Birthdates Which Occur on December 10:
1538 Giovanni Battista Guarini Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd)
1787 Thomas H Gallaudet Phila, pioneer of educating the deaf
1794 James Wolfe Ripley Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1870
1805 William Lloyd Garrison abolitionist (Liberator)
1813 Zachariah Chandler US, merchant/politician (found Republican Party)
1820 David Allen Russell Army Bvt Major General (Union), died in 1864
1822 C‚sar Franck LiŠge Belgium, composer (R‚becca)
and Thomas Casimer Devin Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1878
1824 George MacDonald Scotland, sci-fi author (Princess & Curdie)
1830 Emily Dickinson Amherst Mass, poet (Collected Poems)
and K lm n Tisza premier of Hungary (1875-90)
1831 Alexander Conze German archaeologist
1851 Melvil Dewey created Dewey Decimal System for libraries
1870 Adolf Loos Austria architect (building of houses)
and Pierre Lou˜s France, novelist/poet (Aphrodite, Woman & Puppet)
1872 Ludwig Klages German philosopher (study of graves)
1883 Andrej J Vysjinski Russian lawyer/foreign min/UN-ambassador
1886 Victor McLaglen England, actor (Informer, Acad Award-1935)
1891 Nelly Sachs Germany, poet (O the Chimneys-Nobel 1966)
1897 Karl H Waggerl Austria writer (Kraft of the Liebe)
1898 Anton Mauve painter
19-- Jason Coppola rocker (Mind Funk-Sugar Aint So Sweet, Fire)
and Joel Brooks NYC, actor (Lt Dean-Pvt Benjamin, J D-My Sister Sam)
and Pepsi Demarque rocker (Pepsi & Shirley-All Right Now)
and Tom DeFile rock bassist (Saigon Kick-New World)
and Wayne Northrup actor (Roman-Days of our Life)
1901 F Fischer German war criminal (Breda 4)
1903 George J Lewis Guadalajara Mexico, sacotr (Don-Zorro)
and Una Merkel Covington Ky, actress (42nd Street, Abraham Lincoln)
and William Plomer Transvaal, author (Paper Houses, I Speak of Africa)
1904 Antonin Nov¢tny Czechoslovakia, Pres of Czechoslovakia (1957-68)
1907 Michael Blankfort US, writer/producer/director
and Rumer Godden England, author (Thursday's Children)
1908 Arnold A van Ruler theologist
and Olivier Messiaen Avignon France, composer (L'Ame en Bourgeon)
1910 Dennis Morgan Prentice Wisc, actor (Dennis-21 Beacon Street)
and John Hammond Sr NYC, rock/jazz producer (I Can Tell, So Many Roads)
1911 Chet Huntley Cardwell Mont, newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report)
1913 Morton Gould NY, unbelievably prolific composer (Verdun)
1914 Dorothy Lamour [Mary Kaumeyer], New Orleans, actress (Road to Bali)
1920 Ragnhild Hveger Denmark, 200m swimmer (Olympic-silver-1936)
1923 Harold Gould Schenectady NY, actor (He & She, Martin-Rhoda, Big Bus)
and Jorge Semprun French writer (2nd mort de R Mercader, Z)
1928 John Colicos Toronto, actor (Battlestar Galactica)
1929 Dan Blocker Texas, actor (Tiny-Cimarron City, Hoss-Bonanza)
1930 Clayton K Yeutter Nebraska, US trade rep
1937 Don Sebesky Perth Amboy NJ, orch leader (Jimmy Dean Show)
1938 Yuri Temirkanov Nalchik Russia, conductor (Kirov)
1941 Fionnula Flanagan Dublin Ireland, actress (Rich Man Poor Man)
and Tim Considine Louisville Ky, actor (Mike-My 3 Sons)
and Tommy Rettig Jackson Heights NY, actor (Jeff's Collie-Lassie)
