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What happened in history on this day: December 10?
On December 10 in ...
- 969 - Nicephorus II Phocas Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered.
- 1041 - Michael IV Paphlagonicus, emperor of Byzantine, dies.
- 1198 - Averroës ibn-Rusjd Moorish philosopher, dies.
- 1294 - Pope Coelestinus V becomes Pope (until December 13th).
- 1490 - Antoine Haneron Bourgundy diplomat, dies at about age 90.
- 1508 - League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice).
- 1520 - Martin Luther takes a papal bull which threatens to excommunicate him and publicly burns it in front of the Elster Gate in Wittenberg.
- 1524 - Henry van Zutphen Dutch Augustine/Lutheran minister, burned to death.
- 1538 - Birth of Giovanni Battista Guarini Italian writer (Faithfull Shepherd).
- 1572 - Cornelis Musius Dutch humanist/poet, murdered at age 72.
- 1595 - Reynier Cant mayor of Amsterdam, dies at about age 59.
- 1603 - William Gilbert Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at age 59.
- 1616 - Diogo do Couto Portuguese historian/archivist of Goa, dies at age 74.
- 1638 - Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at age 49.
- 1652 - Sea battle at Dungeness: Lieutenant-Admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet.
- 1665 - Tarquinio Mercula composer, dies.
- 1672 - New York Governor Lovelace announces monthly mail service between New York and Boston.
- 1679 - Birth of Willem Maurits, Dutch count of Nassau/Governor of Zeeuws-Flanders.
- 1690 - Massachusetts Bay becomes first American colonial government to borrow money.
- 1741 - Birth of Agatha "Aagje" Deken Dutch writer (For the Elderly and Children).
- 1745 - Bonnie Prince Charles' army draws into Manchester.
- 1749 - Gabrielle Châtelet [La belle Emilie] writer (Voltaire), dies at age 42.
- 1765 - Birth of [Izaäk J] Alexander Gogel Dutch minister of Finance/patriot.
- 1787 - Birth of Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; pioneer of educating the deaf.
- 1794 - Birth of James Wolfe Ripley; US Brevet Major General (Union Army) (dies 1870).
- 1799 - Metric system established in France.
- 1805 - Birth of John E Feisser; theologist/founder first Dutch baptist church.
- 1809 - Sweden signs a peace treaty with Denmark.
- 1810 - Tom Cribb (Great Britain) beats Tom Molineaus (US-Negro) in first interracial boxing championship (40 rounds).
- 1813 - Birth of Zachariah Chandler; US merchant/politician (founder of Republican Party).
- 1815 - Birth of Ada Byron (Lovelace) in London, England; considered the first computer programmer.
- 1816 - Dutch regain Sumatra.
- 1817 - Mississippi is admitted as 20th state in the USA.
- 1820 - Birth of David Allen Russell; US Army Brevet Major General (Union) (dies 1864).
- 1821 - Birth of Nikolai A Nekrasov; Russian poet (Russkije Zjenjshiny).
- 1822 - Birth of César Franck in Liège, Belgium; composer (Rébecca).
- 1822 - Birth of Thomas Casimer Devin; US Brigadier-General (Union volunteers) (dies 1878).
- 1824 - Birth of George MacDonald in Scotland; sci-fi author (Lilith, Princess and Curdie).
- 1830 - Birth of Emily Dickinson in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA; poet (Collected Poems).
- 1830 - Birth of Kálmán Tisza; premier of Hungary (1875-90).
- 1831 - Spirit of the Times begins publishing (weekly horse racing sheet).
- 1848 - Prince Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte is elected first president of the French Second Republic.
- 1851 - Birth of Melvil[le Louis K] Dewey; created Dewey Decimal System for libraries.
- 1864 - USA Army General Tecumseh Sherman's armies reach Savannah, Georgia, and twelve-day siege begins.
- 1869 - Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US first).
- 1870 - Birth of Adolf Loos in Austria; architect (building of houses).
- 1870 - Birth of Pierre Louis in France; novelist/poet (Aphrodite, Woman and Puppet).
