December 10 in History
What happened on December 10 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on december 10 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on december 10 in history.
?>1993
The Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland, East England, closes, marking the end of the County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
1989
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of Mongolia’s democratic movement that changes the second oldest communist country into a democracy.
1983
Democracy restored to Argentina with the assumption of Raul Alfonsin.
1978
President of Egypt Anwar Sadat and Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1977
On UN Human Rights Day, the Soviet Union places 20 prominent dissidents under house arrest, cutting off telephones and threatening to break up a planned silent demonstration in Moscow’s Pushkin Square. Soviet newspapers decry human rights violations elsewhere in the world.
1950
Dr. Ralph J. Bunche becomes the first African-American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
1949
150,000 French troops mass at the border in Vietnam to prevent a Chinese invasion.
1943
Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill that postpones a draft of pre-Pearl Harbor fathers.
1943
Allied forces bomb Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria.
1941
Japanese troops invade the Philippine island of Luzon.
1941
The siege of Tobruk in North Africa is raised.
1936
Edward VIII abdicates to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, an American-born divorcee.
1919
Captain Ross Smith becomes the first person to fly 11,500 miles from England to Australia.
1918
U.S. troops are called to guard Berlin as a coup is feared.
1917
The Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to the International Red Cross.
1898
The United States and Spain sign the Treaty of Paris, ceding Spanish possessions, including the Philippines, to the United States.
1869
Governor John Campbell signs the bill that grants women in Wyoming Territory the right to vote as well as hold public office.
1862
The U.S. House of Representatives passes a bill creating the state of West Virginia.
1861
Kentucky is admitted to the Confederate States of America.
1817
Mississippi is admitted as the 20th state.