December 10

2024 Calendar

December 10 is the 344th day of the year (345th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 21 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

949 - Herman I, Duke of Swabia
1041 – Michael IV the Paphlagonian, Byzantine Emperor (b. 1010)
1198 - Averroes, Spanish astronomer, physicist and philosopher (b. 1126)
1508 - René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)
1603 – William Gilbert, English scientist (b. 1544)
1626 - Edmund Gunter, English mathematician and academic (b. 1581)
1665 - Tarquinio Merula, Italian organist, violinist and composer (b. 1594)
1796 - José Leonardo Chirino, Venezuelan revolutionary (b. 1754)
1850 – Jozef Bem, Polish general (b. 1794)
1850 - François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist (b. 1787)
1851 - Karl Drais, German inventor (b. 1785)
1865 – King Leopold I of Belgium (b. 1790)
1896 – Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor (b. 1833)

1901 – 1950

1903 – Una Merkel, American actress (d. 1986)
1903 - Dulce Maria Loynaz, Cuban poet (d. 1997)
1904 - Antonin Novotny, Czechoslovak politician (d. 1975)
1907 – Lucien Laurent, French footballer (d. 2005)
1908 - Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)
1908 - Mario Evaristo, Argentine footballer (d. 1993)
1909 - Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1990)
1913 – Morton Gould, American composer (d. 1996)
1914 - Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (d. 1996)
1920 - Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian writer (d. 1977)
1922 - Agnes Nixon, American actress, director and screenwriter (d. 2016)
1923 - Harold Gould, American actor (d. 2010)
1923 – Jorge Semprún, Spanish writer and politician (d. 2011)
1924 – Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997)
1926 - Mike Haughney, Scottish footballer (d. 2002)
1926 - Guitar Slim, American blues guitarist (d. 1959)
1927 - Harvey Glatman, American serial killer (d. 1959)
1934 – Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist (d. 1994)
1937 - Raphael Maklouf, Israeli-English sculptor
1938 - Yuri Temirkanov, Russian viola player and conductor
1939 - Dave Bavetta, American basketball player and referee
1939 - Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and academic
1941 – Kyu Sakamoto, Japanese singer and actor (d. 1985)
1941 - Peter Sarstedt, English singer (d. 2017)
1941 – Fionnula Flanagan, Irish-American actress
1942 - Aritatsu Ogi, Japanese footballer
1942 - Ann Gloag, Scottish businesswoman
1943 - Edward Peel, English actor
1944 - John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman
1944 - Andris Berzins, 8th President of Latvia
1948 – Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (d. 2004)
1949 - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, British journalist and author
1949 - David Perdue, American politician, United States Senator for Georgia

1951 – 2000

1953 – Dr. Albert Schweitzer is given the Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian work.
1963 – The United States Air Force's X-20 Dyna-Soar spaceplane program is cancelled by Robert McNamara.
1965 – The Grateful Dead play their first concert, at the Fillmore in San Francisco.
1968 - Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved 300-Yen robbery, is carried out in Tokyo.
1970 – Agricultural scientist Norman Borlaug, "father of the Green Revolution", is given the Nobel Peace Prize.
1975 – Activist Andrei Sakharov is given the Nobel Peace Prize, accepted by his wife, Yelena Bonner.
1978 – Arab-Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly given the Nobel Peace Prize.
1979 - Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship and organizers are arrested.
1983 – Solidarity leader Lech Wałęsa is given the Nobel Peace Prize, accepted by his wife, Danuta.
1983 – Raul Alfonsin becomes President of Argentina, ending a period of dictatorship.
1984 – Apartheid: Cleric and activist Desmond Tutu is given the Nobel Peace Prize.
1986 – The Holocaust: Elie Wiesel is given the Nobel Peace Prize.
1989 - Carlos Menem becomes President of Argentina.
1989 - Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the creation of the Mongolia Democratic Union.
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.
1997 – Kazakhstan's capital city Akmola changes its name to Astana.
1998 – Capital punishment is abolished in Bulgaria.

