December 10 Explained

Events

Pre-1600

• 1317  - The "Nyköping Banquet": King Birger of Sweden treacherously seizes his two brothers Valdemar, Duke of Finland and Eric, Duke of Södermanland, who were subsequently starved to death in the dungeon of Nyköping Castle.^[1]
• 1508  - The League of Cambrai is formed by Pope Julius II, Louis XII of France, Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor and Ferdinand II of Aragon as an alliance against Venice.^[2]
• 1520  - Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.^[3]
• 1541  - Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.^[4]

1601–1900

• 1652  - Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.
• 1665  - The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter.
• 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 Edmond Halley.
• 1768  - The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
• 1799  - France adopts the metre as its official unit of length.
• 1817  - Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.
• 1861  - American Civil War: The Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.
• 1861  - Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance.
• 1864  - American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea: Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach the outer Confederate defenses of Savannah, Georgia.
• 1877  - Russo-Turkish War: The Russian Army captures Plevna after a 5-month siege. The garrison of 25,000 surviving Turks surrenders. The Russian victory is decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.
• 1896  - Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance.
• 1898  - Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict. Spain cedes administration of Cuba to the United States, and the United States agrees to pay Spain $20 million for the Philippines.^[5]

1901–present

• 1901  - The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death.
• 1902  - The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt.
• 1906  - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any field.^[6]
• 1907  - The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students, protesting against the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected, clash with 400 police officers.^[7]
• 1909  - Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.^[8]
• 1932  - Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy.
• 1936  - Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
• 1941  - World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships and are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya.
• 1941  - World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon.
• 1942  - World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.
• 1948  - The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations.
• 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.
• 1953  - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in Literature.
• 1963  - Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah.
• 1963  - An assassination attempt on the British High Commissioner in Aden kills two people and wounds dozens more.
• 1968  - Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
• 1978  - Arab–Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
• 1979  - Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
• 1983  - Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín.
• 1984  - United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.
• 1989  - Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union.
• 1991  - Nursultan Nazarbayev is sworn in as the 1st President of Kazakhstan.^[9]
• 1991  - The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic is renamed into the Republic of Kazakhstan.^[10]
• 1993  - The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
• 1994  - Rwandan genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down.
• 1995  - The Israeli army withdraws from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord.
• 1996  - The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.
• 1999  - Helen Clark is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand, the second woman to hold the post and the first following an election.^{[11] [12]}
• 2005  - Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria, killing 108 people.^[13]
• 2014  - Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein is killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah.
• 2015  - Rojava conflict: The Syrian Democratic Council is established in Dêrik, forming the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria.^{[14] [15] [16]}
• 2016  - Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.
• 2017  - ISIL is defeated in Iraq.^[17]
• 2019  - The Ostrava hospital attack in the Czech Republic results in eight deaths, including the perpetrator.^[18]
• 2021  - A widespread, deadly, and violent tornado outbreak slams the Central, Midwestern, and Southern regions of the United States. Eighty-nine people are killed by the tornadoes, with most of the fatalities occurring in Kentucky, where a single tornado kills 57 people, and injures hundreds of others.^[19]

Births

Pre-1600

• 553  - Houzhu, emperor of the Chen dynasty (d. 604)
• 1376  - Edmund Mortimer, English nobleman and rebel (d. 1409)^[20]
• 1452  - Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)^[21]
• 1472  - Anne de Mowbray, 8th Countess of Norfolk (d. 1481)^[22]
• 1489  - Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours (d. 1512)
• 1588  - Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)^[23]

