Saturday, December 10, 2022

History for December 10

History for December 10 - On-This-Day.com 
Chet Huntley 1911
  • 1845 - British civil engineer Robert Thompson patented the first pneumatic tires.
  • 1851 - American librarian Melvil Dewey was born. He created the "Dewey Decimal Classification" system.
  • 1898 - A treaty was signed in Paris that officially ended the Spanish-American War. Also, Cuba became independent of Spain.
  • 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.

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