From 2001

2001 – Ashok Kumar, Indian actor (b. 1911)
2005 – Richard Pryor, American actor and comedian (b. 1940)
2005 – Eugene McCarthy, American politician (b. 1916)
2006 – Augusto Pinochet, former President of Chile (b. 1915)
2006 - Salvatore Pappalardo, Italian cardinal (b. 1918)
2010 – John Bennett Fenn, American chemist (b. 1917)
2012 - Lisa Della Casa, Swiss operatic soprano (b. 1919)
2012 - Iajuddin Ahmed, President of Bangladesh (b. 1931)
2013 - Jim Hall, American musician (b. 1930)
2014 - Ralph Giordano, German writer and publicist (b. 1923)
2014 - Judy Baar Topinka, American politician (b. 1944)
2014 - Robert B. Oakley, American diplomat (b. 1931)
2014 - Robert Wolfe, American historian and World War II veteran (b. 1921)
2014 - Bob Solinger, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1926)
2015 - Ron Bouchard, American NASCAR driver (b. 1948)
2015 - Dolph Schayes, American basketball player (b. 1928)
2015 - Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (b. 1989)
2016 - Ken Hechler, American politician (b. 1914)
2016 - A. A. Gill, English writer and critic (b. 1954)
2017 - Angry Grandpa, American internet personality (b. 1950)
2017 - Simeon Booker, American journalist (b. 1918)
2017 - Manno Charlemagne, Haitian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
2017 - Max Clifford, British publicist (b. 1943)
2017 - Lalji Singh, Indian biologist and zoologist (b. 1947)
2017 - Eva Todor, Hungarian-Brazilian actress (b. 1919)
2017 - Viktor Potapov, Russian sailor (b. 1947)
2017 - Antonio Riboldi, Italian Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1923)
2018 - C. N. Balakrishnan, Indian politician (b. 1934)
2018 - Chiang Pin-kung, Taiwanese politician (b. 1932)
2018 - Robert Spaemann, German Roman Catholic philosopher (b. 1927)
2018 - Xavier Tilliette, French philosopher and theologian (b. 1921)
2019 - Barrie Keeffe, English screenwriter (b. 1945)
2019 - Yury Luzhkov, Russian politician, former Mayor of Moscow (b. 1936)
2019 - Gershon Kingsley, German-American composer (b. 1922)
2019 - Philip McKeon, American actor (b. 1964)
2019 - Jim Smith, English footballer and manager (b. 1940)

Births

1951 – 1975

1951 - Ellen Nikolaysen, Norwegian singer and actress
1952 – Clive Anderson, British television presenter
1952 - Susan Dey, American actress and producer
1952 - Greg Mortimer, Australian mountaineer
1952 - Bernd Jakubowski, German footballer (d. 2007)
1953 - Friedhelm Funkel, German footballer and manager
1954 – Florentin Smarandache, Romanian artist and writer
1955 - Ana Gabriel, Mexican singer
1955 - Sonya Leite, American voice actress
1956 – Rod Blagojevich, 40th Governor of Illinois
1957 - Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012)
1957 - Paul Hardcastle, British musician
1958 - Cornelia Funke, German author
1959 - Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach
1960 – Kenneth Branagh, Northern Irish actor
1962 - Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakhstani politician (d. 2015)
1962 – John de Wolf, Dutch footballer
1963 – Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player
1964 - Edith González, Mexican actress (d. 2019)
1965 – Greg Giraldo, American comedian (d. 2010)
1965 - Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer and screenwriter
1969 - Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1972 – Brian Molko, Belgian-born singer and guitarist (Placebo)
1973 - Arden Myrin, American comedienne and actress
1974 – Meg White, American drummer
1975 – Josip Skoko, Australian footballer
1975 – Kristel Verbeke, Flemish singer, actress and host

From 1976

1977 - Andrea Henkel, German biathlete
1978 - Summer Phoenix, American actress
1981 – Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer
1982 - Sultan Kösen, Turkish world's tallest man
1983 - Patrick Flueger, American actor
1983 - Zé Kalanga, Angolan footballer
1983 - Xavier Samuel, Australian actor
1983 – Katrin Siska, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja)
1985 – Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer
1985 - Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer and dancer
1985 - Le Cong Vinh, Vietnamese footballer
1987 – Gonzalo Higuaín, Argentine footballer
1988 - Wilfried Bony, Ivorian footballer
1988 - Neven Subotic, Serbian footballer
1989 - Ng Chee Yang, Singaporean singer-songwriter, dancer and actor
1990 – Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2010)
1991 - Dion Waiters, American basketball player
1993 - Alicia von Rittberg, German actress
1993 - Rachel Trachtenburg, American singer and actress
1994 - Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer
2014 - Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès
2014 - Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco

Deaths

1901 – 2000

1909 – Red Cloud, Oglala Lakota Sioux chief (b. 1822)
1911 – Joseph Dalton Hooker, English botanist (b. 1817)
1917 – Mackenzie Bowell, Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823)
1926 - Nikola Pasic, Serbian politician and Prime Minister (b. 1845)
1928 – Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish artist, designer and architect (b. 1868)
1932 - Joseph Carruthers, Australian politician, 16th Premier of New South Wales (b. 1857)
1936 – Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (b. 1867)
1937 - Richard Ponsonby-Fane, British japanologist (b. 1878)
1948 - Na Hye-sok, South Korean journalist, poet and painter (b. 1896)
1967 – Otis Redding, American singer (b. 1941)
1968 – Karl Barth, Swiss theologian (b. 1886)
1972 - Mark Van Doren, American poet, critic and academic (b. 1894)
1977 – Adolph Rupp, American basketball coach (b. 1901)
1978 - Ed Wood, American director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1924)
1979 - Ann Dvorak, American actress and singer (b. 1912)
1982 - Freeman Gosden, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1899)
1986 – Kate Wolf, American singer (b. 1942)
1991 – Headman Shabalala, South African singer (b. 1945)
1994 - Keith Joseph, English politician (b. 1918)
1999 – Franjo Tudjman, President of Croatia (b. 1922)
2000 - Marie Windsor, American actress (b. 1919)

Observances

Nobel Prize Day
Constitution Day (Thailand)
Human Rights Day (United Nations)