1601–1900

• 1610  - Adriaen van Ostade, Dutch painter (d. 1685)^[24]
• 1654  - Giovanni Gioseffo dal Sole, Italian painter (d. 1719)
• 1658  - Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York (d. 1743)
• 1713  - Johann Nicolaus Mempel, German cantor and organist (d. 1747)
• 1751  - George Shaw, English botanist and zoologist (d. 1813)
• 1776  - Archduchess Maria Leopoldine of Austria-Este (d. 1848)
• 1783  - María Bibiana Benítez, Puerto Rican poet and playwright (d. 1873)
• 1787  - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator, founded the American School for the Deaf (d. 1851)
• 1804  - Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, German mathematician and academic (d. 1851)
• 1805  - William Lloyd Garrison, American journalist and activist, founded The Liberator (d. 1879)
• 1805  - Joseph Škoda, Czech physician, dermatologist, and academic (d. 1881)
• 1811  - Caroline Mehitable Fisher Sawyer, American poet, biographer, and editor (d. 1894)^[25]
• 1815  - Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and computer scientist (d. 1852)^[26]
• 1821  - Nikolay Nekrasov, Russian poet and critic (d. 1877)
• 1822  - César Franck, Belgian organist and composer (d. 1890)
• 1824  - George MacDonald, Scottish minister, author, and poet (d. 1905)
• 1827  - Eugene O'Keefe, Canadian businessman and philanthropist (d. 1913)
• 1830  - Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886)
• 1851  - Melvil Dewey, American librarian, created the Dewey Decimal System (d. 1931)
• 1866  - Louis Bolk, Dutch anatomist and biologist (d. 1930)
• 1870  - Jadunath Sarkar, Indian historian (d. 1958)^[27]
• 1870  - Adolf Loos, Austrian architect and theoretician (d. 1933)^[28]
• 1870  - Pierre Louÿs, Belgian-French author and poet (d. 1925)
• 1878  - C. Rajagopalachari, Indian lawyer and politician, 45th Governor-General of India (d. 1972)^[29]
• 1878  - Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Indian Muslim activist (d. 1931)^[30]
• 1882  - Otto Neurath, Austrian sociologist and philosopher (d. 1945)^[31]
• 1882  - Shigenori Tōgō, Japanese politician, 37th Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs (d. 1950)
• 1883  - Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician (d. 1968)
• 1885  - Elizabeth Baker, American economist and academic (d. 1973)^[32]
• 1885  - Marios Varvoglis, Greek composer and conductor (d. 1967)
• 1886  - Victor McLaglen, English-American actor (d. 1959)
• 1889  - Ray Collins, American actor (d. 1965)
• 1890  - László Bárdossy, Hungarian politician and diplomat, 33rd Prime Minister of Hungary (d. 1946)
• 1891  - Harold Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis, English field marshal and politician, 17th Governor General of Canada (d. 1969)
• 1891  - Arlie Mucks, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1967)
• 1891  - Nelly Sachs, German-Swedish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
• 1896  - Torsten Bergström, Swedish actor and director (d. 1948)

