Today in History for 10th December 2017:
Historical Events
1904 – John William Strutt [Lord Rayleigh] and William Ramsay are presented with the Nobel Prize for Physics for their discovery of Argon
1929 – Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine jointly awarded to Christiaan Eijkman and Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins for the discovery of vitamins
1980 – USSR performs underground nuclear test
1991 – Howard Spira sentenced to 2½ years in prison for trying to extort money from Yankees owner George Steinbrenner
1995 – Muralitharan takes 2-224 in Australian innings of 5-617
2001 – 67th Heisman Trophy Award: Eric Crouch, Nebraska (QB)
Famous Birthdays
1870 – T R McKibbin, cricketer (NSW and Aust off-spinner late 19th century)
1894 – Gertrud Kolmar, writer
1907 – Lucien Laurent, French footballer (d. 2005)
1968 – Rob Davis, NFL guard (Green Bay Packers-Super Bowl 31)
1980 – Ledley King, English footballer
1983 – Zé Kalanga, Angolan footballer
Famous Deaths
1638 – Ivan [Dzivo F] Gundulic, Dalmatian writer (Osman), dies at 49
1850 – François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist, dies at 63
1888 – Mariano Obiols, composer, dies at 79
1971 – Jozef MLT Cals, Dutch min of Education/premier (1965-66), dies at 57
2008 – Didith Reyes, Filipino singer (b. 1948)
2015 – Dolph Schayes, American basketball Hall of Famer (Syracuse Nationals/Philadelphia 76ers), dies at 87