History for December 10

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Emily Dickinson 1830 - Writer

• 1845 - British civil engineer Robert Thompson patented the first pneumatic tires.
• 1901 - The first Nobel prizes were awarded.
• 1906 - U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, for helping mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War.
• 1931 - Jane Addams became a co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, she was the first American woman to do so.
• 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 National Airlines 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.
• 1980 - South Carolina Democrat Representative John W. Jenrette resigned to avoid being expelled from the U.S. House of Representatives following his conviction on charges to the FBI's Abscam investigation.