- 1870 - Birth of Rudolf W Canne; Fries playwright (Der de Wier Us).
- 1870 - Birth of T R McKibbin; cricket player (New South Wales and Australia off-spinner late 19th century).
- 1872 - Birth of Ludwig Klages; German philosopher (study of graves).
- 1875 - Otogaki Rengetsu, zen nun/benefactress of Tessai, dies at about age 84.
- 1878 - Death of Henry Wells; co-founder of Wells, Fargo & Company.
- 1882 - Birth of Otto Neurath; Australian/British philosopher (Foundation of Social Sciences).
- 1883 - Birth of Andrej J Vysjinski; Russian lawyer, foreign minister, UN ambassador.
- 1886 - Birth of Victor McLaglen in England; actor (Informer, Academy Award-1935).
- 1886 - Birth of William Booth; cricket player (Yorks all-rounder, England before WWI).
- 1887 - Austria-Hungary, Italy, and Great Britain sign military treaty of Balkan.
- 1889 - Birth of Ray Collins in Sacramento, California, USA; actor (Homecoming, Good Sam, Rose Marie).
- 1890 - Death of Spencer M. Clark; US Superintendent of National Currency Bureau.
- 1890 - Birth of George Merritt in London, England; actor (I Monster, Q Planes).
- 1890 - Ludolf Sloet van de Beele, Governor-General (Net India 1861-66), dies at age 84.
- 1891 - Birth of Leonie "Nelly" Sachs; German/Swedish poet (O the Chimneys - Nobel Prize 1966).
- 1896 - First intercollegiate basketball game (Wesleyan beats Yale 4-3).
- 1896 - Alfred Nobel of Sweden dies, in San Remo, Italy. Over his lifetime, 355 patents had been registered in his name, and he owned 93 factories around the world.
- 1897 - Birth of Karl H Waggerl; Austria writer (Power of Love).
- 1898 - Birth of Yuri N Libedinski; Ukrainian writer (Birth of Hero).
- 1898 - Signing of the Treaty of Paris ends war between the USA and Spain. Under terms of the treaty, control of the Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico, and Cuba are turned over to the USA.
- 1899 - First defeat of "Black Week" - Battle at Stormberg, South Africa - Boers vs British army; nearly 3000 British troops killed.
- 1901 - The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace.
- 1901 - Birth of F Fischer; German war criminal (Breda 4).
- 1903 - Birth of George J Lewis in Guadalajara, México; actor (Don - Zorro).
- 1903 - Birth of Una Merkel in Covington, Kentucky, USA; actress (42nd Street, Abraham Lincoln).
- 1903 - Birth of William Plomer in Transvaal; author (Paper Houses, I Speak of Africa).
- 1903 - Nobel for physics awarded to Pierre and Marie Curie.
- 1904 - Birth of Antonin Novótny in Czechoslovakia; President of Czechoslovakia (1957-68).
- 1904 - James Cranston, cricket player (scored 16 and 15 in Test for England), dies.
- 1906 - First American awarded Nobel Peace Prize - President Theodore Roosevelt.
- 1907 - Birth of Amedeo Nazzari Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy; actor (Lure of Sila).
- 1907 - Birth of Rumer Godden in England; author (Thursday's Children).
- 1907 - Ruyard Kipling receives Nobel Prize for literature.
- 1908 - Birth of Olivier Messiaen in Avignon, France; composer (L'Ame en Bourgeon).
- 1909 - Death of Red Cloud at age 77 on Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, USA; leader of Oglala Lakota Sioux during Boseman War (1866-1868).
- 1910 - Birth of Dennis Morgan in Prentice, Wisconsin, USA; actor (Dennis - 21 Beacon Street).
- 1910 - Birth of Jill Summers; actress (Agatha - Coronation Street).
- 1910 - Birth of John Hammond in New York City, New York, USA; rock/jazz producer ("I Can Tell", "So Many Roads").
- 1910 - JD Van de Waals wins Nobel Prize for physics.
- 1911 - Birth of Chet Huntley in Cardwell, Montana, USA; newscaster (NBC Huntley-Brinkley Report).
