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, 1,733,788,800 seconds 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
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.
1541 –
Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
1799 –
France adopts the metre as its official unit of length.
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.
1902 –
Women are given the right to vote in Tasmania.
1904 –
The Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity is founded at the College of Charleston.
1927 –
The phrase “Grand Ole Opry” is used for the first time on-air.
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.
1989 –
Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announces the establishment of Mongolia’s democratic movement that changes the second oldest communist country into a democracy.
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.
Who were born on December 10?
1452 –
Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)
1821 –
Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet (d. 1877)
1851 –
Melvil Dewey, American librarian, (d. 1931)
1920 –
Clarice Lispector, Ukrainian-Brazilian writer (d. 1977)
1934 –
Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist, Nobel laureate (d. 1994)
1952 –
Clive Anderson, English television presenter
1957 –
Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor
1957 –
Paul Hardcastle, English composer and musician
1974 –
Meg White, American drummer (The White Stripes)
1988 –
Mitchell Donald, Dutch footballer
Who died on December 10?
1909 –
Red Cloud, Oglala Lakota Sioux Chief (b. 1822)
1917 –
Sir Mackenzie Bowell, Canadian politician (b. 1823)
1926 –
Nikola Pašić, Serbian politician (b. 1845)
1928 –
Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Scottish architect, designer, and illustrator (b. 1868)
1945 –
Theodor Dannecker, German Nazi officer (b. 1913)
1978 –
Edward D. Wood, Jr., American filmmaker (b. 1924)
1994 –
Keith Joseph, English politician (b. 1918)
1999 –
Rick Danko, Canadian bassist and singer (The Band) (b. 1942)
1999 –
Shirley Hemphill, American actress (b. 1947)
2010 –
John Bennett Fenn, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
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