1901–present

• 1903  - Una Merkel, American actress (d. 1986)
• 1904  - Antonín Novotný, Czechoslovak politician, President of Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia (d. 1975)
• 1906  - Harold Adamson, American lyricist (d. 1980)
• 1906  - Jules Ladoumègue, French runner (d. 1973)
• 1907  - Rumer Godden, English author and poet (d. 1998)^[33]
• 1907  - Lucien Laurent, French footballer and coach (d. 2005)
• 1907  - Amedeo Nazzari, Italian actor (d. 1979)
• 1908  - Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)
• 1909  - Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1990)
• 1910  - Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (d. 1996)
• 1911  - Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974)
• 1912  - Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976)
• 1912  - Tetsuji Takechi, Japanese theatrical and film director, critic, and author (d. 1988)^[34]
• 1912  - René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990)
• 1913  - Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American jazz patron and writer (d. 1988)
• 1913  - Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996)
• 1913  - Harry Locke, English actor (d. 1987)
• 1913  - Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist, and singer (d. 1976)
• 1914  - Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
• 1915  - Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (d. 2006)
• 1916  - Walt Arfons, American race car driver (d. 2013)
• 1918  - Anne Gwynne, American actress (d. 2003)^[35]
• 1918  - Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995)
• 1919  - Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (d. 2008)
• 1920  - Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1977)^[36]
• 1920  - Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2002)
• 1921  - Toh Chin Chye, Singaporean academic and politician, 1st Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore (d. 2012)^[37]
• 1922  - Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (d. 2016)
• 1923  - Harold Gould, American actor (d. 2010)
• 1923  - Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (d. 2013)
• 1924  - Ken Albers, American singer and musician (d. 2007)
• 1924  - Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)^[38]
• 1925  - Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (d. 2014)
• 1926  - Guitar Slim, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959)
• 1927  - Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (d. 2015)
• 1927  - Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (d. 2013)
• 1928  - Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976)
• 1930  - Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 1930  - Ray Felix, American basketball player (d. 1991)^[39]
• 1930  - Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
• 1931  - Peter Baker, English-South African footballer and manager (d. 2016)
• 1933  - Philip R. Craig, American author (d. 2007)
• 1933  - Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese actor (d. 2006)
• 1934  - Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)
• 1935  - Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer
• 1935  - Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2001)
• 1936  - Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer (d. 2014)
• 1938  - Bill Dunk, Australian golfer
• 1938  - Yuri Temirkanov, Russian viola player and conductor (d. 2023)
• 1939  - Dick Bavetta, American basketball player and referee
• 1939  - Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and academic
• 1941  - Ken Campbell, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008)
• 1941  - Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress and producer
• 1941  - Tommy Kirk, American actor (d. 2021)
• 1941  - Tommy Rettig, American child actor (d. 1996)
• 1941  - Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (d. 1985)
• 1942  - Ann Gloag, Scottish nurse and businesswoman
• 1944  - Andris Bērziņš, Latvian businessman and politician, 8th President of Latvia
• 1944  - John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman
• 1944  - Steve Renko, American baseball player
• 1945  - Mukhtar Altynbayev, Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan
• 1946  - Douglas Kenney, American satirist (d. 1980)
• 1947  - Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan
• 1948  - Dušan Bajević, Bosnian footballer and manager
• 1948  - Jessica Cleaves, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1948  - Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (d. 2013)
• 1949  - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ugandan-English journalist and author
• 1949  - David Perdue, American politician
• 1950  - John Boozman, American football player, lawyer, and politician
• 1950  - Simon Owen, New Zealand golfer
• 1951  - Johnny Rodriguez, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1952  - Clive Anderson, English lawyer and television host
• 1952  - Susan Dey, American actress
• 1952  - Greg Mortimer, Australian geologist and mountaineer
• 1952  - Greg Laurie, American author and pastor
• 1952  - Paul Varul, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice
• 1953  - Chris Bury, American journalist and academic
• 1954  - Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist and academic