- 1911 - Calbraith Rogers completes first crossing of US by airplane (84 days).
- 1911 - Tobias Asser given Nobel Prize for peace.
- 1912 - Birth of Rien van Nunen; Dutch actor (Spuit Elf).
- 1913 - Birth of Morton Gould in Richmond Hill, New York, USA; unbelievably prolific composer (Verdun).
- 1913 - Kamerlingh Onnes receives Nobel Prize for physics.
- 1914 - Birth of Dorothy Lamour [Mary Kaumeyer] in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actress (Road to Bali, Greatest Show on Earth).
- 1914 - French government returns to Paris.
- 1915 - 10,000,000th Ford Model T car is assembled.
- 1918 - Birth of Anne Gwynne in Waco, Texas, USA; actress (Ride 'em Cowboy, House of Frankenstein).
- 1918 - Birth of Professor Longhair; king of New Orleans music.
- 1918 - John A Heyder becomes president of baseball's National League.
- 1919 - National League votes to ban the spitball's use by all new pitchers.
- 1919 - New York, Boston, and Chicago oppose American League resolution accusing Ban Johnson of overstepping his duties.
- 1920 - Birth of Ragnhild Hveger in Denmark; 200-metre swimmer (Olympics-silver-1936).
- 1920 - President Woodrow Wilson receives Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1922 - Nobel Prizes awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr, and Albert Einstein.
- 1922 - Pete Henry makes longest known NFL drop-kicked field goal, 45 yards.
- 1923 - Birth of Harold Gould in Schenectady, New York, USA; actor (He and She, Martin - Rhoda, The Big Bus).
- 1923 - Birth of Jorge Semprun; French writer (second mort de R Mercader, Z).
- 1923 - Polish government of Grabski forms.
- 1924 - Agreement reached on permanent rotation of World Series baseball championships with each league getting games 1, 2, 6, 7 in alternating years.
- 1924 - Willem Einthoven awarded Nobel Prize for medicine.
- 1925 - Birth of Carolyn Ashley Kizer; US writer (Yin, Pulitzer 1985).
- 1925 - George Bernard Shaw awarded Nobel Prize.
- 1926 - Second part of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf is published.
- 1927 - "Grand Ole Opry" makes its first radio broadcast, in Nashville, Tennessee.
- 1928 - Birth of John Colicos in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Battlestar Galactica).
- 1929 - Birth of Dan Blocker in Texas, USA; actor (Tiny - Cimarron City, Hoss - Bonanza).
- 1929 - Donald Bradman scores 225 in second inning of Test Cricket trial after 124 in first.
- 1930 - Birth of Clayton K Yeutter in Nebraska, USA; US trade representative/Republican National chairman.
- 1931 - American Jane Addams named co-recipient of Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1931 - Manuel Azaña becomes premier and Niceto Alcalá-Zamora is elected President of Spain.
- 1931 - Max Elskamp, Belgian author/poet (Six Chansons), dies at age 69.
- 1932 - King Rama VII (Prajadhipok) grants Siam a constitution.
- 1933 - Birth of Grenville Alabaster; cricket player (New Zealand tourist to Australia 1973-74).
- 1934 - Fascist dictator of Latvia Ulmanis begins building concentration camp.
- 1934 - NFL adopts player waiver rule; applies after 6th game of the season.
- 1934 - Saint-Adelbert cooperation formed by Catholic elite.
- 1935 - Philadelphia Athletics sell Jimmie Foxx to the Boston Red Sox for $150,000.
- 1935 - Chicago White Sox sell Al Simmons to the Detroit Tigers for $75,000.
- 1936 - British King Edward VIII makes a public radio address saying he is abdicating as he found it "impossible to do my duty as king and emperor without the help and support of the woman I love."
- 1936 - Luigi Pirandello, Italian writer (Enrico IV, Nobel Prize 1934), dies at age 69.
- 1936 - Robert Abel, cricket player (744 runs in 13 Tests for England 1888-1902), dies.
- 1936 - Stockholm: physicist PBJ Debije receives Nobel Prize for chemistry.
