On This Day — December 10

🕰️ Notable Events on December 10

• 2016 — Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others. Wikipedia ↗
• 2014 — Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein was killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus'ayya) in Ramallah. Wikipedia ↗
• 2009 — The Lebanese government headed by Saad Hariri get the confidence of Lebanese Parliament by a majority of 122 votes, out of the audience, while the deputy abstained from voting and another deputy withhold confidence from the government, and missed four vice-confidence session. Wikipedia ↗
• 2007 — Announcing the formation of Allegiance Council, which was founded by King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud in the October 20, 2006, he was chosen Prince Mishaal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, as its chairman. Wikipedia ↗
• 2006 — Lebanese opposition Popular organize a sit-in against the government is the largest in the history of Lebanon, downtown Beirut, where official agencies estimated the number of demonstrators at more than a million people. Wikipedia ↗
• 1996 — The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela. Wikipedia ↗
• 1995 — The Israeli army withdrew from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Qatar national football team win the Gulf Cup held in Qatar. Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Mongolian Revolution: At the country's first open pro-democracy public demonstration, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of the Mongolian Democratic Union. Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture. Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Democracy is restored in Argentina with the inauguration of President Raúl Alfonsín. Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested. Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Arab-Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo. Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Zanzibar gains independence from the United Kingdom as a constitutional monarchy, under Sultan Jamshid bin Abdullah. Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Khalifa Abdullah Hassan Khalifa, revolutionary from Aden (1945 - 2007), a commando operation carried a bomb in Aden Airport, in the framework of the struggle against the British occupation, which resulted in the injury of the British High Commissioner were injured and the death of his deputy commander, George Henderson, also wounded 35 different injuries from British officials and some ministers of the Government of the Federation of South Arabia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Mighty Mouse Playhouse premieres on American television. Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — British Prime Minister Winston Churchill received the Nobel Prize in literature. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — The Human Rights Convention is signed by the United Nations. Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — World War II: The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse are sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers near British Malaya. Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — World War II: Battle of the Philippines: Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on Luzon. Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication. Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Thailand becomes a constitutional monarchy. Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature Wikipedia ↗
• 1907 — The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals that have been vivisected. Wikipedia ↗
• 1906 — U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize. Wikipedia ↗
• 1904 — Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity is founded at the College of Charleston. Wikipedia ↗
• 1902 — The opening of the reservoir of the Aswan Dam in Egypt. Wikipedia ↗
• 1901 — The first Nobel Prizes are awarded. Wikipedia ↗
• 1899 — Delta Sigma Phi fraternity is founded at the City College of New York. Wikipedia ↗
• 1898 — Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict. Wikipedia ↗
• 1896 — Alfred Jarry's Ubu Roi premieres in Paris. A riot breaks out at the end of the performance. Wikipedia ↗
• 1884 — Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published. Wikipedia ↗
• 1877 — Russo-Turkish War (1877-78): 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1869 — The Kappa Sigma Fraternity is founded at the University of Virginia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1868 — The first traffic lights are installed, outside the Palace of Westminster in London. Resembling railway signals, they use semaphore arms and are illuminated at night by red and green gas lamps. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1861 — Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L'Esperance. Wikipedia ↗
• 1817 — Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state. Wikipedia ↗
• 1799 — France adopts the metre as its official unit of length. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1665 — The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter Wikipedia ↗
• 1652 — Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy. Wikipedia ↗
• 1541 — Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII. Wikipedia ↗
• 1520 — Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate. Wikipedia ↗
• 1510 — Portuguese conquest of Goa: Portuguese naval forces under the command of Afonso de Albuquerque, and local mercenaries working for privateer Timoji, seize Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate, resulting in 451 years of Portuguese colonial rule. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1041 — The son of Empress Zoë of Byzantium succeeds to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on December 10