• 1954  - Price Cobb, American race car driver and manager
• 1954  - Jack Hues, English singer-songwriter and musician
• 1956  - Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois
• 1956  - Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician
• 1956  - Jan van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1957  - Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1957  - Paul Hardcastle, English composer and producer
• 1957  - Prem Rawat, Indian-American guru and educator
• 1958  - Cornelia Funke, German-American author
• 1958  - Kathryn Stott, English pianist and academic
• 1959  - Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach
• 1959  - Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author
• 1959  - Kevin Ash, English journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1959  - Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist
• 1960  - Kenneth Branagh, British actor director, producer, and screenwriter^[40]
• 1960  - Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor
• 1961  - Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter
• 1961  - Nia Peeples, American singer and actress
• 1962  - Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (d. 2015)
• 1962  - John de Wolf, Dutch footballer and manager
• 1963  - Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player^[41]
• 1964  - Stephen Billington, English actor
• 1964  - Stef Blok, Dutch banker and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior
• 1964  - Bobby Flay, American chef and author
• 1964  - Edith González, Mexican actress (d. 2019)
• 1965  - Greg Giraldo, American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2010)
• 1965  - J Mascis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1965  - Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
• 1966  - Rein Ahas, Estonian geographer and academic
• 1966  - Robin Brooke, New Zealand rugby player
• 1966  - Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player
• 1966  - Penelope Trunk, American writer^[42]
• 1968  - Yōko Oginome, Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress
• 1969  - Darren Berry, Australian cricketer and coach
• 1969  - Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and executive
• 1970  - Kevin Sharp, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014)
• 1970  - Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach
• 1972  - Donavon Frankenreiter, American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist
• 1972  - Brian Molko, British-Belgian singer-songwriter
• 1973  - Rusty LaRue, American basketball player and coach^[43]
• 1973  - Gabriela Spanic, Venezuelan actress
• 1974  - Meg White, American drummer
• 1975  - Steve Bradley, American wrestler (d. 2008)
• 1975  - Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress
• 1975  - Josip Skoko, Australian footballer
• 1976  - Shane Byrne, English motorcycle racer
• 1978  - Anna Jesień, Polish hurdler
• 1978  - Summer Phoenix, American actress
• 1979  - Matt Bentley, American wrestler
• 1979  - Iain Brunnschweiler, English cricketer
• 1979  - Yang Jianping, Chinese recurve archer^[44]
• 1980  - Sarah Chang, American violinist
• 1981  - Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer
• 1981  - Rene Bourque, Canadian ice hockey player^[45]
• 1981  - Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
• 1982  - Claudia Hoffmann, German sprinter
• 1982  - Sultan Kösen, Turkish farmer, tallest living person^[46]
• 1983  - Patrick Flueger, American actor
• 1983  - Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
• 1984  - JTG, American wrestler^[47]
• 1985  - Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer
• 1985  - Roman Červenka, Czech ice hockey player^[48]
• 1985  - Matt Forte, American football player^[49]
• 1985  - Trésor Mputu, Congolese footballer
• 1985  - Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1985  - Lê Công Vinh, Vietnamese footballer
• 1986  - Kahlil Bell, American football player
• 1987  - Gonzalo Higuaín, French-Argentinian footballer
• 1988  - Wilfried Bony, Ivorian footballer
• 1988  - Neven Subotić, Serbian footballer
• 1989  - Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, French politician
• 1989  - Tom Sexton, Australian-Irish rugby player
• 1990  - Kazenga LuaLua, Congolese-English footballer
• 1990  - Sakiko Matsui, Japanese singer and actress
• 1990  - Wil Myers, American baseball player^[50]
• 1990  - Teyana Taylor, American singer, songwriter, choreographer, and actress
• 1990  - Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2010)
• 1991  - KiKi Layne, American actress
• 1991  - Eric Reid, American football player^[51]
• 1991  - Dion Waiters, American basketball player^[52]
• 1992  - Carlos Rodón, American baseball player^[53]
• 1992  - Melissa Roxburgh, Canadian-American actress
• 1994  - Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player
• 1994  - Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer
• 1995  - Tacko Fall, Senegalese basketball player^[54]
• 1996  - Joe Burrow, American football player^[55]
• 1996  - Kang Daniel, South Korean singer and entrepreneur^[56]
• 1997  - Viktoriia Savtsova, Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer^[57]
• 1998  - Lucia Bronzetti, Italian tennis player^{[58] [59]}

