December 10 historical events
346 — Conquest of Cheng-Han by Jin
The conquest of Cheng-Han by Jin, or the conquest of Han by Jin, was a military campaign launched by the Eastern Jin dynasty against the Cheng-Han dynasty from 10 December 346 to April 347 during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of China. The campaign, the first to be led by Huan Wen, concluded with the fall of Han and the reclamation of the Sichuan Basin by Jin.
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1260 — First Battle of Homs
For other battles in the same area but in different years, see Battle of Homs. The first Battle of Homs was fought on December 10, 1260, between the Ilkhanates of Persia and the forces of Egypt, in Syria. After the historic Mamluk victory over the Ilkhanates at the Battle of Ain Jalut in September 1260, Hulagu Khan of the Ilkhanate had the Ayyubid Sultan of Damascus and other Ayyubid princes executed in revenge, thus effectively ending the dynasty in Syria. However, the defeat at Ain Jalut forced the Ilkhanate armies out of Syria and the Levant.
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1478 — Battle of Sakainehara
The Battle of Sakainehara (境根原合戦, Sakainehara Kassen) was fought in 1478 between the forces of Chiba Noritane (千葉孝胤) and the forces of Ōta Dōkan and Chiba Yoritane (千葉自胤).
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1508 — The League of Cambrai is concluded against Venice
On December 10, 1508, the League of Cambrai was concluded against the Republic of Venice at Cambrai, in present-day France.
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1578 — Battle of Mimigawa
The Battle of Mimigawa was fought in Japan between the Ōtomo clan and the Shimazu clan in 1578. The Ōtomo force was led by Sorin's brother-in-law Tawara Chikataka, while the Shimazu clan was led by Shimazu Yoshihisa.
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1665 — The Royal Netherlands Marine Corps is founded by Michiel de Ruyter
The Netherlands Marine Corps (Dutch: Korps Mariniers) is the elite naval infantry corps of the Royal Netherlands Navy, one of the four Armed Forces of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The marines trace their origins to the establishment of the Regiment de Marine on 10 December 1665, by the then grand pensionary of the Dutch Republic, Johan de Witt and famous Admiral Michiel de Ruyter.
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1684 — Edmond Halley presented the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, containing Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, to the Royal Society
De motu corporum in gyrum (from Latin: "On the motion of bodies in an orbit"; abbreviated De Motu) is the presumed title of a manuscript by Isaac Newton sent to Edmond Halley in November 1684. The manuscript was prompted by a visit from Halley earlier that year when he had questioned Newton about problems then occupying the minds of Halley and his scientific circle in London, including Sir Christopher Wren and Robert Hooke.
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1690 — Massachusetts authorizes an issue of paper bills
The Massachusetts General Court ordered the issue of printed bills worth seven thousand pounds. The bills were intended to meet the colony’s financial obligations after an expedition against Quebec.
The date follows the original English old-style calendar.
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1708 — Siege of Lille (1708)
The siege of Lille (12 August – 10 December 1708) was the main operation of the 1708 campaign season during the War of the Spanish Succession. Following their victory in the Battle of Oudenaarde, the Allies decided to besiege Lille, an important French city and perhaps the strongest fortress in Europe.
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1732 — Nader Shah's Mesopotamian campaign
The Mesopotamian Campaign of 1732–1733 was a military conflict during the eventful Ottoman–Persian War (1730–1735). As a direct result of Tahmasp II's blunders in his ill fated invasion of the Ottoman Caucasus all of Nader's previous gains in the theatre were lost and a humiliating treaty had been signed giving away hegemony over the Caucasus to Istanbul.
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1768 — The first pages of Encyclopaedia Britannica are published
On 10 December 1768, the first pages of Encyclopaedia Britannica were published in Edinburgh, Scotland. The first edition was issued in parts, rather than as a complete set on that day.
This is the first instalment of the first edition, not the completion of the whole edition.
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1800 — Action of 10 December 1800
The action of 10 December 1800 was a minor engagement of the Napoleonic Wars in which the Spanish privateer gunboat San Francisco Javier, alias Poderoso, under Don Miguel Villalba, captured a hired brig of the Royal Navy commanded by Lieutenant Charles Niven (or Nevin). On 20 December the British hired armed brig Sir Thomas Pasley (or Admiral Pasley, or Pasley), left Plymouth, England with despatches for Lisbon, Gibraltar, and Malta.
