10 December

December 10 is the 344th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 21 days remain until the end of the year.

We have some interesting facts & historic events all about December 10^th, including areas in religion, crime, health and more.

Keep reading for more interesting facts about December 10^th in history!

Global Celebrations

Human Rights Day
Dewey Decimal System Day
Lost and Found Day
Christmas Jumper Day

Historic Events

What Happened On This Day – December 10

2007: Argentina swears in first female elected President

Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner became the first elected female President of Argentina.

2001: Release of the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy

The award winning movie called The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was directed by Peter Jackson and was based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.

1948: U.N. General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The document proclaimed, for the first time, fundamental human rights were to be universally protected.

1901: First Nobel prize awarded

Five years after the death of Swedish chemist and inventor, Alfred Nobel’s, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded.

1817: Mississippi becomes 20th state

Mississippi becomes the 20th state in the United States.

1942: Junior high students sit at tables making Christmas cards at the Granada Relocation Center, Camp Amache, southeastern Colorado on December 10, 1942.