- 1937 - Birth of Don Bies in Cottonwood, Idaho, USA; PGA golfer (1975 Sammy Davis Junior).
- 1937 - Birth of Don Sebesky in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA; orchestra leader (Jimmy Dean Show).
- 1938 - 26th Canadian Football League Grey Cup: Toronto Argonauts defeat Winnipeg Blue Bombers, 30-7.
- 1938 - Birth of Yuri Temirkanov in Nalchik, Russia; conductor (Kirov).
- 1938 - Ruth Fuller Sasaki, Zen teacher, Rinzai line, enters Zen priesthood.
- 1939 - Green Bay Packers win NFL championship, beat New York Giants 27-0.
- 1939 - Vidkun Quisling of Norway meets with Adolf Hitler and many others in Berlin, over eleven days. They agree that Germany should aid Quisling and his Nazi party to seize control of Norway at a favorable moment.
- 1940 - Birth of William Fred Dempster in Berkeley, California, USA; crew member (Biosphere 2).
- 1940 - British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani).
- 1941 - Birth of Fionnula Flanagan in Dublin, Ireland; actress (Rich Man Poor Man).
- 1941 - Birth of Jeff Jones; cricket player (England left-arm pace bowler in 1960s).
- 1941 - Birth of Peter Michael Goetz; actor (Jumping Jack Flash, King Kong Lives).
- 1941 - Birth of Tim Considine in Louisville, Kentucky, USA; actor (Mike - My Three Sons).
- 1941 - Birth of Tommy Kirk; actor (Disneyland - Old Yeller, Hardy Boys).
- 1941 - Birth of Tommy Rettig in Jackson Heights, New York, USA; actor (Jeff's Collie - Lassie).
- 1941 - Japanese bombers sink British battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse in the Gulf of Siam.
- 1941 - Japanese troops land on northern Luzon in the Philippines.
- 1941 - Japanese forces capture Guam.
- 1942 - Birth of Bear Bossu [Berend F Gertenbach]; actor/vocalist (Pub Chantant).
- 1942 - Adolf Hitler names Mussert "leader of Netherlands people".
- 1942 - North Africa: 5th German Panzer Army forms under Colonel-General von Arnim.
- 1943 - Birth of Chad Stuart; rock vocalist/guitarist (Chad and Jeremy).
- 1943 - Birth of Theodore Wilson in New York City, New York, USA; actor (That's My Mama, Sanford Arms).
- 1943 - British 8th Army occupies Orsogna/Ortona Italy.
- 1944 - Nine Dutch citizens are hanged by Germans.
- 1944 - Birth of Tisha Sterling in Hollywood, California, USA; actress (Coogan's Bluff).
- 1944 - German counter-attack at Dillingen-bridgehead at Saar.
- 1944 - France and the Soviet Union sign a mutual assistance pact.
- 1945 - Australian Services lose third Victory Test Cricket to India by six wickets.
- 1945 - Preston Tucker reveals plan to produce the Torpedo, a new 150 MPH car.
- 1946 - Birth of Gloria Loring in New York City, New York, USA; actress/singer (Days of Our Lives).
- 1946 - Birth of Walter "Clyde" Orange in Florida, USA; rocker (Commodores - "Too Hot to Trot").
- 1946 - Damon Runyon, US journalist/writer (Guys and Dolls), dies at age 66.
- 1946 - Walter Johnson, great pitcher (Washington Senators), dies at age 59.
- 1947 - Birth of Sinaida Woronin in USSR; gymnast (Olympics-gold/silver/2 bronze-1968).
- 1947 - Birth of Wayne Northrop in Sumner, Washington, USA; actor (Roman - Days of Our Lives).
- 1947 - USSR and Czechoslovakia sign trade agreement.
- 1948 - 48 nations ratify the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- 1950 - Birth of Simon Owen in Wanganui, New Zealand, USA; Australasia golfer.
- 1950 - In Saint Louis, Missouri, USA a falling meteorite strikes a car.
- 1951 - Birth of Frank Beard; US country rock drummer (ZZ Top - "She Got Legs", "Fandango").
