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unusual facts about 10 December



1880 in Wales

10 December — 101 miners are killed in an accident at the Penygraig Colliery, Rhondda.


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1988–89 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 1988–89 FIS Cross-Country World Cup started in La Clusaz, France, on 10 December 1988 and finished in Falun, Sweden, on 12 March 1989.

2011–12 Elitserien season

It was played between HV71 and Linköpings HC (known as the E4 rivalry) on 10 December 2011, in a temporary arena at Elmia.

Ace Kefford

Christopher John "Ace" Kefford (born 10 December 1946, Moseley, Birmingham, England) is an English bassist.

Adolph Woermann

Adolph Woermann (10 December 1847 in Hamburg – 4 May 1911 in the Grönwohld-Hof near Trittau) was a German merchant, shipowner and politician, who was also instrumental in the establishment of German colonies in Africa.

Adrian Goldsmith

On 10 December 1941, Goldsmith married Dorothea Rosemary Britton in a ceremony at Tuckingmill, Cornwall.

Allies of World War I

Edward Carson – First Lord of the Admiralty – (10 December 1916 – 17 July 1917)

Bahrain at the 2005 West Asian Games

Bahrain participated in the 3rd West Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar from 1 December 2005 to 10 December 2005.

British Rail Class 319

On 10 December 1993 they travelled through the Channel Tunnel to Calais-Fréthun and back with a party of invited guests, after the construction consortium TransManche Link (who were responsible for the construction of the Tunnel) had transferred responsibility for operations and management over to Eurotunnel.

Carlos Loizaga

Carlos Loizaga was member in Paraguayan Triumvirate following death of Francisco Solano López from 1 March 1870 to 10 December 1870.

Charles Gosse

On 11 May 1880 he married Mary Blanche Hawker (1858 – 10 December 1945), daughter of George Charles Hawker M.P.

Christopher Nugent

He succeeded to the title on the death of his father, on 10 December 1559, and during his minority was the ward of Thomas Ratcliffe, third earl of Sussex, for whom he conceived a great friendship.

Countrywise

For example, the edition broadcast on 10 December 2010 mentioned gathering mushrooms, and mentioned the cep mushroom.

Dekemvriana

On December 1, 1944, the Greek government of "National Unity" under Georgios Papandreou and Gen. Scobie (British head of the Allied forces in Greece at that time) announced an ultimatum for the general disarmament of all guerrilla forces by 10 December, excluding those allied to the government (the 3rd Greek Mountain Brigade and the Sacred Squadron) and also a part of EDES and ELAS that would be used in Allied operations in Crete and Dodecanese if it was necessary.

Dick Israel

Ricardo Vizcarra Michaca (Born 10 December 1949 in Porac, Pampanga, Philippines), popularly known as Dick Israel, is a notable Filipino character actor who played mostly villain and sidekick roles in practically most of Filipino movies.

Edmund Gennings

He and Polydore Plasden were seized by Richard Topcliffe and his officers whilst in the act of saying Mass in the house of Saint Swithun Wells at Gray's Inn in London on 7 November 1591 and was hanged, drawn and quartered outside the same house on 10 December.

Edmund Sheffield, 1st Baron Sheffield

#John Sheffield, 2nd Baron Sheffield (c. 1538 – 10 December 1568) married Douglas Howard

Edward Rydz-Śmigły

Śmigły-Rydz was transferred from the internment camp to the villa of a former Romanian prime minister in Dragoslavele, from where he escaped on 10 December 1940 and crossed illegally into Hungary.

Emil Kléen

Johan Emil Kléen (Sätofta Skåne 17 September 1868 - Lund, 10 December 1898) was a Swedish journalist and poet.

Frederick III, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

William took his brother Frederick prisoner on 10 December 1484 and brought him via Gandersheim and Hardegen to Hann. Münden.

Guy Michel de Durfort

The couple's only child was Marie-Geneviève (3 February 1734/35–10 December 1762, Paris) - in 1751 she married Jean Bretagne Charles de La Trémoille, duke of Thouars.

Harrison Mwakyembe

Harrison George Mwakyembe (born 10 December 1955) is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Kyela constituency since 2005.

Huisheng

She went missing on 4 December 1957, and eventually her body was found with that of Okubo in Mount Amagi on 10 December.

Ian Gilzean

Ian Roger Gilzean (born 10 December 1969 in Enfield) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Jardel Santana

Jardel Santana da Silva (born 10 December 1978 in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil is a Brazilian footballer.

John Ewer

There were replies from Charles Chauncy of Boston, in A Letter to a Friend, dated 10 December 1767, and in a Letter to Ewer himself, by William Livingston, governor of New Jersey, in 1768.

