December 10th, 1948

Born on December 10th, 1948

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What happened on December 10th?

December 10th, 1901

On the fifth anniversary of the death of their founder, Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm.

December 10th, 1898

The Spanish–American War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris, with Spain recognizing the independence of Cuba and ceding Guam, the Philippines, and Puerto Rico to the United States.

December 10th, 1884

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by American author Mark Twain was first published in the United Kingdom and Canada, two months earlier than in the US.

December 10th, 1861

Militia forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực, an anti-colonial leader in southern Vietnam, sank the French lorcha L'Esperance.

December 10th, 1847

"Il Canto degli Italiani", the Italian national anthem since 1946, made its public debut in Genoa.

December 10th, 1768

The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica was released in Edinburgh.

December 10th, 1684

Edmond Halley presented the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, containing Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, to the Royal Society.

December 10th, 1508

The Papal States, France, Aragon and the Holy Roman Empire formed the League of Cambrai, an alliance against the Republic of Venice.

December 10th, 1993

The video game Doom, later considered the "father" of the first-person shooter genre, is released.

December 10th, 1989

At the first open pro-democracy demonstration in Mongolia, journalist Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj announced the formation of the Mongolian Democratic Union, which would be instrumental in ending communist rule four months later.

December 10th, 1983

Raúl Alfonsín (pictured) became the first democratically elected president of Argentina to take office after more than seven years of military dictatorship.

December 10th, 1970

Around the northern Thai village of Mae Salong, remnants of Chinese anti-communist forces now fighting on behalf of the Thai government launched a five-year campaign against local communist insurgents.

December 10th, 1942

Edward Raczyński of the Polish government-in-exile issued a note that was the first official report on the Holocaust.

December 10th, 1941

Second World War: The Royal Navy capital ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse were sunk by Imperial Japanese Navy torpedo bombers east of Malaya.

December 10th, 1936

Edward VIII, desiring to marry the American socialite Wallis Simpson against widespread British opposition, signed the instrument of abdication to renounce the throne in favour of his brother George VI.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on December 10th

Born on December 10th, 1948

75

Claudette Dion

Canadian singer

*December 10th, 1948, Charlemagne

75

Dušan Bajević

Bosnian footballer and manager

*December 10th, 1948, Mostar

65

Jessica Cleaves

American singer and songwriter (1948-2014)

*December 10th, 1948, Los Angeles †May 2nd, 2014, Los Angeles

75

Richard Francis-Bruce

Australian film editor

*December 10th, 1948, Sydney

55

Muhammad Zaidan

Palestinian politician (1948-2004)

*December 10th, 1948, Safed †March 8th, 2004, Iraq

Same Day
Who's birthday is on December 10th?

37

Natti Natasha

Dominican singer

*December 10th, 1986, Santiago de los Caballeros

77

Eberhard Aurich

German politician

*December 10th, 1946, Chemnitz

63

Kenneth Branagh

British actor and filmmaker

*December 10th, 1960, Belfast

60

Marek Grechuta

Polish singer and composer (1945-2006)

*December 10th, 1945, Zamość †October 9th, 2006, Kraków

82

Fionnula Flanagan

Irish actress

*December 10th, 1941, Dublin

69

Florentin Smarandache

American mathematician

*December 10th, 1954, Romania

66

Ken Campbell

British actor, director and writer (1941-2008)

*December 10th, 1941, Ilford †August 31st, 2008, Loughton

70

Brian Gill

New Zealand zoologist, museum curator and editor

*December 10th, 1953, London

80

Jean Byron

American actress

*December 10th, 1925, Paducah †February 3rd, 2006, Mobile

76

Rasul Guliyev

Azerbaijani politician

*December 10th, 1947, Qazançı

83

Olivier Messiaen

French composer, organist and ornithologist (1908–1992)

*December 10th, 1908, Avignon †April 27th, 1992, Clichy

74

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Ugandan-born British journalist and author

*December 10th, 1949, Kampala

27

Jonas Vingegaard

Danish cyclist (born 1996)

*December 10th, 1996, Hillerslev

36

Ada Lovelace

English mathematician (1815–1852)

*December 10th, 1815, London †November 27th, 1852, Marylebone

79

Andris Bērziņš

Eighth president of Latvia

*December 10th, 1944, Nītaure

73

John Boozman

American politician and optometrist (born 1950)

*December 10th, 1950, Shreveport

53

Zinaida Voronina

Gymnast

*December 10th, 1947, Yoshkar-Ola †March 17th, 2001, Balashikha

34

Marion Maréchal

French politician

*December 10th, 1989, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

55

Emily Dickinson

American poet (1830-1886)

*December 10th, 1830, Amherst †May 15th, 1886, Amherst

54

Bernd Jakubowski

East German footballer (1952-2007)

*December 10th, 1952, Rostock †July 25th, 2007, Dresden

Same year
Born in 1948

69

Ole Thestrup

Danish actor (1948-2018)

*March 12th, 1948, Nibe †February 2nd, 2018, Tuse Næs

46

Maurizio Gucci

Italian businessman (1948-1995)

*September 26th, 1948, Florence †March 27th, 1995, Milan

75

Charles III of the United Kingdom

King of the United Kingdom since 2022

*November 14th, 1948, Buckingham Palace

75

Norbert Lammert

German politician, president of the Bundestag

*November 16th, 1948, Bochum

75

Jon Amiel

English film director

*May 20th, 1948, London

75

Marius Müller-Westernhagen

German actor and musician

*December 6th, 1948, Düsseldorf

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

75

Richard Simmons

American fitness instructor, actor, and video producer (born 1948)

*July 12th, 1948, New Orleans

69

Bernard Bosson

French politician (1948-2017)

*February 25th, 1948, Annecy †May 13th, 2017, 8th arrondissement of Lyon

76

Bärbel Kramer

German papyrologist

*March 26th, 1948, Mülheim an der Ruhr

75

Kathy Bates

American film actress and director

*June 28th, 1948, Memphis

71

Robert Trump

US business executive and real estate developer (1948-2020)

*August 26th, 1948, Queens †August 15th, 2020, NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital

68

Bernie Wrightson

American illustrator

*October 27th, 1948, Baltimore †March 18th, 2017, Austin

75

Gérard Depardieu

French actor (born 1948)

*December 27th, 1948, Châteauroux

76

John de Lancie

American actor

*March 20th, 1948, Philadelphia

76

Al Gore

Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001 (born 1948)

*March 31st, 1948, Washington, D.C.

75

Jonathan Hyde

Australian-born English actor

*May 21st, 1948, Brisbane

68

Altamas Kabir

39th Chief Justice of India

*July 19th, 1948, Kolkata †February 19th, 2017, Kolkata

75

Brian Eno

British musician, music producer, music theorist and visual artist (born 1948)

*May 15th, 1948, Melton

68

Carlos Gardini

Argentinian journalist (1948-2017)

*August 26th, 1948, Buenos Aires †March 1st, 2017, Buenos Aires

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Leap year

Yes: 1948 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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