December 10
What happened on this day:
1684 Isaac Newton’s paper on the theory of gravity is read to the Royal Society by Edmund Halley.
1817 Mississippi is admitted as the 20th U.S. state
1864 Major General William T. Sherman’s Union Army troops reach Savannah, Georgia.
1868 The first traffic lights are installed outside the Houses of Parliament in London.
1901 The first Nobel Prizes are awarded.
1971 Jim Hart throws a football for a record 98 yards, the longest recorded throw.
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Famous Birthdays:
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1830 Emily Dickinson : Poet
1952 Susan Dey : Movie Actress – Partridge Family
1957 Michael Clarke Duncan : Movie Actor
1964 Bobby Flay : TV Chef
1978 Donna Williams : Co-Founder of Neopets
1985 Raven Symone : Disney Channel Star
1985 Matt Forte : Pro NFL Football player
