History for December 10

History for December 10 - On-This-Day.com
Thomas H. Gallaudet 1787 - Pioneer of educating the deaf, Melvil Dewey 1851 - Created the "Dewey Decimal Classification" system, Chet Huntley 1911 


Chad Stuart (Chad and Jeremy) 1943 - Singer, Susan Dey 1952 - Actress ("L.A. Law," "The Partridge Family"), Kenneth Branagh 1960 - Actor, director 


1845 - British civil engineer Robert Thompson patented the first pneumatic tires. 


1898 - A treaty was signed in Paris that officially ended the Spanish-American War. Also, Cuba became independent of Spain. 


1941 - The Royal Naval battleships Prince of Wales and Repulse were sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Battle of Malaya. 


1950 - Dr. Ralph J. Bunche was presented the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the first African-American to receive the award. Bunche was awarded the prize for his efforts in mediation between Israel and neighboring Arab states. 


1953 - Hugh Hefner published the first "Playboy" magazine with an investment of $7,600. 


1958 - The first domestic passenger jet flight took place in the U.S. when 111 passengers flew from New York to Miami on a Pan Am Boeing 707. 



1964 - In Oslo, Norway, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the youngest person to receive the award. 


1994 - Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin received the Nobel Peace Prize. They pledged to pursue their mission of healing the Middle East.