Today is Tuesday, December 10th, 2024.

It's the 345 day of the year, and we're on week 50.

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius.

What Happened on December 10 in History?

2005

Cristina Fernandez was sworn in as Argentina's first elected female president.
2001

The first Lord of the Rings film installment, 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in London.
1968

One of the biggest heists in Japan occurred.

1953

Winston Churchill was awarded the Nobel prize in Literature.
1936

Edward VIII signed to abdicate the British throne.
1911

Calbraith Rodgers completed the first crossing of the US by airplane in 84 days.
1901

The First Nobel Peace Prizes were awarded to the Red Cross founder Jean Henri Dunant and peace activist Frederic Passy.
1898

The Treaty of Paris was signed.
1884

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was first published in the UK and Canada.
1817

Mississippi was admitted to the Union, making it the 20th American state.
1768

The first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica was published.
1684

Isaac Newton's calculations and theories based on Kepler's laws were read to the Royal Society in London.
1520

Martin Luther publicly burned the papal edict, demanding that he recant.
1317

King Berger of Sweden celebrated Christmas with his brothers before throwing them in his dungeons to die.