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| Birthday December 10, 1787 Thomas H. Gallaudet, pioneer of educating the deaf |
| Birthday December 10, 1822 Cesar Franck, in Belgium, composer |
| Birthday December 10, 1824 George Macdonald, Scottish novelist (Lilith) |
| Birthday December 10, 1830 Poet Emily Dickinson was born in Amherst Mass |
| Birthday December 10, 1830 Emily Dickinson is born |
| Birthday December 10, 1830 Emily Dickinson, poet |
| Birthday December 10, 1851 Melvil Dewey, creator of Dewey Decimal System for libraries |
| Birthday December 10, 1891 Nelly Sachs, German poet O the Chimneys) (Nobel 1966) |
| Birthday December 10, 1903 Una Merkel, Actress (The Parent Trap) |
| Birthday December 10, 1914 Dorothy Lamour, in New Orleans (Road to Bali, Greatest Show on Earth) |
| Birthday December 10, 1946 Gloria Loring, in NYC |
| Birthday December 10, 1952 Susan Hallock Dey, in Ill (First Love, LA Law) |
| Birthday December 10, 1961 Nia Peeples |
| History December 10, 1520 Martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demanding that he recant |
| History December 10, 1778 John Jay is elected president of the Continental Congress |
| History December 10, 1817 Mississippi becomes 20th state |
| History December 10, 1864 Sherman arrives in front of Savannah |
| History December 10, 1869 Wyoming grants women the vote |
| History December 10, 1869 Women granted right to vote in Wyoming Territory |
| History December 10, 1896 Alfred Nobel dies; Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date |
| History December 10, 1898 Spanish-American War ends - US acquires Guam from Spain |
| History December 10, 1898 Treaty of Paris ends Spanish-American War |
| History December 10, 1901 1st Nobel Peace Prizes (to Jean Henri Dunant Fr‚d‚ric Passy) |
| History December 10, 1906 Pres Theodore Roosevelt (1st American) awarded Nobel Peace Prize |
| History December 10, 1915 Ford builds its 1 millionth car |
| History December 10, 1917 Red Cross is awarded Nobel Peace Prize |
| History December 10, 1920 Wilson awarded Nobel Peace Prize |
| History December 10, 1920 President Woodrow Wilson receives Nobel Peace Prize |
| History December 10, 1923 Harold Gould (Rhoda |
| History December 10, 1931 Jane Addams (1st US woman) named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize |
| History December 10, 1941 Japan becomes master of the Pacific and South China Sea |
| History December 10, 1948 UN Genl Assembly adopts Universal Declaration on Human Rights |
| History December 10, 1950 Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize |
| History December 10, 1950 Ralph J. Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize |
| History December 10, 1958 1st domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 |
| History December 10, 1962 Hunters Point (SF) jitney ends service after 50 years |
| History December 10, 1963 Zanzibar gains independence from Britain |
| History December 10, 1963 Frank Sinatra Jr. endures a frightening ordeal |
| History December 10, 1966 Israeli hmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature |
| History December 10, 1967 Singer Otis Redding dies in plane crash at 26 |
| History December 10, 1967 Soul legend Otis Redding dies in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin |
| History December 10, 1967 Music star dies in Wisconsin plane crash |
| History December 10, 1970 Calley trial defense begins |
| History December 10, 1972 Breakthrough appears near in Paris peace talks |
| History December 10, 1974 Sex scandal involving Arkansas politician |
| History December 10, 1975 Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner accepts his Nobel Peace Prize |
| History December 10, 1977 Soviets arrest dissidents on United Nations Human Rights Day |
| History December 10, 1977 Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station |
| History December 10, 1978 Islanders ends 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3) to Canadians |
| History December 10, 1982 Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth 211 days after take-off |
| History December 10, 1984 South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize |
| History December 10, 1986 Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize |
| History December 10, 1993 Mike Myers stars in Wayne's World 2 |
| History December 10, 2006 LaDainian Tomlinson breaks single-season touchdown record |
| History December 10, 2009 Avatar makes its world premiere |