- 1951 - Birth of Johnny Rodriquez; American actor (Nashville Girl, La Bamba Party).
- 1952 - Birth of Susan Hallock Dey in Illinois, USA; actress (First Love, The Partridge Family, L.A. Law).
- 1952 - Yitzhak Ben-Zvi elected second President of Israel.
- 1953 - Birth of Jack Scalia; actor/director (Amore, Deadly Desire, Donor, T-Force).
- 1954 - Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1954 - Philadelphia Phillies purchase Connie Mack Stadium.
- 1956 - Establishment of MPLA in Angola.
- 1958 - First domestic (New York-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flies 111 passengers.
- 1958 - Birth of John J York in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Mac Scorpio - General Hospital).
- 1958 - Birth of Paul Hardcastle; keyboardist (Don't Waste My Time, Just for Money).
- 1958 - University of Pittsburgh agrees to buy Forbes Field from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
- 1959 - Birth of Burke Moses in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Sean Baxter - As the World Turns).
- 1959 - Birth of Mark Aguirre; NBA forward (Detroit Pistons).
- 1959 - Charles Jones, cricket batsman (West Indies in four Tests 1930-35, 63 runs), dies.
- 1959 - Henri Vidal, French actor (Fabiola), dies of a heart attack at age 40.
- 1960 - Birth of Kenneth Branagh in Belfast, Ireland; actor/director (High Season, Dead Again).
- 1960 - Birth of Paul Assenmacher in Detroit, Michigan, USA; pitcher (Cleveland Indians).
- 1961 - Birth of Mark McKoy; Canadian track star (world record 50 metre indoor).
- 1961 - Birth of Nia Peeples [Vernia] in Hollywood, California, USA; actress/dancer/singer/host (Fame, Party Machine).
- 1961 - Houston Oilers' Billy Cannon gains record 373 yards against New York Titans.
- 1961 - US performs nuclear test at Carlsbad, New Mexico (underground).
- 1961 - USSR and Albania break diplomatic relations.
- 1962 - Birth of John de Wolf; soccer player (Feyenoord).
- 1963 - Six-year old Donny Osmond's singing debut on the Andy Williams Show.
- 1963 - Birth of Doug Henry in Sacramento, California, USA; pitcher (New York Mets).
- 1963 - Birth of Gerald Sandel; soccer player (Sparta).
- 1963 - Birth of Michael Lofton in Montgomery, Alabama, USA; fencer-sabre (Olympics-1996).
- 1963 - Birth of Robin White in San Diego, California, USA; tennis player (US Open doubles 1988).
- 1963 - Zanzibar becomes independent within British Commonwealth.
- 1964 - Birth of Luis Polonia in Santiago City, Dominican Republic; outfielder (New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles).
- 1964 - Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr Martin Luther King Junior.
- 1965 - Birth of Jennifer Wyatt in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; golfer (1992 Crestar-Farm Fresh).
- 1965 - Dutch government ends economic boycott of Rhodesia.
- 1965 - Henry (Dixon) Cowell, US pianist/composer (Aeolian Harp), dies at age 68.
- 1965 - Test Cricket debut of Doug Walters versus England at the Gabba.
- 1966 - Birth of Eric Naposki; WLAF linebacker (Barcelona Dragons).
- 1966 - Birth of Norberto Martin in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; infielder (Chicago White Sox).
- 1966 - Israeli Shmuel Yosef Agnon wins Nobel Prize for literature.
- 1966 - Nobel prize for chemistry awarded to Robert S Mulliken. Nelly Sachs wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- 1967 - In Koyna, India, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurs. 177 deaths, 2000 injured, all buildings in Koynanagar damaged, 25 percent destroyed, 50,000 people left homeless. The filling of the Koyna Reservoir in 1963 caused a series of earthquakes in the area.
- 1967 - Otis Redding, singer ("Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay"), dies in plane crash at age 26.
- 1967 - Death of Carl Cunningham, rocker (Bar-kays), killed in a plane crash.
- 1967 - Death of Jimmy King, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash.
- 1967 - Death of Phalin Jones, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in plane crash.