Deaths

Pre-1600

• 925  - Sancho I, king of Pamplona
• 949  - Herman I, Duke of Swabia
• 990  - Folcmar, bishop of Utrecht^[60]
• 1041  - Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine emperor (b. 1010)
• 1081  - Nikephoros III Botaneiates, deposed Byzantine Emperor (b. c.1002)
• 1113  - Radwan, ruler of Aleppo
• 1310  - Stephen I, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1271)
• 1454  - Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch.^[61]
• 1475  - Paolo Uccello, Italian painter (b. 1397)
• 1508  - René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)
• 1541  - Thomas Culpeper, English courtier (b. 1514)
• 1541  - Francis Dereham, English courtier (b. c. 1513)
• 1561  - Caspar Schwenckfeld, German theologian and writer

1601–1900

• 1618  - Giulio Caccini, Italian composer and educator (b. 1551)
• 1626  - Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1581)
• 1665  - Tarquinio Merula, Italian organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1594)
• 1736  - António Manoel de Vilhena, Portuguese soldier and politician (b. 1663)
• 1791  - Jacob Frank, Polish religious leader (b. 1726)
• 1831  - Thomas Johann Seebeck, German physicist and academic (b. 1770)
• 1850  - Józef Bem, Polish general and physicist (b. 1794)
• 1850  - François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (b. 1787)
• 1865  - Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
• 1867  - Sakamoto Ryōma, Japanese samurai and politician (b. 1836)
• 1896  - Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)

