December 10 - This day in History

December 10: General Interest
1901: First Nobel Prizes awarded

The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace. The ceremony came on the fifth anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite and other high explosives... read more


American Revolution
1778 : John Jay is elected president of the Continental Congress
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/john-jay-is-elected-president-of-the-continental-congress


Automotive
1915 : Ford builds its 1 millionth car
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ford-builds-its-1-millionth-car


Civil War
1864 : Sherman arrives in front of Savannah
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sherman-arrives-in-front-of-savannah


Cold War
1977 : Soviets arrest dissidents on United Nations Human Rights Day
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soviets-arrest-dissidents-on-united-nations-human-rights-day


Crime
1963 : Frank Sinatra Jr. endures a frightening ordeal
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/frank-sinatra-jr-endures-a-frightening-ordeal


Disaster
1967 : Music star dies in Wisconsin plane crash
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/music-star-dies-in-wisconsin-plane-crash


General Interest
1898 : Treaty of Paris ends Spanish-American War
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/treaty-of-paris-ends-spanish-american-war

1950 : Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bunche-receives-nobel-peace-prize

1974 : Sex scandal involving Arkansas politician
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sex-scandal-involving-arkansas-politician


Hollywood
1993 : Mike Myers stars in Wayne's World 2
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mike-myers-stars-in-waynes-world-2

2009 : Avatar makes its world premiere
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/avatar-makes-its-world-premiere


Literary
1830 : Emily Dickinson is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/emily-dickinson-is-born


Music
1967 : Soul legend Otis Redding dies in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/soul-legend-otis-redding-dies-in-a-plane-crash-near-madison-wisconsin


Old West
1869 : Wyoming grants women the vote
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wyoming-grants-women-the-vote


Presidential
1920 : Wilson awarded Nobel Peace Prize
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wilson-awarded-nobel-peace-prize


Sports
2006 : LaDainian Tomlinson breaks single-season touchdown record
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ladainian-tomlinson-breaks-single-season-touchdown-record


Vietnam War
1970 : Calley trial defense begins
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/calley-trial-defense-begins

1972 : Breakthrough appears near in Paris peace talks
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/breakthrough-appears-near-in-paris-peace-talks


World War I
1917 : Red Cross is awarded Nobel Peace Prize
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/red-cross-is-awarded-nobel-peace-prize


World War II
1941 : Japan becomes master of the Pacific and South China Sea
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/japan-becomes-master-of-the-pacific-and-south-china-sea