Juan Arango

On 10 December 2012, Gladbach manager Lucien Favre hailed Arango as one of the best left-footed players in the world after the Venezuelan scored a 48-yard stunner in a 2–0 defeat of Mainz the previous day.

Judicature Acts

However, after the deaths of Lord Chief Baron Kelly (on 17 September 1880), and Lord Chief Justice Cockburn (on 10 November 1880), the Common Pleas and Exchequer divisions were consolidated (by an Order in Council of 10 December 1880) with the King's Bench division into a single division, under the presidency of the Lord Chief Justice of England, to whom, by the Judicature Act 1881 s.

Kerbi Rodríguez

(born 10 December 1985 in Esperanza) is a Dominican international football striker playing for Moca FC in the Dominican first division.

Major Booth

Major William Booth (10 December 1886 in Lowtown, Pudsey, Yorkshire, England – 1 July 1916 near La Cigny, France) was a cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1908 and 1914, a season in which he was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year.

Mercat Cross, Edinburgh

On 10 December 1688, a mob, having broken into the private chapel of King James VII at Holyrood Abbey and torn down the woodwork, carried it to the Cross where it was burned along with an effigy of the Pope.

Mika Bomb

On 10 December 2005, drummer Ergi fell ill and was rushed to hospital where he was diagnosed as having septicaemia.

Neil McCafferty

On 10 December 2008, Dungannon Swifts manager John Cunningham confirmed that McCafferty would be joining the Swifts squad, but was unavailable to play until the transfer window opened in January.

Nicholas Ilkov

Father Nicholas Ilkov (Polish: Mikołaj Ilków, Ukrainian: Mikola Іlkіv, born on 10 December 1890 - died in 1940 or 1941, Katyn, Poland) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest.

Nuremberg–Cheb railway

Since the timetable change on 10 December 2006, the Franken-Sachsen-Express Interregio-Express service operates on the line, using class 612 diesel multiple units (DMUs), from Nuremberg via Bayreuth or Marktredwitz to Hof, continuing via Chemnitz to Dresden, replacing an InterCity service.

Ojala

Antero Ojala (10 December 10 1916 to 5 February 1982) was a Finnish speed skater

Perth state by-election, 1892

Scott had been elected at the inaugural elections of the Assembly on 10 December 1890, and served both as the member and the Mayor of Perth.

RAF Fulbeck

The 434th TCG had 56 C-47s and started training with some detachments elsewhere until finally moving to RAF Welford on 10 December 1943.

Raúl Castro

On 10 December 2013, Castro, in a significant moment shook hands and greeted American President Barack Obama at the Nelson Mandela memorial service in Johannesburg.

Robert Moevs

Robert Walter Moevs (2 December 1920, in La Crosse, Wisconsin – 10 December 2007) was an American composer of contemporary classical music.

Sehestedt

In the course of the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon, the Battle of Sehested was fought here between Danish forces and a coalition of Sweden, Prussia and Russia on 10 December 1813.

Shuna Scott Sendall

Ne andrò lontana from Alfredo Catalani’s opera La Wally and Vissi d'arte from Giacomo Puccini’s opera Tosca, followed by Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas performed with Bryn Terfel and Ella Taylor & Liam Jones (winners of Radio 2's 2010 Young Chorister Competition) performed live on 10 December 2010 for BBC Radio 2’s Friday Night is Music Night.

Sir John Ayloffe, 5th Baronet

Sir John Ayloffe, 5th Baronet (died 10 December 1730) was an English clergyman, Rector of Stanford Rivers in Essex from 1707 until 1730.

Spencer Cowper

Cowper died on 10 December 1728 and was buried at the family seat Hertingfordbury where a monument to him by Louis-François Roubiliac was erected.

Springfield, Colorado

According to the Plainsman Herald from March 1988, the town was settled in 1888 or 1889 by Frank Pierce Tipton (DPOB 10 December 1852, Gallipolis, Ohio) who had travelled to Springfield from Moulton, Iowa, via Springfield, Missouri, in 1886 or 1887 in a covered wagon.

Teatro comunale Città di Vicenza

The Theater was inaugurated on 10 December 2007 with a great performance presented by Milly Carlucci and played by renowned actors such as Lina Sastri, Giorgio Albertazzi and Alessandro Gassman.

Thomas Walcot

On 10 December 1663 Walcot married Mary Littleton (d. 1695), the daughter of Sir Adam Littleton of Stoke St. Milborough, Shropshire.

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot, Paris.

William MacGregor

MacGregor assisted in the inauguration of the University of Queensland, he agreed to the handing over of his residence Old Government House to be its first home, and one of his first acts as governor was to attend the dedication ceremony on 10 December 1909.

Zhao Lianhai

On 10 December 2010 several Hong Kong journalists were at Zhao's apartment in Daxing Beijing to interview his supporters.