- 1967 - Death of Ron Caldwell, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash.
- 1968 - Birth of Rob Davis; NFL guard (Green Bay Packers-Superbowl 31).
- 1968 - Joe Frazier beats Oscar Bonavena in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1968 - Karl Barth, Swiss theologist/minister (Kirchliche Dogma), dies at age 82.
- 1968 - Patsy Moran, actress (Children of the Wild), dies at age 65.
- 1968 - Thomas Merton, French/American priest/writer (7 Story Mountain), dies at age 53.
- 1969 - Birth of Darren Berry; cricket player (Victorian wicket-keeper since 1989-90).
- 1969 - Birth of Nadim Khan; cricket player (brother of Moin Pakistani lefty spinner 1993).
- 1969 - Birth of Rob Blake in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada; NHL defenseman (Team Canada, Los Angeles Kings).
- 1969 - Birth of Todd Furdyk; Canadian Football League tackle (British Columbia Lions).
- 1970 - Birth of Bryant Stith; NBA guard (Denver Nuggets).
- 1970 - In the Peru-Ecuador border region, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurs. 72 people killed.
- 1970 - North American Soccer League awards New York and Toronto franchises.
- 1971 - Birth of Amanda Hardy in Altona, Australia; badminton player (Olympics-1996).
- 1971 - Birth of Carla Sacramento in Lisbon, Portugal; 1.5km runner.
- 1971 - Birth of Manjula Munasinghe; cricket player (Sri Lankan ODI pace bowler).
- 1971 - Jozef Cals, Dutch Minister of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at age 57.
- 1971 - West German union chancellor W Burns receives Nobel Prize of Peace.
- 1971 - William H Rehnquist confirmed as US Supreme Court justice.
- 1972 - Mark A Van Doren, US literary (Our Lady Peace), dies at age 78.
- 1972 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk.
- 1973 - First time since 1885, tennis has two top males (S Smith and Jimmy Connors).
- 1973 - Birth of Bernard Holsey; defensive tackle (New York Giants).
- 1973 - Birth of Marcus Wall; Canadian Football League receiver (Montreal Alouettes).
- 1973 - Birth of Rusty LaRue; NBA guard (Chicago Bulls).
- 1973 - The American League vote unanimously to adopt the designated hitter rule on a trail basis for three years.
- 1973 - Earle Foxe, actor (Dance Fools Dance), dies at age 81.
- 1974 - European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament.
- 1974 - Helios 1 launched by US, Germany; later makes closest flyby of Sun.
- 1974 - Paul Richards, actor (Dr Thompson - Breaking Point), dies at age 50.
- 1975 - Andrei Sakharov's wife Yelena Bonner accepts his Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1975 - Terry Funk beats Jack Brisco in Miami Beach, Florida, to become NWA champion.
- 1977 - Soyuz 26 carries two cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station.
- 1978 - 67th Davis Cup: USA beats Great Britain in Rancho Mirage (4-1).
- 1978 - In Oslo, Norway, Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat accept 1978 Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1978 - New York Islanders end 15-game undefeated streak (12-0-3) to Montreal Canadiens.
- 1978 - Miura Isshu, Zen teacher, Hakuin Rinzai line, dies at age 75.
- 1978 - Death of Edward D Wood Junior of heart failure at age 54, American filmmaker (Plan 9) (born 1924).
- 1979 - Ann Dvorak, American actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at age 67 (born 1911).
- 1979 - Fulton J Sheen, archbishop/religious broadcaster (Life is Worth Living), dies from a heart attack in New York City, New York at age 84.
- 1979 - Piet Dankert appointed as chairman of European Parliament.
- 1980 - Soyuz T-3 returns to Earth.
- 1980 - USSR performs underground nuclear test.
- 1981 - John Kieran, TV host (Information Please), dies at age 89.
- 1982 - Heavyweight Michael Doakes knocks out Mike Weaver in 1:03 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- 1982 - Soyuz T-5 returns to Earth, 211 days after take-off.
- 1982 - Death of Freeman Gosden at age 83 of heart failure; radio actor (Amos - Amos 'n' Andy radio show).
