Tukuk-OS📅 December 10
21 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on December 10? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2021 — A tornado strikes an Amazon warehouse during increased holiday demand, killing six sheltering workers.
- 1993 — The video game Doom, later considered the "father" of the first-person shooter genre, is released.
- 1992 — Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan establishes the Marriage Fund in the United Arab Emirates in response to rising wedding prices.
Zayed bin Sultan Al NahyanMarriage in the United Arab Emirates
- 1989 — At the first open pro-democracy demonstration in Mongolia, journalist Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announced the formation of the Mongolian Democratic Union, which would be instrumental in ending communist rule four months later.
Tsakhiagiin ElbegdorjDemocratic Union Coalition (1996–2000)Mongolian Revolution of 1990
- 1983 — Raúl Alfonsín (pictured) became the first democratically elected president of Argentina to take office after more than seven years of military dictatorship.
Raúl AlfonsínPresident of ArgentinaNational Reorganization Process
- 1970 — Around the northern Thai village of Mae Salong, remnants of Chinese anti-communist forces now fighting on behalf of the Thai government launched a five-year campaign against local communist insurgents.
- 1967 — Soul and blues singer, Otis Redding, along with members of his back-up group, The Bar-Kays, are killed when their helicopter crashes in Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin.
- 1942 — Edward Raczyński of the Polish government-in-exile issued a note that was the first official report on the Holocaust.
Edward Bernard RaczyńskiPolish government-in-exileRaczyński's Note
- 1941 — Second World War: The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers east of Malaya.
- 1936 — Edward VIII, desiring to marry the American socialite Wallis Simpson against widespread British opposition, signed the instrument of abdication to renounce the throne in favour of his brother George VI.
- 1932 — The conclusion of the Emu War, after the Australian Government ordered the withdrawal of all Australian forces from the conflict.
- 1911 — Calbraith Perry Rodgers completed the first transcontinental flight across the United States.
- 1907 — During the Brown Dog affair, protesters marched through London and clashed with police officers in Trafalgar Square over the existence of a memorial for animals that had been vivisected.
- 1901 — On the fifth anniversary of the death of their founder, Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm.
- 1890 — The New York World Building, the then-tallest building in the United States at a height of 110 meters, was completed in New York City.
- 1884 — Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Finn depicted) by American author Mark Twain was first published in the United Kingdom and Canada, two months earlier than in the US.
- 1861 — Militia forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial leader in southern Vietnam, sank the French lorcha L'Esperance.
- 1848 — Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte won France's first presidential election, and was elected as the first and only president of the French Second Republic.
Napoleon III1848 French presidential electionFrench Second Republic
- 1768 — The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was released in Edinburgh.
First edition of the Encyclopædia BritannicaEncyclopædia BritannicaHistory of the Encyclopædia Britannica
- 1684 — Edmond Halley presented the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, containing Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, to the Royal Society.
- 1508 — The Papal States, France, Aragon and the Holy Roman Empire formed the League of Cambrai, an alliance against the Republic of Venice.
Births
- 2005 — Ivan Demidov, Russian ice hockey player
- 2001 — Coby Mayo, American professional baseball player
- 2000 — Jeremie Frimpong, Dutch footballer
- 1999 — Reiss Nelson, English footballer
- 1998 — Lucia Bronzetti, Italian tennis player
- 1997 — Viktoriia Savtsova, Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer
- 1996 — Joe Burrow, American football player
- 1996 — Kang Daniel, South Korean singer and entrepreneur
- 1995 — Tacko Fall, Senegalese basketball player
- 1994 — Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player
- 1994 — Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer
- 1992 — Carlos Rodón, American baseball player
Deaths
- 2025 — Jeffery Garcia, American stand-up comedian and voice actor (born 1975)
- 2024 — Rocky Colavito, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1933)
- 2024 — Michael Cole, American actor (born 1940)
- 2024 — Kreskin, American mentalist (born 1935)
- 2024 — S. M. Krishna, Indian politician and statesman, Minister of External Affairs, 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka, 19th Governor of Maharashtra (born 1932)
S. M. KrishnaMinister of External Affairs (India)Chief Minister of Karnataka
- 2023 — Julian Carroll, American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (born 1931)
- 2021 — Michael Nesmith, American musician (The Monkees), songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist (born 1942)
- 2020 — Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr., American actor and wrestler (born 1958)
- 2020 — Joseph Safra, Lebanese-Brazilian financier (born 1938)
- 2020 — Carol Sutton, American actress (born 1944)
- 2020 — Barbara Windsor, English actress (born 1937)
- 2019 — Philip McKeon, American actor (born 1964)
Observances & holidays
- Alfred Nobel Day or Nobeldagen (Sweden)
- Christian feast day: Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Syriac Orthodox Church)
- Christian feast day: Eulalia of Mérida
- Christian feast day: Gregory III
- Christian feast day: Karl Barth (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: Polydore Plasden
- Christian feast day: Thomas Merton (Episcopal Church (USA))
- Christian feast day: Translation of the Holy House of Loreto
- Christian feast day: December 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Constitution Day (Thailand)
- Human Rights Day (International)
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