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1812 — 1812 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1812 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on December 10, 1812, in order to elect the Governor of South Carolina. Democratic-Republican candidate and former Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives Joseph Alston was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly against fellow Democratic-Republican candidate and incumbent member of the South Carolina House of Representatives John Geddes.
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1813 — Battle of Sehested
The Battle of Sehested was fought on 10 December 1813 during the Dano-Swedish War of 1813–1814 between a Danish army under Prince Frederik of Hesse and a Coalition force led by Ludwig von Wallmoden-Gimborn. Near Sehested, Holstein, Frederik's troops defeated the Coalition army, inflicting over 1,100 casualties on von Wallmoden-Gimborn's force while suffering only 500. However, this victory did not prevent the Coalition from emerging victorious in the conflict in 1814.
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1821 — 1821 Maryland gubernatorial election
The 1821 Maryland gubernatorial election was held on December 10, 1821, in order to elect the governor of Maryland. Incumbent Democratic-Republican governor Samuel Sprigg was re-elected by the Maryland General Assembly against former Federalist governor Charles Goldsborough, Democratic-Republican candidates John Leeds Kerr and George C. Washington and Federalist candidates Robert Goodloe Harper, Robert Henry Goldsborough, John Eager Howard, John C. Herbert and Roger B. Taney.
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1825 — 1825 Virginia gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on December 10, 1825. The member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Charles City County John Tyler defeated the U.S. representative from Virginia's 20th congressional district John Floyd. The incumbent governor of Virginia James Pleasants was ineligible for re-election due to term limits established by the Constitution of Virginia. The election was conducted by the Virginia General Assembly in joint session.
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1825 — Cisplatine War
The Cisplatine War was an armed conflict fought in the 1820s between the Empire of Brazil and the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata over control of the Banda Oriental following its annexation by Brazil as the Cisplatina province. It was fought in the aftermath of the United Provinces' and Brazil's independence from Spain and Portugal, respectively, and resulted in the independence of Cisplatina as the Oriental State of Uruguay. In 1816, the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves carried out an invasion of the Banda Oriental and, after defeating the local resistance led by José Gervasio Artigas, annexed it under the name of Cisplatina. After Brazil's independence in 1822, Cisplatina remained as part of Brazil. Wishing to gain control of the region, the United Provinces sent a diplomatic mission to Brazil in 1823 to negotiate a peaceful Brazilian withdrawal, but it failed. In 1825, a group of patriots known as the Thirty-Three Orientals, supported by the Argentine government and led by Juan Antonio Lavalleja, launched a rebellion against Brazil. On 25 August of that year, in the Congress of Florida, they declared Cisplatina's independence from Brazil and its unification with the United Provinces. After a series of initial skirmishes, they defeated the Brazilians at the battles of Rincón and Sarandí, prompting the Argentine Congress to proclaim Cisplatina reintegrated into the United Provinces on 25 October. In response, Brazil declared war on the United Provinces on 10 December 1825 and imposed a naval blockade on the River Plate.
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1827 — 1827 Boston mayoral election
The 1827 Boston mayoral election saw the reelection of incumbent Josiah Quincy III to a sixth consecutive term. It was held on December 10, 1827.
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1828 — 1828 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1828 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on December 10, 1828, in order to elect the Governor of South Carolina. Nullifier candidate and incumbent member of the South Carolina Senate Stephen Decatur Miller was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly as he ran unopposed. The exact number of votes cast in this election is unknown.
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1832 — 1832 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1832 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on December 10, 1832, in order to elect the Governor of South Carolina. Nullifier candidate and incumbent United States Senator from South Carolina Robert Y. Hayne was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly as he ran unopposed. The exact number of votes cast in this election is unknown.
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1832 — 1832 Boston mayoral election
The 1832 Boston mayoral election saw the reelection of incumbent Charles Wells. It was held on December 10, 1832. Charles Wells ran as the National Republican Party nominee. His opponent, Samuel A. Wells was nominated by the Anti-Masonic Party. Theodore Lyman II also ran.
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1836 — 1836 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1836 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on December 10, 1836, in order to elect the Governor of South Carolina. Democratic candidate Pierce Mason Butler was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly as he ran unopposed. The exact number of votes cast in this election is unknown.
