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Historical Events
on December 10th
- Lead Story
- First Nobel Prizes awarded,1901
- American Revolution
- John Jay is elected president of the Continental Congress,1778
- Automotive
- Ford builds its 1 millionth car,1915
- Civil War
- Sherman arrives in front of Savannah,1864
- Cold War
- Soviets arrest dissidents on United Nations Human Rights Day,1977
- Crime
- Frank Sinatra Jr. endures a frightening ordeal,1963
- Disaster
- Music star dies in Wisconsin plane crash,1967
- General Interest
- Treaty of Paris ends Spanish-American War,1898
- Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize,1950
- Sex scandal involving Arkansas politician,1974
- Hollywood
- Mike Myers stars in Wayne's World 2,1993
- Literary
- Emily Dickinson is born,1830
- Music
- Soul legend Otis Redding dies in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin,1967
- Old West
- Wyoming grants women the vote,1869
- Presidential
- Wilson awarded Nobel Peace Prize,1920
- Sports
- LaDainian Tomlinson breaks single-season touchdown record,2006
- Vietnam War
- Calley trial defense begins,1970
- Breakthrough appears near in Paris peace talks,1972
- World War I
- Red Cross is awarded Nobel Peace Prize,1917
- World War II
- Japan becomes master of the Pacific and South China Sea,1941
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