- 1982 - Paramount releases the film 48 HRS. to theaters.
- 1983 - Birth of Patrick Flueger; American actor (Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, The 4400).
- 1983 - Military rule ends and democracy is restored in Argentina. Raul Alfonsin inaugurated as first civilian president.
- 1983 - 58th Australian Women's Tennis: M Navratilova beats K Jordan (6-2, 7-6).
- 1983 - Danuta Walesa, wife of Lech Walesa, accepts his Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1983 - Dorothy Cummings, actress (Dancing Mothers), dies at age 84.
- 1983 - Last NFL game at Shea Stadium; Pittsburgh Steelers beat New York Jets 34-7.
- 1983 - Patrick O'Moore, actor (Jungle Gents), dies at age 74.
- 1984 - First planet outside our solar system is discovered.
- 1984 - South African Bishop Desmond Tutu receives his Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1984 - In Claxton, Georgia, USA a mailbox is destroyed by a meteorite fall.
- 1985 - Bill to balance the US federal budget passed by Congress.
- 1985 - Birth of Raven-Symoné Pearman; American actress (Cosby Show), singer.
- 1985 - Junta leaders Videla and Massera sentenced in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- 1986 - Atlanta Hawks' Dominique Wilkins scores 57 points versus Chicago Bulls.
- 1986 - France performs nuclear test.
- 1986 - Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel accepts 1986 Nobel Peace Prize.
- 1986 - Death of Kate Wolf of leukemia at age 44; folksinger (Back Roads).
- 1986 - Susan Cabot-Roman, actress (Sorority Girl, Carnival Rock), dies.
- 1987 - Birth of Gonzalo Higuain; Real Madrid football player.
- 1987 - Nightline TV show is seen in the USSR for first time.
- 1988 - Dick Clair, comedian (Clair and McMahon, Facts of Life), dies of AIDS.
- 1988 - Richard Castellano, actor (Honor thy Father), dies at age 55.
- 1988 - Washington Capitals' first NHL scoreless tie, versus Montreal Canadiens.
- 1989 - President Gustav Husák of Czechoslovakia resigns.
- 1989 - Tsakhiagiyn Elbegdorj announces the establishment of Mongolia's democratic movement, that peacefully changes the second oldest communist country into a democratic society.
- 1990 - Armand Hammer, CEO (Occidental Petroleum), dies at age 92.
- 1990 - Hindu-Muslim rebellion in Hyderabad-Aligargh, India, 140 die.
- 1990 - Soyuz TM-10 lands.
- 1991 - Berenice Abbott, US photographer, dies at age 93.
- 1991 - Death of Greta Kempton, American artist (born 1901).
- 1991 - Howard Spira sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for trying to extort money from New York Yankees' owner George Steinbrenner.
- 1991 - IM Pei receives $5 million for design of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- 1992 - Carlomagno Andrade, Equadorian general, dies.
- 1992 - The National Hockey League votes unanimously to expand to Anaheim, California, approving a new team, "The Mighty Ducks", owned by The Walt Disney Company.
- 1992 - NHL awards franchise to Miami (for 1994-95).
- 1992 - New York Yankees sign free agent pitcher Jimmy Key.
- 1992 - Orlanda Magic scores 14 3-pointers (two shy of record).
- 1993 - Maroun Bagdadi, director/writer (Little Wars, Veiled Man), dies at age 42.
- 1993 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit to theaters in the US.
- 1993 - id Software releases the Doom game for MS-DOS to the public, via the ftp site on the University of Wisconsin's computer system. The game's name was inspired by a scene in the movie The Color of Money.
- 1993 - Paramount Pictures releases the film Wayne's World 2 to theaters in the USA.
- 1994 - The ABC TV network airs the two-hour special Wonderful World of Disney: 40 Years of Television Magic.
- 1994 - 60th Heisman Trophy Award: Rashaan Salaam, Colorado (Running Back).
- 1994 - European Campaign against racism "All different, All equal" begins.
- 1994 - The 100th episode of US TV show Baywatch airs.