1901–present

• 1909  - Red Cloud, American tribal chief (of the Oglala nation) (b. 1822)
• 1911  - Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist and explorer (b. 1817)
• 1917  - Mackenzie Bowell, English-Canadian journalist and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
• 1920  - Horace Elgin Dodge, American businessman, co-founded Dodge (b. 1868)
• 1922  - Clement Lindley Wragge, English meteorologist and author (b. 1852)
• 1926  - Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician, 46th Prime Minister of Serbia (b. 1845)
• 1928  - Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect and painter (b. 1868)
• 1929  - Harry Crosby, American publisher and poet (b. 1898)
• 1932  - Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1857)
• 1936  - Bobby Abel, English cricketer (b. 1857)
• 1936  - Luigi Pirandello, Italian dramatist, novelist, and poet Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1867)
• 1939  - John Grieb, American gymnast and triathlete (b. 1879)
• 1941  - Colin Kelly, American captain and pilot (b. 1915)
• 1944  - John Brunt, English captain, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1922)
• 1945  - Theodor Dannecker, German captain (b. 1913)
• 1946  - Walter Johnson, American baseball player, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1887)
• 1946  - Damon Runyon, American newspaperman and short story writer (b. 1884)
• 1948  - Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet, and painter (b. 1896)
• 1951  - Algernon Blackwood, English author and playwright (b. 1869)
• 1953  - Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-English scholar and translator (b. 1872)
• 1956  - David Shimoni, Russian-Israeli poet and translator (b. 1891)
• 1957  - Napoleon Zervas, Greek general (b. 1891)
• 1958  - Adolfo Camarillo, American horse breeder, rancher, and philanthropist (b. 1864)
• 1963  - K. M. Panikkar, Indian historian and diplomat (b. 1894)
• 1967  - Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941)
• 1968  - Karl Barth, Swiss theologian and author (b. 1886)
• 1968  - George Forrest, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (b. 1921)
• 1968  - Thomas Merton, American monk and author (b. 1915)
• 1970  - Chen Qiyou, Chinese politician and revolutionary (b. 1892)^[62]
• 1972  - Mark Van Doren, American poet, critic, and academic (b. 1894)
• 1973  - Wolf V. Vishniac, German-American microbiologist and academic (b. 1922)
• 1974  - Toshinari Shōji, Japanese general (b. 1890)
• 1977  - Adolph Rupp, American basketball player and coach (b. 1901)
• 1978  - Ed Wood, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1924)
• 1979  - Ann Dvorak, American actress (b. 1911)
• 1982  - Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)
• 1987  - Jascha Heifetz, Lithuanian-American violinist and educator (b. 1901)
• 1988  - Richard S. Castellano, American actor (b. 1933)
• 1988  - Johnny Lawrence, English cricketer and coach (b. 1911)
• 1988  - Dorothy de Rothschild, English philanthropist and activist (b. 1895)
• 1990  - Armand Hammer, American businessman, founded Occidental Petroleum (b. 1898)
• 1991  - Greta Kempton, Austrian-American painter and academic (b. 1901)
• 1992  - Dan Maskell, English tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1908)
• 1993  - Alice Tully, American soprano (b. 1902)
• 1994  - Keith Joseph, English lawyer and politician, Secretary of State for Education (b. 1918)
• 1994  - Alex Wilson, Canadian-American sprinter (b. 1905)
• 1995  - Darren Robinson, American rapper (b. 1967)
• 1996  - Faron Young, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)
• 1999  - Rick Danko, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (b. 1943)
• 1999  - Franjo Tuđman, Croatian general and politician, 1st President of Croatia (b. 1922)
• 1999  - Woodrow Borah, American historian of Spanish America (b. 1912)
• 2000  - Marie Windsor, American actress (b. 1919)
• 2001  - Ashok Kumar, Indian actor, singer, and producer (b. 1911)
• 2002  - Andres Küng, Swedish journalist and politician (b. 1945)
• 2002  - Ian MacNaughton, Scottish actor, director, and producer (b. 1925)^[63]
• 2003  - Sean McClory, Irish actor and director (b. 1924)
• 2004  - Gary Webb, American journalist and author (b. 1955)
• 2005  - Mary Jackson, American actress (b. 1910)
• 2005  - Eugene McCarthy, American poet, academic, and politician (b. 1916)
• 2005  - Richard Pryor, American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1940)
• 2006  - Olivia Coolidge, English-American author and educator (b. 1908)
• 2006  - Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and dictator, 30th President of Chile (b. 1915)
• 2007  - Vitali Hakko, Turkish businessman, founded Vakko (b. 1913)
• 2009  - Vladimir Teplyakov, Russian soldier and physicist (b. 1925)
• 2010  - John Fenn, American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1917)
• 2010  - J. Michael Hagopian, Armenian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1913)
• 2010  - MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1921)
• 2012  - Iajuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi academic and politician, 13th President of Bangladesh (b. 1931)
• 2012  - Antonio Cubillo, Spanish lawyer and politician (b. 1930)
• 2012  - Tommy Roberts, English fashion designer (b. 1942)
• 2013  - Alan Coleman, English-Australian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 2013  - Jim Hall, American guitarist and composer (b. 1930)
• 2013  - Don Lund, American baseball player and coach (b. 1923)
• 2013  - Srikanta Wadiyar, Indian politician and the titular Maharaja of Mysore(b. 1946)
• 2014  - Ralph Giordano, German author and publicist (b. 1923)
• 2014  - Robert B. Oakley, American diplomat, 19th United States Ambassador to Pakistan (b. 1931)
• 2014  - Bob Solinger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925)
• 2014  - Judy Baar Topinka, American journalist and politician (b. 1944)
• 2014  - Gerard Vianen, Dutch cyclist (b. 1944)
• 2015  - Ron Bouchard, American race car driver and businessman (b. 1948)
• 2015  - Denis Héroux, Canadian director and producer (b. 1940)
• 2015  - Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (b. 1989)
• 2015  - Dolph Schayes, American basketball player and coach (b. 1928)
• 2017  - Bruce Brown, American filmmaker (b. 1937)^[64]
• 2017  - Max Clifford, British publicist (b. 1943)
• 2017  - Charles M. Green Jr., American Internet personality (b. 1950)^[65]
• 2017  - Curtis W. Harris, American minister (b. 1924)^[66]
• 2019  - Philip McKeon, American actor (b. 1964)
• 2019  - Gershon Kingsley, American composer and musician (b. 1922)^[67]
• 2019  - Emily Mason, American painter (b. 1932)^[68]
• 2020  - Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., American actor and wrestler (b. 1958)^[69]
• 2020  - Joseph Safra, Lebanese-Brazilian financier (b.1938)^[70]
• 2020  - Carol Sutton, American actress (b. 1944)^[71]
• 2020  - Barbara Windsor, English actress (b. 1937)^[72]
• 2021  - Michael Nesmith, American musician (The Monkees), songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist (b. 1942)^[73]
• 2023  - Julian Carroll, American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (b. 1931)^[74]

