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This Date in History - December 10th
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* 1041 Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adopted son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.
* 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.
* 1520 Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.
* 1541 Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
* 1665 The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter
* 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.
* 1817 Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.
* 1861 American Civil War: the Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.
* 1864 American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach Savannah, Georgia.
* 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.
* 1901 The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.
* 1902 Women are given the right to vote in Tasmania.
* 1906 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
* 1907 The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals who have been vivisected.
* 1927 The Grand Ole Opry premieres on radio.
* 1932 Thailand adopts a Constitution and becomes a constitutional monarchy.
* 1935 The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded to halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
* 1936 Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
* 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.
* 1941 World War II: Battle of the Philippines Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on the Philippine mainland.
* 1948 The UN General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
* 1949 Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
* 1955 The Mighty Mouse Playhouse premieres on television.
* 1968 Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
* 1978 Arab-Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
* 1979 Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
* 1981 The United Nations General Assembly approves Pakistan's proposal for establishing nuclear free-zone in South Asia.
* 1983 Democracy is restored in Argentina with the assumption of President Raϊl Alfonsνn.
* 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.
* 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.
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This Date in History - December 10th
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* 1041 Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adopted son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.
* 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.
* 1520 Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.
* 1541 Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
* 1665 The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter
* 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.
* 1817 Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.
* 1861 American Civil War: the Confederate States of America accept a rival state government's pronouncement that declares Kentucky to be the 13th state of the Confederacy.
* 1864 American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's Union Army troops reach Savannah, Georgia.
* 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.
* 1901 The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.
* 1902 Women are given the right to vote in Tasmania.
* 1906 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first American to win a Nobel Prize.
* 1907 The worst night of the Brown Dog riots in London, when 1,000 medical students clash with 400 police officers over the existence of a memorial for animals who have been vivisected.
* 1927 The Grand Ole Opry premieres on radio.
* 1932 Thailand adopts a Constitution and becomes a constitutional monarchy.
* 1935 The Downtown Athletic Club Trophy, later renamed the Heisman Trophy, is awarded to halfback Jay Berwanger of the University of Chicago.
* 1936 Abdication Crisis: Edward VIII signs the Instrument of Abdication.
* 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.
* 1941 World War II: Battle of the Philippines Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on the Philippine mainland.
* 1948 The UN General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
* 1949 Chinese Civil War: The People's Liberation Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last Kuomintang-held city in mainland China, forcing President of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and his government to retreat to Taiwan.
* 1955 The Mighty Mouse Playhouse premieres on television.
* 1968 Japan's biggest heist, the still-unsolved "300 million yen robbery", is carried out in Tokyo.
* 1978 Arab-Israeli conflict: Prime Minister of Israel Menachem Begin and President of Egypt Anwar Sadat are jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
* 1979 Kaohsiung Incident: Taiwanese pro-democracy demonstrations are suppressed by the KMT dictatorship, and organizers are arrested.
* 1981 The United Nations General Assembly approves Pakistan's proposal for establishing nuclear free-zone in South Asia.
* 1983 Democracy is restored in Argentina with the assumption of President Raϊl Alfonsνn.
* 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.
* 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.
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