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. You Have Only 14 Days Left Till Christmas
Holidays
- Alfred Nobel Day or Nobeldagen, presentation ceremony of the Nobel Prize. (Sweden)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Constitution Day (Thailand)
- Human Rights Day (International) On December 10, 1948, the newly established United Nations General Assembly made the first global written declaration for human rights. Coined as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), it was the first international promise to seek equal rights around the world. In 1950, the United Nations decided to make December 10th Human Rights Day to keep the momentum of the UDHR going.
History
In 220, Emperor Xian of Han abdicates the throne to Cao Pi ending the Han dynasty and establish the Kingdom of Wei
In 1041, – The son of Empress Zoe of Byzantium succeeds to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.
In 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.
In 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.
In 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.
In 1520, Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg‘s Elster Gate.
In 1541, Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
In 1603, William Gilbert, English astronomer, physicist, and physician (b. 1544) died. He was an English physician, physicist and natural philosopher. He passionately rejected both the prevailing Aristotelian philosophy and the Scholastic method of university teaching. He is remembered today largely for his book De Magnete (1600), and is credited as one of the originators of the term “electricity”. He is regarded by some as the father of electrical engineering or electricity and magnetism.
In 1652, Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.
In 1665, The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter
In 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 Edmund Halley.
In 1768, The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
In 1799, France adopts the metre as its official unit of length.
In 1817, Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.
The Convention of 1833, a political gathering of settlers in Mexican Texas, was one in a series of unsuccessful attempts at political negotiation that eventually led to the Texas Revolution. It followed the Convention of 1832, whose resolutions had not been addressed by the Mexican government. Delegates met in San Felipe de Austin to draft a series of petitions, with the volatile William H. Wharton presiding. Although the convention’s agenda largely mirrored that of the Convention of 1832, delegates also agreed to pursue independent statehood for the province, which was at the time part of the state of Coahuila y Tejas. Under the guidance of Sam Houston, former governor of the US state of Tennessee, a committee drafted a state constitution to submit to the Mexican Congress. Stephen F. Austin (pictured) journeyed to Mexico City to present the petitions to the government. Frustrated with the lack of progress, in October Austin wrote a letter encouraging Texans to form their own state government. This letter was forwarded to the Mexican government, and Austin was imprisoned in early 1834.
In 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.
In 1861, Forces led by Nguyen Trung Truc, an anti-colonial guerrilla leader in southern Vietnam, sink the French lorcha L’Esperance.
In 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.
In 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.
In 1877, Russo-Turkish War: 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.
In 1884, Mark Twain‘s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published for the first time.
In 1896, Alfred Jarry‘s Ubu Roi premieres in Paris, a riot ensues upon the first utterance.
In 1896, Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (b. 1833) died.
In 1898, Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
In 1899, Delta Sigma Phi fraternity is founded at the City College of New York.
In 1901, The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.
In 1902, Women are given the right to vote in Tasmania.
In 1906, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
In 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.
In 1909, Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
In 1911, The first transcontinental flight across the United States is completed. Calbraith Perry Rodgers began the flight on 17 September 1911, taking off from Sheepshead Bay NY.
In 1927, The phrase “Grand Ole Opry” is used for the first time on-air.
In 1932, Thailand adopts a constitution and becomes a constitutional monarchy.
In 1935, The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded to halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
In 1936, Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
In 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 Malaya.
In 1941, World War II: Battle of the Philippines – Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on the Philippine mainland.
In 1942, World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński’s Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.
In 1948, The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
In 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.
In 1955, The Mighty Mouse Playhouse premieres on television.
In 1965, The Grateful Dead‘s first concert performance under this new name.
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In 1967, Otis Redding, American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1941) died in a plane crash. He was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger and talent scout. He is considered one of the greatest singers in popular music and a major artist in soul and rhythm and blues. His singing style was powerfully influential among soul artists of 1960s and helped exemplify the Stax Sound.
In 1968, Japan‘s biggest heist, the still-unsolved “300 million yen robbery“, is carried out in Tokyo.
In 1976, The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Convention on the Prohibition of Military or Any Other Hostile Use of Environmental Modification Techniques.
In 1978, Arab-Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
In 1979, Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
In 1983, Democracy is restored in Argentina with the assumption of President Raúl Alfonsín.
In 1989, Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of Mongolia‘s democratic movement that changes the second oldest communist country into a democracy.
In 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.
In 1994, 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.
In 1996, The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.
In 2009, LANA (Lambuth Area Neighborhood Association) President Scott Conger with the NAACP’s Harrell Carter and in association with West Tennessee Healthcare Foundation’s Frank McMeen and aided by the Mayor of the City, Jerry Gist announced the first and only bi-annual “One Less Gun” BUY-BACK event to be held on December 19, 2009 program in the city of Jackson called One Less Gun. The program directors along with the city of Jackson requested those that participate break the law by carrying concealed weapons without a license.
In 2012, The first edition of The Jackson Press was released.
In 2013, Todd Starnes is reporting that Mikey Weinstein and his Freedom From Religion group got a call from some ‘emotionally troubled’ military soldiers because they saw a nativity scene at Shaw Air Force Base. Weinstein immediately went into action, calling the Pentagon and they had it removed in 2 hours.
In 2013, President Obama joined 100 other world leaders at a memorial service for Nelson Mandela in a Johannesburg soccer stadium on Tuesday. Obama said the late South African leader was an inspiration to him, personally, and an example of the power of reconciliation. Former presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Jimmy Carter also attended in a high-profile show of American respect for Mandela, South Africa’s first black president. [Reuters, CBS News]
In 2013, The federal government sold its last shares of General Motors stock on Monday, officially ending the bailout of the troubled automaker. Taxpayers wound up losing $10.5 billion of the $49.5 billion invested five years ago. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said the money helped save a million jobs and keep the recession from becoming a depression. GM executives say losing the “Government Motors” label will be good for the company. [New York Times]
In 2014, The last French hostage held by Islamists, Serge Lazarevic, returned home Wednesday after being held for three years by al Qaeda’s North African branch. Lazarevic was released days after the release of two al Qaeda fighters from a prison in Mali. He thanked French President Francois Hollande “for having done everything to free me.” The deal revived debate over negotiating with hostage takers. Hollande said France did not pay ransoms or exchange prisoners, but that other countries have, “to help us.” [BBC News, The Associated Press]
In 2014, Republicans and Democrats in Congress reached an agreement on a $1.1 trillion spending bill that would delay a fight over funding President Obama’s executive order on immigration and avoid a government shutdown. House Speaker John Boehner said he hoped to bring the deal to a vote on Thursday, when the federal government is due to run short of money. The bill gives most of the government money for the next fiscal year, but only funds the Homeland Security Department, which will carry out Obama’s immigration policies, into early next year. [The Associated Press]
In 2014, Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein was killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus’ayya) in Ramallah.
In 2014, Nothing like living in your own world……Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) told Politico that it was the bungled website and the rollout of the Affordable Care Act last fall that cost Democrats the majority and gave Republicans “ammunition to go after all of my candidates” — nothing else. Said Reid: “We never recovered from the Obamacare rollout. I’m not going to beat up on Obama. The rollout didn’t go well. We never recovered from that.” Asked about the lessons he drew from the losses, Reid paused for a second and said: “Have a better rollout of Obamacare.”
In 2016, Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.