Holidays and observances

• Alfred Nobel Day or Nobeldagen (Sweden)
• Christian feast day:
  • Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Syriac Orthodox Church)^[75]
    • • Eulalia of Mérida Karl Barth (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • Thomas Merton (Episcopal Church (USA))
  • Translation of the Holy House of Loreto
  • December 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
• Constitution Day (Thailand)
• Human Rights Day (International)^[76]

External links

• BBC: On This Day
  • Historical Events on December 10

Notes and References

1. Book: Liljegren, Bengt. Williams. Adam. Rulers of Sweden. Lund, Sweden. Historiska Media. 2004. 9789185057634. 46.
2. Book: Creightonfirst=Mandell. A History of the Papacy During the Period of the Reformation. Volume IV: The Italian Princes, 1464-1518. London. Longmans, Green, and Co.. 1892. 7953426. 100.
3. Book: Soen, Violet. Arise, O Lord (Exsurge Domine). Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation. Lamport. Mark A.. Gordon. Bruce. Marty. Martin E.. Lanham, Md.. Rowman & Littlefield. 2017. 9781442271586. 39.
4. Book: Bryson, Sarah. The Brandon Men: In the Shadow of Kings. Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.. Amberley Publishing. 2021. 9781445686271. 20.
5. Book: Rowe, Joseph M. Jr. . Treaty of Paris of 1898. Historical Dictionary of European Imperialism. Olson. James Stuart. Shadle. Robert. New York. Greenwood Press. 1991. 9780313262579. 624.
6. Book: Natalie A. Naylor. Douglas Brinkley. John A. Gable. Theodore Roosevelt--many-sided American. 1992. Heart of the Lakes Pub.. 978-1-55787-085-8. 20.
7. Book: Coral Lansbury. The Old Brown Dog: Women, Workers, and Vivisection in Edwardian England. 1985. University of Wisconsin Press. 978-0-299-10250-0. 17.
8. Book: Folkerdina Stientje de Vrieze. Selma Lagerlöf. Fact and Fiction in the Autobiographical Works of Selma Lagerlöf. 1958. Van Gorcum. 371.
9. Web site: Kudrenok . Tatyana . 2021-12-10 . 10th of December in history: Historically important day: 10 December 2021, 15:47 - news on inform.kz . 2023-08-17 . Kazinform . en.
10. Web site: The decision to rename the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic as the Republic of Kazakhstan was made . 2023-08-17 . e-history.kz . en.
11. Book: Boston . Jonathan . Jonathan Boston . Left Turn: The New Zealand General Election of 1999 . 2000 . Victoria University Press . 9780864734044 . 248 . en.
12. Web site: Prime Ministers of New Zealand since 1856. New Zealand Parliament. 18 January 2019. 1 September 2019.
13. Web site: Ranter. Harro. ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 5N-BFD Port Harcourt Airport (PHC). live. 2021-12-09. aviation-safety.net. Aviation Safety Network. https://web.archive.org/web/20060223002351/http://aviation-safety.net:80/database/record.php?id=20051210-0 . 23 February 2006 .
14. Web site: Kurdish-Arab coalition fighting Islamic State in Syria creates political wing. GlobalPost (AFP). 2015-12-10. 2016-05-26.
15. Web site: Kurdish-Arab coalition in Syria forms political wing. Al Jazeera. 2015-12-11. 2016-05-26.
16. Web site: Executive Board of Democratic Syria Assembly elected. ANF. 2015-12-13. 2016-05-26.
17. News: Aboulenein . Ahmed . Iraq holds victory parade after defeating Islamic State . December 8, 2019 . Reuters . December 10, 2017 . en.
18. News: Czech shooting: Gunman kills six at hospital in Ostrava . . 10 December 2019 . 16 October 2021.
19. News: What to know about the deadly tornado outbreak.. . 11 December 2021 . 16 March 2022.
20. Book: Magna Carta Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families, 2nd Edition, 2011. Douglas Richardson. 978-1-4610-4520-5. 2.
21. Book: T. W. Freeman. Geographers: Biobibliographical Studies. 28 January 2016. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-1-4742-3077-3. 123–.
22. Mowbray, John (1415-1461). 39. 225.
23. Book: Klaas van Berkel. Isaac Beeckman on Matter and Motion: Mechanical Philosophy in the Making. 17 June 2013. JHU Press. 978-1-4214-0936-8. 10.
24. Book: Peter Hecht. Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main. Senses and sins: Dutch painters of daily life in the seventeenth century. 2004. Hatje Cantz. 9783775715232.
25. Book: Johnson. Rossiter. Brown. John Howard. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans .... Public domain. 1904. Biographical Society. 255–.
26. Book: Grinstein . Louise S. . Campbell . Paul J. . Women of Mathematics : a Biobibliographic Sourcebook . New York . Greenwood Press . 1987 . 978-0-3132-4849-8 . 135 .
27. Book: Bhimsen. Sir Jadunath Sarkar. Sir Jadunath Sarkar birth centenary commemoration volume: English translation of Tarikh-i-dilkasha (Memoirs of Bhimsen relating to Aurangzib's Deccan campaigns).. 1972. Dept. of Archives, Maharashtra.
28. Book: Panayotis Tournikiotis. Adolf Loos. Adolf Loos. 1994. Princeton Architectural Press. 978-1-878271-80-8. 9–.
29. Book: Kanwalpreet Kaur. Independence. Sanbun Publishers. 978-81-89540-80-7. 57–.
30. Web site: Mohammad Ali Jauhar profile. Storyofpakistan.com website. 30 October 2018. 5 September 2023. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20181030191816/http://storyofpakistan.com/maulana-muhammad-ali-jouhar.
31. Book: Nancy Cartwright . Jordi Cat . Thomas E. Uebel . Lola Fleck . Otto Neurath: Philosophy Between Science and Politics . 28 April 2008. Cambridge University Press. 978-0-521-04111-9. 10–.
32. Book: A biographical dictionary of women economists. limited. 2000. Edward Elgar. Dimand, Robert William. Dimand, Mary Ann. Forget, Evelyn L.. Evelyn L. Forget. 1843761424. Cheltenham, UK. 16. 49852577.
