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December 10 Events in History - December 10 Birthdays - December 10 Deaths
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December 10, 1995 1st meeting of NBA expansion teams, Raptors beat Grizzlies 93-81 December 10, 1995 Kelly Robbins and Tammie Green wins LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches December 10, 1995 Michael Slater scores 219 vs. Sri Lanka at the WACA December 10, 1995 Muralitharan takes 2-224 in Australian innings of 5-617 December 10, 1995 Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Aust vs. Sri Lanka, WACA) December 10, 1995 Worst snowstorm in Buffalo history, 37.9" in 24 hours (Starting Dec 9 at 7 PM, breaks previous record of 25.3" in 1982 December 10, 1994 60th Heisman Trophy Award: Rashaan Salaam, Colorado (RB) December 10, 1994 European Campaign against Racism "All different, All equal" begins December 10, 1994 Nobel prize awarded to Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat December 10, 1993 Dow Jones hits record 3740.67 December 10, 1992 "My Favorite Year" opens at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York City for 37 performances December 10, 1992 NHL awards franchises to Mimai and Anaheim (for 1994-95) December 10, 1992 New York Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key December 10, 1992 Orlanda Magic scores 14 3-pointers (2 shy of record) December 10, 1991 "Crucible" opens at Belasco Theater New York City for 32 performances December 10, 1991 IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame December 10, 1991 Jackie Martling walks off of Howard Stern show for 1 day December 10, 1991 Howard Spira sentenced to 2 years in prison for trying to extort money from Yankees owner George Steinbrenner December 10, 1990 Hindu-Muslim rebellion in Hyderabad-Aligargh India, 140 die December 10, 1990 Soyuz TM-10 lands December 10, 1990 Space Shuttle STS 35 (Columbia 11) lands December 10, 1989 President Gustav Husak of Czechoslovakia, resigns December 10, 1988 Washington Capitals 1st NHL scoreless tie, vs Mont Canadiens December 10, 1987 "Nightline" is seen in U.S.S.R. for 1st time December 10, 1986 Atlanta Hawk Dominique Wilkins scores 57 points vs Chicago Bulls December 10, 1986 France performs nuclear test December 10, 1986 Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize December 10, 1985 Bill to balance the federal budget passed by Congress December 10, 1985 Junta leaders Videla and Massera sentenced in Buenos Aires December 10, 1984 1st planet outside our solar system discovered December 10, 1984 South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received his Nobel Peace Prize December 10, 1984 WNSY-AM in Newport News Virginia returns from WGH December 10, 1983 58th Australian Womens Tennis: M Navratilova beats K Jordan (62 76) December 10, 1983 Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize December 10, 1983 Last NFL game at Shea Stadium; Steelers beat New York Jets 34-7 December 10, 1983 Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as Argentina's 1st civilian president December 10, 1982 Heavyweight Michael Doakes KOs Mike Weaver in 1:03 in Las Vegas December 10, 1982 Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off December 10, 1981 El Salvador army kills 900 December 10, 1981 Jules Feiffer's "Grownups," premieres in New York City December 10, 1980 Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth December 10, 1980 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test December 10, 1979 Piet Dankert appointed as chairman of European Parliament December 10, 1978 "Platinum" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City after 33 performances December 10, 1978 67th Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Rancho Mirage (4-1) December 10, 1978 In Oslo, Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize December 10, 1978 Islanders ends 15 game undefeated streak (12-0-3) to Canadians December 10, 1977 Soyuz 26 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station December 10, 1976 Wings release triple album "Wings Over America" December 10, 1975 Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize December 10, 1975 Terry Funk beats Jack Brisco in Miami Beach, to become NWA champ December 10, 1974 European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament December 10, 1974 Helios 1 launched by U.S., Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun December 10, 1974 Space probe Helios 1 launched December 10, 1973 1st time since 1885, tennis has 2 top males (S Smith and J Connors) December 10, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. December 10, 1971 West German union chancellor W Burns receives Nobel prize of peace December 10, 1971 William H Rehnquist confirmed as Supreme Court justice December 10, 1970 North American Soccer League awards New York and Toronto franchises December 10, 1968 Joe Frazier beats Oscar Bonavena in 15 for heavyweight boxing title December 10, 1966 Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature December 10, 1966 Nobel for chemistry awarded to Robert S Mulliken December 10, 1965 "Yearling" opens at Alvin Theater New York City for 3 performances December 10, 1965 Dutch ends economic boycott of Rhodesia December 10, 1965 Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters vs. England at the Gabba December 10, 1964 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr December 10, 1963 6 year old Donny Osmond singing debut on Andy Williams Show December 10, 1963 Zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth December 10, 1962 Hunters Point (SF) jitney ends service after 50 years December 10, 1961 Dr. Ruth marries Fred Westheimer December 10, 1961 Houston Oiler Billy Cannon gains record 373 yards against Titans December 10, 1961 U.S. performs nuclear test at Carlsbad New Mexico (underground) December 10, 1961 U.S.S.R. and Albania break diplomatic relations December 10, 1958 1st domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 December 10, 1958 University of Pitts agrees to buy Forbes Field from the Pirates December 10, 1956 Establishment of MPLA in Angola December 10, 1954 Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize December 10, 1954 Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium December 10, 1953 "John Murray Anderson's Almanac" opens at Imperial New York City for 229 performances December 10, 1953 KOMO TV channel 4 in Seattle, WA (ABC) begins broadcasting December 10, 1953 WSTV (now WTOV) TV channel 9 in Steubenville-Wheeling, OH (CBS) begins December 10, 1952 Izhak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel December 10, 1952 WSLS TV channel 10 in Roanoke, Virginia (NBC) begins broadcasting December 10, 1952 Yitchak Ben-Zvi elected 2nd president of Israel December 10, 1950 Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize December 10, 1948 U.N. General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights December 10, 1947 U.S.S.R. and Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement December 10, 1945 Aust Services lose 3rd Victory Test Cricket to India by 6 wkts December 10, 1945 Preston Tucker reveals plan to produce the Torpedo, a new 150 MPH car December 10, 1944 9 Dutch citizens hanged by nazis December 10, 1944 German counter attack at Dillingen-bridgehead at Saar December 10, 1943 British 8th Army occupies Orsogna/Ortona Italy December 10, 1942 Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherland people" December 10, 1942 North Africa: 5th German pantser army forms under col-gen von Arnim December 10, 1941 British battleship Prince of Wales sinks off Singapore December 10, 1941 Japanese troops landed on northern Luzon in the Philippines December 10, 1941 Japanese troops overrun Guam December 10, 1940 British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani) December 10, 1939 Green Bay Packers win NFL championship, beat New York Giants 27-0 December 10, 1939 KNVB celebrates 50th anniversary December 10, 1938 26th CFL Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeats Winn Blue Bombers, 30-7 December 10, 1938 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen teacher, Rinzai line, enters Zen priesthood December 10, 1936 King Edward VIII abdicates throne to marry Mrs. Wallis Simpson December 10, 1936 Stockholm: physicist PBJ Debije receives Nobel prize for chemistry December 10, 1936 England replaces King Edward VIII stamp series with King George VI December 10, 1935 A's sell Jimmie Foxx to the Red Sox for $150,000 December 10, 1935 White Sox sell Al Simmons to the Tigers for $75,000 December 10, 1934 Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp December 10, 1934 NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of season December 10, 1934 Saint-Adelbert cooperation formed by Catholic elite December 10, 1932 King Rama VII (Prajadhipok) grants Thailand a constitution December 10, 1931 Jane Addams (1st U.S. woman) named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize December 10, 1931 Manuel Azana becomes premier/Niceto Zamora president of Spain December 10, 1929 Bradman scores 225 in 2nd inn of Test Cricket trial after 124 in 1st December 10, 1927 Grand Ole Opry makes its 1st radio broadcast, in Nashville, TN December 10, 1926 1st radio broadcast in the Sprinfield area (WCBS) December 10, 1926 2nd part of Hitler's Mein Kampf published December 10, 1925 George Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel December 10, 1924 Aggrement reached on permanent rotation of World Series with each league, getting games 1, 2, 6, 7 in alternating years December 10, 1924 Willem Einthoven awarded Nobel for medicine December 10, 1923 Polish government of Grabski, forms December 10, 1922 Nobel awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein December 10, 1922 Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards December 10, 1919 NL votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers December 10, 1919 NY, Boston, and Chicago, oppose AL resolution accusing Ban Johnson of overstepping his duties December 10, 1919 Nobel peace prize awarded to U.S. president Wilson December 10, 1918 John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League December 10, 1915 1,000,000th model T Ford assembled December 10, 1915 President Woodrow Wilson marries Edith Galt December 10, 1914 French government returns to Paris December 10, 1913 Kamerlingh Onnes receives Nobel prize for physics December 10, 1911 Calbraith Rogers completes 1st crossing of U.S. by airplane (84 days) December 10, 1911 Tobias Asser given Nobel prize for peace December 10, 1910 JD Van de Waals wins Nobel Prize for physics December 10, 1907 Ruyard Kipling receives Nobel prize for literature December 10, 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt (1st American) awarded Nobel Peace Prize December 10, 1904 King Peter I of Sweden named nationalist regime December 10, 1903 Nobel for physics awarded to Pierre/Marie Curie December 10, 1901 1st Nobel Peace Prizes (to Jean Henri Dunant, Frederic Passy) December 10, 1899 British "Black Week" due to nederlagen in South Africa December 10, 1899 Battle at Storm Berge South Africa - Boers vs British army December 10, 1899 Frank Wedekind's "Der Kammersang," premieres in Berlin December 10, 1898 Spanish-American War ends; U.S. acquires Philippines, PR and Guam December 10, 1896 1st intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3) December 10, 1896 Alfred Jarry's "Ubu Roi," premieres in Paris December 10, 1887 Austria-Hungary/Italy/Great-Britain signs military treaty of Balkan December 10, 1882 John Brahms' "Gesang der the Parzen," premieres December 10, 1869 Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (U.S. 1st) December 10, 1864 General Shermans armies reach Savannah and 12 day siege begins December 10, 1831 "Spirit of the Times" begins publishing (weekly horse racing sheet) December 10, 1817 Mississippi admitted as 20th state December 10, 1816 Dutch regain Sumatra December 10, 1810 Tom Cribb (GB) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in 1st interracial boxing championship (40 rounds) December 10, 1799 Metric system established in France December 10, 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies army draws into Manchester December 10, 1690 Mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money December 10, 1688 King James II flees London December 10, 1672 NY Gov Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York and Boston December 10, 1652 Sea battle at Dungeness: lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet December 10, 1582 France begins use of Gregorian calendar December 10, 1520 Martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demands he recant December 10, 1508 League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice) December 10, 1294 Pope Coelestinus V becomes Pope (until Dec 13th) December 10, 741 Zacharias becomes Pope |