• 1994 — Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Eric Reid, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Dion Waiters, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Kazenga LuaLua, Congolese-English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Sakiko Matsui, Japanese singer and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Terrell Sinkfield, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Shoya Tomizawa, Japanese motorcycle racer (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, French politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Tom Sexton, Australian-Irish rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Wilfried Bony, Ivorian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Mitchell Donald, Dutch footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Neven Subotić, Serbian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Gonzalo Higuaín, French-Argentinian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Matthew Bates, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Kahlil Bell, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Charlie Adam, Scottish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Matt Forte, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — T. J. Hensick, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Trésor Mputu, Congolese footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Raven-Symoné, American actress, singer, and dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Lê Công Vinh, Vietnamese footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Mark Applegarth, English rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Lewis Buxton, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Habib Mohamed, Ghanaian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Xavier Samuel, Australian actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — D. S. Bradford, American singer-songwriter, performer, vocalist, guitarist, and composer Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Claudia Hoffmann, German sprinter Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Fábio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Sarah Chang, American violinist Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Matt Bentley, American wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Iain Brunnschweiler, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Anna Jesień, Polish hurdler Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Summer Phoenix, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Emmanuelle Chriqui, Canadian actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Shane Byrne, English motorcycle racer Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Steve Bradley, American wrestler (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Josip Skoko, Australian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Meg White, American drummer Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Donavon Frankenreiter, American surfer, singer-songwriter, and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Daniel Betts, British actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Kevin Sharp, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Bryant Stith, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Darren Berry, Australian cricketer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Rob Blake, Canadian ice hockey player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Yōko Oginome, Japanese singer, actress, and voice actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Rein Ahas, Estonian geographer and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Robin Brooke, New Zealand rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Mel Rojas, Dominican baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Greg Giraldo, American lawyer, comedian, actor, and screenwriter (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — J Mascis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Stephanie Morgenstern, Swiss-Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Stephen Billington, English actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Stef Blok, Dutch banker and politician, Dutch Minister of the Interior Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Bobby Flay, American chef and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — John Elias, Lebanese-Australian rugby league player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Ole Amund Gjersvik, Norwegian bassist and composer Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Jahangir Khan, Pakistani squash player Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Robin White, American tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Rakhat Aliyev, Kazakh politician and diplomat (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — John de Wolf, Dutch footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Mark McKoy, Canadian hurdler and sprinter Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Nia Peeples, American singer and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Kenneth Branagh, Northern Ireland-born English actor director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Kōichi Satō, Japanese actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Mark Aguirre, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Kevin Ash, English journalist and author (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Udi Aloni, American-Israeli director and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Wolf Hoffmann, German guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Cornelia Funke, German-American author Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Kathryn Stott, English pianist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Paul Hardcastle, English composer and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Prem Rawat, Indian-American guru and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Rod Blagojevich, American lawyer and politician, 40th Governor of Illinois Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Roberto Cassinelli, Italian lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Jacquelyn Mitchard, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Jan van Dijk, Dutch footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Eudine Barriteau, Barbadian economist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Price Cobb, American race car driver and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Chris Bury, American journalist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Clive Anderson, English lawyer and television host Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Susan Dey, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Greg Mortimer, Australian geologist and mountaineer Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Paul Varul, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Justice Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Johnny Rodriguez, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — John Boozman, American football player, lawyer, and politician, senior senator of Arkansas Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Simon Owen, New Zealand golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, Ugandan-English journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — David Perdue, American politician, junior senator of Georgia Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Dušan Bajević, Bosnian-Greek footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Jessica Cleaves, American singer-songwriter (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Jasuben Shilpi, Indian sculptor (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Rasul Guliyev, Azerbaijani engineer and politician, 22nd Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Douglas Kenney, American actor and screenwriter (d. 1980) Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Ace Kefford, English bass player Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Mukhtar Altynbayev, Kazakhstani general and politician, 3rd Defence Minister of Kazakhstan Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Andris Bērziņš, Latvian businessman and politician, 8th President of Latvia Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — John Birt, Baron Birt, English businessman Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Steve Renko, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Ann Gloag, Scottish nurse and businesswoman Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Ken Campbell, English actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Jeff Jones, Welsh-English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Tommy Rettig, American child actor (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Dick Bavetta, American basketball player and referee Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Barry Cunliffe, English archaeologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Bill Dunk, Australian golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Yuri Temirkanov, Russian viola player and conductor Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Howard Smith, American journalist, director, and producer (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Terry Allcock, English footballer and cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Jaromil Jireš, Czech director and screenwriter (d. 2001) Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994) Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Mako Iwamatsu, Japanese actor (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Philip R. Craig, American author (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Peter Baker, English-South African footballer and manager (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Wayne D. Anderson, American baseball player and coach (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Michael Jopling, Baron Jopling, English farmer and politician, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Barbara Nichols, American actress (d. 1976) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Bob Farrell, American businessman, founded Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Danny Matt, German-Israeli general (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Guitar Slim, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1959) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Carolyn Kizer, American poet and academic (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Ken Albers, American singer and musician (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Michael Manley, Jamaican pilot and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Jamaica (d. 1997) Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Harold Gould, American actor (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
• 1923 — Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect, designed the National Library of the Argentine Republic and Marriott Plaza Hotel (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Agnes Nixon, American television writer and director (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian journalist and author (d. 1977) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Reginald Rose, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Thanassis Skordalos, Greek lyra player and composer (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
• 1919 — Alexander Courage, American composer and conductor (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Anne Gwynne, American actress (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Anatoli Tarasov, Russian ice hockey player and coach (d. 1995) Wikipedia ↗
• 1916 — Walt Arfons, American race car driver (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — Nicky Barr, Australian rugby player, soldier, and pilot (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — Dorothy Lamour, American actress and singer (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1913 — Pannonica de Koenigswarter, English-American composer (d. 1988) Wikipedia ↗
• 1913 — Morton Gould, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1913 — Harry Locke, English actor (d. 1987) Wikipedia ↗
• 1913 — Ray Nance, American trumpeter, violinist, and singer (d. 1976) Wikipedia ↗
• 1912 — Philip Hart, American lawyer and politician, 49th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (d. 1976) Wikipedia ↗
• 1912 — René Toribio, Guadeloupean politician (d. 1990) Wikipedia ↗
• 1911 — Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974) Wikipedia ↗
• 1910 — Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1990) Wikipedia ↗

📅 National Days on December 10 (Calendar.cx)

Also observed on December 10

🏛️ Public Holidays

Also in: วันรัฐธรรมนูญ (TH)

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Chag HaBanot
• Jewish: Chanukah: 7 Candles
• Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Tevet
• Islamic: Beginning of the holy months