- 1994 - Keith Joseph, British Member of Parliament (Conservative), dies.
- 1994 - Nobel Prize awarded to Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres, and Yasser Arafat.
- 1994 - Death of Alexander Wilson, Canadian and Notre Dame athlete (born 1905).
- 1995 - First meeting of NBA expansion teams, Toronto Raptors beat Vancouver Grizzlies 93-81.
- 1995 - Death of Darren Robinson AKA Buffy the Human Beatbox at age 28; American rap singer (The Fat Boys) (born 1967).
- 1995 - Gillian Rose, philosopher/writer, dies at age 48.
- 1995 - Kelly Robbins and Tammie Green win LPGA Diner's Club Golf Matches.
- 1995 - Mary Madge Lascelles, literary critic/poet, dies at age 95.
- 1995 - Michael Slater scores 219 versus Sri Lanka at the WACA.
- 1995 - Muralitharan takes 2-224 in Australian innings of 5-617.
- 1995 - Ricky Ponting makes 96 on Test Cricket debut (Australia versus Sri Lanka, WACA).
- 1995 - Worst snowstorm in Buffalo history, 37.9 inches in 24 hours, breaking previous record of 25.3 inches in 1982.
- 1996 - Death of Faron Young of suicide at age 34; country singer/actor (Hidden Guns).
- 1999 - German author Gunter Grass wins the Nobel Prize for Literature.
- 1999 - The European Union, at its meeting in Helsinki, Finland, determines to take up negotiations with Rumania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, the Slovak Republic and Malta for admission to the Union.
- 2000 - Herbert Kroemer wins the Nobel Prize in Physics; Kroemer carried on his work in fast transistors, laser diodes and integrated chips while working for RCA laboratories and Varian Associates.
- 2004 - New Zealand bans smoking in all public places (bars, restaurants, hotels, school, etc.).
- 2004 - Malaysian freighter Selendang Ayu carrying 1.8 million litres of fuel oil snaps in two off Unalaska Island, Alaska, USA, releasing thousands of litres of fuel oil.
- 2004 - Death of Gary Webb, American journalist known for his investigation into the Iran-Contra affair (born 1955).
- 2006 - NASA space shuttle Discovery lifts off from the Kennedy Space Center on the first night launch since the 2003 loss of Columbia.
- 2006 - Christer Fuglesang becomes the first Swede in space.
- 2006 - Chivas defeats Toluca in the final of the Mexican Soccer League.
- 2006 - Death of Augusto Pinochet, Chilean dictator (born 1915).
- 2007 - The United Nations deadline for a negotiated settlement on the future of Kosovo passes without an international agreement.
- 2007 - In Argentina, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner succeeds husband Néstor Kirchner as president.
- 2007 - Canadian Conrad Black is sentenced in Chicago, Illinois, to 6.5 years in jail for embezzling US$6.1 million from his Hollinger media empire.
- 2007 - Music group Led Zeppelin reunites in London, England, for the Ahmet Ertegün tribute.
- 2008 - The New York Yankees sign starting pitcher CC Sabathia to a seven-year, US$161-million contract - the largest ever for a free-agent pitcher.
- 2008 - The Channel Island of Sark, a British crown dependency, holds its first fully democratic elections under a new constitutional arrangement, becoming the last European territory to abolish feudalism.
- 2012 - Death of Iajuddin Ahmed, 13th President of Bangladesh (born 1931).
- 2014 - Birth of Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco.
- 2014 - Birth of Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès.
- 2019 - Sanna Marin, at the age of 34, becomes the world's youngest serving prime minister after being selected to lead Finland's Social Democratic Party.
- 2020 - Israel and Morocco normalise diplomatic relations.
- 2020 - The United States reaffirms its previous recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over the Western Sahara and announces plans to build a consulate there.
- 2020 - The United States and Saudi Arabia approve the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, while Argentina approves Sputnik V.
- 2021 - 36 tornados in Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee kill over 90 people.
- 2021 - Death of Michael Nesmith of heart failure at age 78; American musician and television personality (The Monkees - Daydream Believer) .
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