December 10 Historical Events and Birthdays

Historical Events

1869: Wyoming becomes the first state to adopt woman suffrage.

1898: In France, the Treaty of Paris is signed, ending the Spanish-American War and granting the United States its first overseas empire.

1901: The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace.

1902: The Aswan Dam on the Nile in Egypt officially opens, having been started in 1898. It is the largest dam in the world.

1948: The United Nations adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, marking the birth of the modern human rights movement.

Birthdays

Emily Dickinson 1830
Melvil Dewey 1851
Dorothy Lamour 1914
Harold Gould 1923
Dan Blocker 1928
Mako 1930
Chad Stuart (Chad and Jeremy) 1943
Gloria Loring 1946
Walter “Clyde” Orange (The Commodores) 1948
Johnny Rodriguez 1951
Kenneth Branagh 1960
Nia Peeples 1961
Michael Clarke Duncan 1963
J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) 1965
Scot Alexander (Dishwalla) 1971
Raven-Symone 1985