Notable Birthdays for December 10
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787-1851) – Founder of the American School for the Deaf.
Zachariah Chandler (1813-1879) – Founder of the Republican Party.
Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) – Eccentric poet.
Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) – Creator of the Dewey Decimal System.
David Allen Russell (1820-1864) – Office in the Union Army.
Chet Huntley (1911-1974) – Journalist who was a co-anchor for NBC’s co-anchoring NBC’s The Huntley–Brinkley Report.
Anne Gwynne (1918-2003) – Actress considered one of the first scream queens of horror movies.
Alexander Courage (1919-2008) – Composer of the original Star Trek theme.
Bob Farrell (1927-2015) – Founder of Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour (OR).
Tommy Kirk (1941-2021) – Child Actor remembered for his roles in the Disney films Old Yeller, The Shaggy Dog, and Swiss Family Robinson.
Tommy Rettig (1941-1996) – Child actor remembered from his role as Jeff Miller in Lassie.
Douglas Kenney (1946-1980) – Co-founder of the National Lampoon magazine.
Susan Dey (1952-Still Living) – Actress known for her role as Laurie Partridge in the Partridge Family.
Michael Clarke Duncan (1957-2012) – Actor in movies like The Green Mile, Armageddon, and The Scorpion King.
Bobby Flay (1964-Still Living) – Famous chef.
Sarah Chang (1980-Still Living) – American violinist.
Matt Stutzman (1982-Still Living) – Archer who holds the longest accurate shot in archery despite having no arms.
Memorable Events for December 10
1672 – The Governor of NY announces monthly mail service between NY and Boston.
1690 – Massachusetts Bay becomes first colony to issue paper money.
1817 – Mississippi becomes the 20th state to join the Union.
1869 – Kappa Sigma is founded at the University of Virginia.
1869 – Women are granted the right to vote in Wyoming Territory.
1884 – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published in the UK and Canada.
1898 – The Treaty of Paris is signed and Spain cedes administration of Cuba to the U.S.
1904 – Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity is founded in S.C.
1906 – President Roosevelt becomes the first American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in the mediation of the Russo-Japanese War.
