This Day in History
10 Dec 1041
Michael IV Paphlagonicus Byzantium Emperor dies of results of dropsy. His wife Empress Zoe elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V.
10 Dec 1294
Pope Coelestinus V becomes Pope (until Dec 13th)
10 Dec 1508
League of the kingdom signed (covenant against Venice)
10 Dec 1652
Sea battle at Dungeness lt-admiral Maarten Tromp beats English fleet
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Sex scandal involving Arkansas politician
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Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize
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First Nobel Prizes awarded
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Japan becomes master of the Pacific and South China Sea
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Calley trial defense begins
The defense opens its case in the murder trial of Lt. William Calley. Charged with six specifications of premeditated murder Calley was a platoon leader in Cha...
Breakthrough appears near in Paris peace talks
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LaDainian Tomlinson breaks single-season touchdown record
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Wilson awarded Nobel Peace Prize
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Wyoming grants women the vote
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Soul legend Otis Redding dies in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin
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Emily Dickinson is born
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Music star dies in Wisconsin plane crash
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Frank Sinatra Jr. endures a frightening ordeal
Frank Sinatra Jr. who was kidnapped in Lake Tahoe California on December 8 is allowed to talk to his father briefly. The 19-year-old man who was trying to ...
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