1943 Theodore Wilson NYC, actor (That's My Mama, Sanford Arms)
1945 Eric Boom guitarist/producer
1946 Gloria Loring NYC, actress/singer (Days of our Life)
1947 Sinaida Woronin USSR, gymnist (Olympic-gold/silver/2 bronze-1968)
1951 Johnny Rodriquez US actor(?)
1952 Susan Hallock Dey Ill, actress (1st Love, Partridge Family, LA Law)
1958 John J York Chicago Ill, actor (Mac Scorpio-General Hospital)
and Paul Hardcastle keyboardist (Don't Waste My Time, Just for Money)
1959 Burke Moses NYC, actor (Sean Baxter-As the World Turns)
and Mark Aguirre NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)
1960 Kenneth Branagh Irish actor (High Season, Dead Again)
1961 Nia Peeples [Vernia], Hollywood, dancer/host (Fame, Party Machine)
1963 Robin White San Diego Cal, tennis player (US Open doubles 1988)
1985 Raven-Symon‚ Pearman actress (Cosby)
Deaths Which Occured December 10:
969 Nicephorus II Phocas Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered
1041 Michael IV Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies
1198 AverroŠs arabian philospher, dies
1603 William Gilbert physician/physicist dies at 58
1638 Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic Dalmatisch writer (Osman), dies at 49
1749 Gabrielle Chƒtelet [La belle Emilie], French writer (Voltaire), dies
1830 Simon Bolivar South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies
1896 Alfred Nobel dies; Swedish Nobel Prize ceremony on this date
1911 Joseph D Hooker British botanist, dies
1936 Luigi Pirandello Italian writer (Enrico IV, Nobel 1934), dies
1946 Damon Runyon US journalist/writer (Guys & Dolls), dies at 66
Walter Johnson Washington Senator great pitcher dies at 59
1964 Sam Cooke US, soul singer (Sad Moon), slain at a motel
1967 Otis Redding singer (Dock of Bay) dies in plane crash at 26
1968 Karl Barth Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies
Thomas Merton French/US priest/writer (7 Story Mountain), dies at 53
1974 Paul Richards actor (Dr Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50
1979 Fulton J Sheen bishop (Life is Worth Living), dies at 84
1981 John Kieran TV host (Information Please), dies at 89
1982 Freeman "Amos" Gosden US radio actor (Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 83
1983 Dorothy Cummings actress dies at 84
Patrick O'Moore actor dies at 74
1986 Kate Wolf folksinger (Back Roads), dies of leukemia at 44
1987 Jascha Heifetz Russia, violinist, dies at 86
1988 Dick Clair comedian (Clair & McMahon, Facts of Life) dies of aids
1990 Armand Hammer CEO (Occidental Petroleum), dies at 92
1991 Berenice Abbott US photographer, dies
1992 Carlomagno Andrade Equadorian general, dies
Holidays Which Occur December 10:
Cuba Independence Day (1898)
Khmer Republic Rights of Man Day
Mississippi Admission Day (1817)
Namibia Settlers' Day
Stockholm, Sweden Nobel Prize presentation Day (1896)
Thailand Constitution Day (1932)
UN, Equatorial Guinea Human Rights Day (1948)
World World Freedom Day
Wyoming Wyoming Day (women's sufferage) (1869)
Religious Observances on December 10:
314 RC Comemoration of St Melchiades, pope (311-14) & martyr
Things to Remember for December 10:
Flowers-narcissus, poinsettia & holly Gems-turquoise & zircon
National Indigestion Season
11 Days Astrological sign: Sagittarius
6 Days Geminid meteor shower, radiant in Gemini (50-80 per hour)
Highlights in History Which Occur December 10:
1294 Pope Coelestinus V becomes Pope (until Dec 13th)
1508 League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice)
1520 Martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demands he recant
1672 NY Gov Lovelace announces monthly mail service between NY & Boston
1690 Mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money
1810 Tom Cribb (GB) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in 1st interracial
boxing championship (40 rounds)
1817 Mississippi admitted as 20th state
1831 "Spirit of the Times" begins publishing (weekly horse racing sheet)
1864 Sherman reaches Savannah & 12 day siege begins
1869 Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st)
1879 J Palisa discovers asteroid #211 Isolda
1896 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3)
1898 Spanish-American War ends; US acquires Philippines, PR & Guam
1901 1st Nobel Peace Prizes (to Jean Henri Dunant, Fr‚d‚ric Passy)
1903 Nobel for physics awarded to Pierre/Marie Curie
1904 King Peter I of Sweden named nationalist regime
1906 Pres Theodore Roosevelt (1st American) awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1911 Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of US by airplane (84 days)
1914 French government returns to Paris
1915 10,000,000th model T Ford assembled
and Pres Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt
1918 John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League
1919 Nobel peace prize awarded to US president Wilson
1920 President Woodrow Wilson receives Nobel Peace Prize
1922 Nobel awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr & Albert Einstein
and Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards
1923 Polish cabinet of Grabski, forms
1924 Willem Einthoven awarded Nobel for medicine
1925 George Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel
1926 2nd part of Hitler's Mein Kampf published
1927 Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN
1931 Jane Addams (1st US woman) named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize
and Manuel Aza€a becomes premier/Niceto Zamora president of Spain
1932 Thailand recieves its 1st constitution
1934 Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp
and NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of season
1936 King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs Wallis Simpson
England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI
1939 Green Bay Packers win NFL championship
and KNVB celebrates 50th anniversary
1940 British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani)
1941 British battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore
and Japanse troops overrun Guam
1942 Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherland people"
1947 USSR & Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement
1948 UN General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1950 Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize
1952 WSLS TV channel 10 in Roanoke, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
and Yitchak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel
1953 KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting
and WSTV (now WTOV) TV channel 9 in Steubenville-Wheeling, OH (CBS) begins
1954 Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize
and Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium
1958 1st domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111
1961 Dr Ruth marries Fred Westheimer
and Houston Oiler Billy Cannon gains record 373 yards against Titans
and USSR & Angolia breaks diplomatic relations
1962 Hunters Point (SF) jitney ends service after 50 years
1963 6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on Andy Williams Show
and Zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth
1964 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr Martin Luther King Jr
1966 Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature
and Nobel for chemistry awarded to Robert S Mulliken
1970 North American Soccer League awards NY & Toronto franchises
1971 William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice
1973 1st time since 1885, tennis has 2 top males (S Smith & J Connors)
1974 Helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun
1975 Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize
1976 Wings release triple album "Wings Over America"
1977 Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station
1978 In Oslo, Menachem Begin & Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize
and Islanders ends 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3) to Canadians
1980 Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth
1982 Heavyweight Michael Doakes KOs Mike Weaver in 1:03 in Las Vegas
and Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off
1983 Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize
and Last NFL game at Shea Stadium; Steelers beat NY Jets 34-7
and Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's 1st civilian president
1984 South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize
and WNSY-AM in Newport News VA returns from WGH
1986 Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize
1987 "Nightline" is seen in USSR for 1st time
1988 Washington Capitals 1st NHL scoreless tie, vs Mont Canadiens
1989 President Gustav Hus k of Czechoslovakia, resigns
1990 Hindu-Muslim rebellion in Hyderabad-Aligargh India, 140 die
and Space Shuttle STS 35 (Columbia 11) lands
1992 NHL awards franchises to Mimai & Anaheim (for 1994-95)
and NY Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key
and Orlanda Magic scores 14 3-pointers (2 shy of record)
Your Special Reminders for December 10:
and 344th day of year with 21 days left (Numerology = 4)
1876 3øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
1946 70øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
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