Who Was Born Today – December 10 Birthdays
Important and famous people from throughout history born on this day
Born on December 10 | ||
1830 | Emily Dickinson, American poet of more than 1,000 poems, seven published in her lifetime. | |
1851 | Melvil Dewey, American librarian who created the Dewey Decimal System. | |
1881 | Viscount Alexander of Tunis, British soldier who took his title from his part in the Allied victories in North Africa. | |
1891 | Nelly Sachs, Nobel Prize-winning poet. | |
1903 | Mary Norton, English children’s author (Bedknobs and Broomsticks). | |
1907 | Rumor Godden, English novelist (Black Narcissus). | |
1908 | Oliver Messian, French composer (Quartet for the End of Time). | |
1911 | Chester “Chet” Huntley, American broadcast journalist. | |
1914 | Dorothy Lamour, actress, best remembered for co-starring with Bing Crosby and Bob Hope in their “Road to” movie series. | |
1922 | Agnes Nixon, writer, producer; creator of long-running TV soap operas (One Life to Live, All My Children). | |
1934 | Howard Martin Temin, geneticist; shared 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. | |
1941 | Chad Stuart, singer, musician; half of the Chad & Jeremy folk rock duo. | |
1948 | Abu Abbas (Muhammad Zaidan, Muhammad Abbas), a founder of the Palestine Liberation Front; led terrorist hijacking of cruise ship Achille Lauro. | |
1956 | Rod Blagojevich, 40th Governor of Illinois; arrested on federal charges of trying to sell the US Senate seat of President-elect Barack Obama. |
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