What are the important events that happened on December 10? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
December 10: Facts & Myths About This Day
December 10 is the 345th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 21 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is November 27, 2024 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 28,896,480 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘trihectatetracontapentagon’ day.
Sagittarius is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Turquoise is the modern birthstone for this month. Onyx is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 50 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,372 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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December 10 Historical Events
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.
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.
1898 –
Spanish-American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.
1899 –
Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity is founded at the City College of New York.
1901 –
The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.
1902 –
Women are given the right to vote in Tasmania.
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.
1927 –
The phrase “Grand Ole Opry” is used for the first time on-air.
1968 –
Japan’s biggest heist, the still-unsolved “300 million yen robbery”, is carried out in Tokyo.
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.
Who were born on December 10?
1394 –
King James I of Scotland (d. 1437)
1452 –
Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)
1885 –
Marios Varvoglis, Greek Composer (d. 1967)
1886 –
Annie Bos, Dutch actress (d. 1975)
1911 –
Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974)
1913 –
Harry Locke, English actor (d. 1987)
1938 –
Yuri Temirkanov, Russian orchestral conductor
1956 –
Jan van Dijk, Dutch football player and football manager
1961 –
Oded Schramm, Israeli-American mathematician
1972 –
Brian Molko, Belgian-born singer and songwriter (Placebo)
Who died on December 10?
1508 –
René II, Duke of Lorraine (b. 1451)
1677 –
Samuel Gorton, English-born colonial American religious activist and pioneer settler of Rhode Island (b. 1593)
1896 –
Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize (b. 1833)
1953 –
Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Indian-born scholar and translator (b. 1872)
1967 –
Phalon Jones, American soul and R&B musician (b. 1949)
1968 –
Thomas Merton, American monk and author (b. 1915)
1982 –
Freeman Gosden, American actor (b. 1899)
1987 –
Jascha Heifetz, Russian violinist (b. 1901)
2005 –
Eugene McCarthy, America politician (b. 1916)
2010 –
John Bennett Fenn, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
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