Goa, Damão e Diu.
• 1962 - Cassia Eller was born u«in Rio de Janeiro. Brazilian singer.
• 1964 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., received the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1965 - The Grateful Dead play their first concert, at the Fillmore in San Francisco.
• 1967 - Otis Redding dies in the crash of his private plane in Wisconsin (b. 1941). American soul singer
• 1968 - Thomas Merton dies (b. 1915). American monk and author
• 1968 - Karl Barth dies (b. 1886). Swiss theologian .
• 1969 - Carlos Marighella, Brazilian politician Otis Redding , singer, died in the crash of his private plane in Wisconsin.
• 1969 - Paulo Alves was born. Portuguese football player.
• 1970 - Agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, "father of the Green Revolution", is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1971 - Carla Sacramento was born. Portuguese athlete.
• 1972 - Luciana Vendramini was born. Brazilian actress.
• 1972 - Brian Molko was born. Belgian-born singer and songwriter (Placebo)
• 1974 - Meg White was born. American drummer (The White Stripes)
• 1975 - Andrei Sakharov wins the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize is accepted by his wife, Yelena Bonner
• 1977 - Emmanuelle Chriqui was born in Montreal. Canadian actress.
• 1977 - Vicente Aleixandre y Merlo receives The Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1978 - Arab-Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1978 - Ed Wood, Jr. dies (b. 1924). American filmmaker.
• 1978 - Emilio Portes Gil dies. President of Mexico (1928-1930)
• 1979 - Ann Dvorak dies (b. 1912). American film actress.
• 1980 - Alexa Rae was born. American actress.
• 1980 - Sarah Chang was born. American violinist
• 1980 - Ledley King was born. English international footballer .
• 1981 - Taufik Batisah was born. Singaporean singer .
• 1981 - Fábio Rochembach was born. Brazilian football player .
• 1982 - A treaty codifying the Law of the Sea was signed by 117 countries.
• 1982 - Freeman F. Gosden dies (b. 1899). American actor.
• 1983 - Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's 1st civilian president.
• 1983 - Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, accepted by his wife, Danuta.
• 1984 - Apartheid: Cleric and activist Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1985 - Raven-Symoné was born. American actress and singer
• 1986 - The Holocaust: Elie Wiesel is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1987 - Jascha Heifetz dies (b. 1901). Russian-born violinist.
• 1989 - Tomada de posse do primeiro governo não-comunista da Checoslováquia, desde 1948.
• 1989 - Camilo José Cela Trulock receives The Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1991 - Greta Kempton dies (b. 1901). American artist.
• 1992 - The Portuguese Parlament aproves The Maastricht Treaty
• 1993 - Premier voyage officiel du train reliant la France et l'Angleterre sous la Manche
• 1994 - Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin received the Nobel Peace Prize, pledging to pursue their mission of healing the anguished Middle East.
• 1996 - South African President Nelson Mandela signed a new constitution that completed a transition from a long period of white-minority rule (apartheid) to full-fledged democracy.
• 1996 - Rwandan Genocide: Military Advisor to the United Nations Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations of the United Nations Maurice Baril recommends that the UN multi-national forces in Zaire stand down.
• 1996 - Faron Young dies (b. 1932). American singer
• 1998 - José Saramago, portuguese writer becomes the first writer of Portuguese language to receive The Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1999 - Fernando de la Rua assumes the Presidency of Argentina.
• 1999 - Franjo Tuđman dies (b. 1922). President of Croatia .
• 1999 - Rick Danko dies (b. 1942). Canadian bassist and singer (The Band)
• 1999 - Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee was arrested and charged with stealing classified information.
• 2000 - Marie Windsor dies (b. 1919). American film actress.
• 2001 - Ashok Kumar dies (b. 1911). Indian actor.
• 2002 - The High Court of Australia hands down its judgement in the internet defamation case of Gutnick v Dow Jones.
• 2002 - Former US President Jimmy Carter receives the 2002 Peace Nobel Prize
• 2003 - Iranian democracy activist Shirin Ebadi, the first Muslim woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, accepted the award in Oslo, Norway.
• 2003 - John Maxwell Coetzee, South African writer receives The Nobel Rize in Literature at the Stockholm Concert Hall.
• 2003 - American Robert F. Engle and British Clive W. J. Granger receive The Nobel Prize in Economics.
• 2004 - A tombstone , designed by Oscar Niemeyer, commemorating the 35th anniversary of the death of Brazilian guerilla Carlos Marighella is inaugurated in Salvador, Bahia.
• 2004 - Anil Kumble becomes India's highest wicket-taker, surpassing Kapil Dev's total of 435.
• 2004 - Wangari Maathai receives The Nobel Prize of Peace (announced 08 Oct 2004 in the Oslo City Hall, Norway,“for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.”
• R.C. Saints - In Barcelona and elsewhere: Saint Eulalia of Mérida
• United Nations - Human Rights Day
• Thailand - Constitution Day