33. Web site: Rumer Godden's life is a story in itself. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/3670310/Rumer-Goddens-life-is-a-story-in-itself.html . 12 January 2022 . subscription . live. The Telegraph. 5 January 2008. Matthew Dennison. 10 October 2018.
34. Web site: Art Random - Tetsuji Takechi . https://web.archive.org/web/20090304163218/http://art-random.main.jp/samescale/075-2.html. 4 March 2009 .
35. Web site: Anne Gwynne . https://web.archive.org/web/20200729040310/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f02be79 . dead . 29 July 2020 . BFI . 31 March 2020 . en.
36. Web site: Famous birthdays for Dec. 10: Kenneth Branagh, Melissa Roxburgh . . 8 December 2023 . 10 December 2022.
37. Web site: Toh Chin Chye - Roots.sg. Roots.sg. 27 July 2020.
38. Web site: The Rt. Hon. Michael Manley (1924 - 1997). National Library of Jamaica. 10 December 2018.
39. Web site: Ray Felix . . 8 December 2023.
40. Web site: Rose . Mike . Today's famous birthdays list for December 10, 2022 includes celebrities Bobby Flay, Raven-Symoné . . . 8 December 2023 . 10 December 2022.
41. Book: Teenager. 1984. M.M. Ahmed. 32.
42. Web site: My birthday post Penelope Trunk Careers. blog.penelopetrunk.com. 10 December 2009. en-US. 2018-04-24.
43. Web site: Rusty LaRue . . 8 December 2023.
44. Web site: Jianping YANG - Olympic Archery People's Republic of China . International Olympic Committee . 10 January 2020 . en . 18 June 2016.
45. Web site: Rene Bourque . . 8 December 2023.
46. Web site: Tallest man - living. 2 December 2018.
47. Web site: Mac . Eddie . This Day in Wrestling History (December 10): ARMAGEDDON! . . 8 December 2023 . 10 December 2015.
48. Web site: Roman Cervenka . . 8 December 2023.
49. Web site: Matt Forte . . 8 December 2023.
50. Web site: Wil Myers . . 8 December 2023.
51. Web site: Eric Reid . . 8 December 2023.
52. Web site: Dion Waiters . . 8 December 2023.
53. Web site: Carlos Rodón . . 8 December 2023.
54. Web site: Tacko Fall . . 8 December 2023.
55. Web site: Joe Burrow Stats Pro-Football-Reference.com . pro-football-reference.com. October 16, 2021.
56. Web site: Kang Daniel. Konnect Entertainment. January 17, 2022.
57. Web site: Dublin 2018 - Live Results . International Paralympic Committee . 7 May 2020 . en.
58. Web site: WTAtennis.com Profile: Lucia Bronzetti. Women's Tennis Association. 17 October 2022.
59. Web site: Lucia Bronzetti - Player Profile - Tennis . 2022-10-18 . Eurosport UK . en.
60. Book: Blok . Dirk Peter . Folkmar (Poppo), Bischof von Utrecht (976–990); Lexikon des Mittelalters (LexMA). Band 4 . 1989 . Artemis & Winkler . München/Zürich . 3-7608-8904-2 . 613.
61. Book: Barsoum. Ephrem . 2003. The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. 2nd. Gorgias Press. Matti Moosa. Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum. 497. 14 July 2020.
62. News: https://www.zg.org.cn/zgdjj/ljld/dljld/201102/t20110226_8664.htm . zh . zh:陈其尤 . Chen Qiyou . China Zhi Gong Party . 13 October 2024. https://archive.today/20241013223153/https://www.zg.org.cn/zgdjj/ljld/dljld/201102/t20110226_8664.htm . 13 October 2024.
63. Web site: Ian MacNaughton . https://web.archive.org/web/20180321031002/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4d5609 . dead . 21 March 2018 . BFI . 21 April 2021 . en.
64. Web site: Pedersen. Erik. 2017-12-12. Bruce Brown Dies: Surf Movie Pioneer Who Sought The Perfect Wave For 'Endless Summer' Was 80. live. 2021-10-01. Deadline. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20171212195018/http://deadline.com/2017/12/bruce-brown-dead-endless-summer-director-1202225197/ . 12 December 2017 .
65. Web site: 2017-12-11. YouTube's 'Angry Grandpa' dies at 67. 2021-10-01. The Independent. en.
66. Web site: Monfort. Ashley. 2017-12-13. Civil Rights leader, former Hopewell mayor dies. live. 2021-10-01. NBC 12. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20171213124707/http://www.nbc12.com/story/37055795/civil-rights-leader-former-hopewell-mayor-dies . 13 December 2017 .
67. Web site: Gershon Kingsley, Moog Synthesizer Pioneer, Dies at 97 . Newman . Melinda . 14 December 2019 . billboard.com . 16 October 2021.
68. News: Genzlinger. Neil. 2020-02-07. Emily Mason, Who Created Colorful Canvases, Is Dead at 87. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20200609160334/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/arts/emily-mason-dead.html. 2020-06-09. 0362-4331.
69. Web site: Sarah Moon. Thomas 'Tiny' Lister Jr., 'Friday' actor, dead at 62. 2020-12-18. CNN. 11 December 2020 .
70. News: Sandy. Matt. 2020-12-16. Joseph Safra, Banker Who Was the Richest Brazilian, Dies at 82. en-US. The New York Times. 2021-10-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20210218080507/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/16/world/americas/joseph-safra-banker-who-was-the-richest-brazilian-dies-at-82.html. 2021-02-18. 0362-4331.
71. News: 2020-12-12. Carol Sutton: Steel Magnolias actress dies from Covid-19. en-GB. BBC News. 2021-10-01.
72. Web site: Tributes paid to 'unofficial queen' Barbara Windsor . RTE . 11 December 2020.
73. News: Genzlinger. Neil. December 10, 2021. Michael Nesmith, the 'Quiet Monkee,' Is Dead at 78. The New York Times. subscription. https://web.archive.org/web/20211210190249/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/10/arts/music/michael-nesmith-dead.html. 10 December 2021. December 10, 2021.
74. News: Former Kentucky Governor Julian Carroll dies at 92 . December 10, 2023 . WKYT . December 10, 2023.
75. Book: Chaillot, Christine. 2006. The Ancient Oriental Churches. The Oxford History of Christian Worship. Oxford University Press. Geoffrey Wainwright. Karen B. Westerfield Tucker. 157.
76. Web site: International Days . www.un.org . 2 January 2021 . en . 6 January 2015.