10th December anniversaries

• Birth
  • 1908
  • "Birth of Olivier Messiaen, French composer, organist and ornithologist ."
  • 1909
  • "Birth of Hermes Pan, American dancer and choreographer, noted for his work with Fred Astaire in choreographing movie dance sequences"
• event
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  • Great Britain
  • "Llewellyn, last native Prince of Wales, killed"
  • 1907
  • Great Britain
  • Rudyard Kipling awarded Nobel prize for Literature.
  • 1948
  • Greenland
  • The United Nations General Assembly adopted its Universal Declaration on Human Rights.
  • 1958
  • "The first domestic passenger jet flight in the USA took place, flying from New York City to Miami."
  • 1968
  • Japan
  • "The ‘300 million yen robbery’, the biggest robbery in Japanese history, occurred in Tokyo (remains unsolved)."
  • 1978
  • Iceland
  • "Menachem Begin, Prime Minister of Israel and Anwar al-Sadat, President of Egypt were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize."
  • 1983
  • Poland
  • Polish Solidarity leader Lech Walesa’s wife Danuta accepted his Nobel Peace Prize on his behalf.
  • 1983
  • Argentina returned to democracy after seven years of military rule .
  • 1984
  • South Africa
  • "South African Anglican bishop Desmond Tutu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway"
  • 1996
  • "South African President Nelson Mandela signed a new democratic constitution, formally ending white-minority rule"
  • 1998
  • Six astronauts became the first visitors to enter the new international space station. (The first resident crew entered in November 2000).
• Death
  • 1928
  • "Death of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, British architect and designer ."
  • 1946
  • "Death of Damon Runyon, American writer"