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1838 — 1838 Boston mayoral election
The 1838 Boston mayoral election saw the reelection of Whig Party incumbent Samuel Atkins Eliot to a third consecutive term. It was held on December 10, 1838.
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1845 — 1845 Virginia gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held in Virginia on December 10, 1845. The Democratic former U.S. representative from Virginia's 13th congressional district William Smith defeated Democratic businessperson John Brockenbrough. Democrats swept the 1845 state elections, winning large majorities in both chambers of the legislature. The Whig Party was divided over Texas annexation and further demoralized by their defeat.
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1849 — 1849 Boston mayoral election
The 1849 Boston mayoral election saw the reelection of incumbent Whig mayor John P. Bigelow. It was held on December 10, 1849.
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1855 — 1855 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1855 saw the election of Alexander H. Rice. It was held on December 10, 1855.
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1857 — Belgian general election, 1857
General elections were held in Belgium on 10 December 1857, the first full general elections since 1848. The elections were called by royal order of 12 November 1857, dissolving the Chamber of Representatives that had convened in a new session only two days earlier. In the elections for the Chamber of Representatives the result was a victory for the Liberal Party, which won 70 of the 108 seats. Voter turnout was 79.3%, although only 90,543 people (2% of the country's population) were eligible to vote.
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1858 — 1858 South Carolina gubernatorial election
The 1858 South Carolina gubernatorial election was held on December 10, 1858, in order to elect the Governor of South Carolina. Democratic candidate and former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina William Henry Gist was elected by the South Carolina General Assembly as he ran unopposed. The exact number of votes cast in this election is unknown.
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1860 — 1860 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1860 saw the election of Democratic Party nominee Joseph Wightman. This was the first Boston mayoral election won by a Democratic Party nominee. It was held on December 10, 1860. Wightman was nominated by both the Democratic and Union tickets. His opponent, Moses Kimball, was nominated by the Republican Party.
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1861 — Nguyễn Trung Trực’s forces burn the French vessel L’Espérance
Forces led by Nguyễn Trung Trực burned the French vessel L’Espérance on the Nhật Tảo canal in southern Vietnam on 10 December 1861, during resistance to French colonial forces.
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1866 — 1866 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1866 saw the election of Republican Party nominee Otis Norcross. The election saw a significant role played by the city's African American electorate, who formed an electoral partnership for the elections with the city's Democratic Party.
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1867 — Sakamoto Ryōma is assassinated in Kyoto
On December 10, 1867, Sakamoto Ryōma was attacked at the Ōmiya Inn in Kyoto, Japan, and died that night. His companion Nakaoka Shintarō was wounded in the same attack and died two days later.
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1870 — Battle of Beaugency (1870)
The Battle of Beaugency took place during the Franco-Prussian War between the army group of the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, and the French Armée de la Loire, won by the Prussians. It lasted from 8 to 10 December 1870 and occurred on the left bank of the river Loire to the northwest of the town of Beaugency.
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1872 — 1872 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1872 saw the election of Republican nominee Henry L. Pierce, who narrowly unseated incumbent Democratic mayor William Gaston.
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1872 — Charles H. Bartlett wins Manchester’s 1872 mayoral election
Charles H. Bartlett defeated Joseph Kidder in Manchester, New Hampshire. Bartlett resigned from the mayor’s office the following February.
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1877 — Siege of Plevna
The Siege of Plevna, or Siege of Pleven, was a major battle of the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, fought by the joint army of Russia and Romania against the Ottoman Empire. The Ottoman defense held up the main Russian advance southwards into Bulgaria for five months, encouraging other great powers actively to support the Ottoman cause. Eventually, superior Russian and Romanian numbers forced the garrison to capitulate. The Russian-Romanian victory on 10 December 1877 was decisive for the outcome of the war and the Liberation of Bulgaria.
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1878 — 1878 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1878 saw Democratic Frederick O. Prince elected to return to the mayoralty for a second nonconsecutive term. He defeated Republican nominee Charles R. Codman and Greenback contender Davis J. King.
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1889 — 1889 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1889 saw the reelection of Thomas N. Hart.
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1895 — 1895 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1895 occurred on Tuesday, December 10, 1895. Democratic nominee Josiah Quincy defeated Republican incumbent mayor Edwin Upton Curtis and one other contender to win election to his first term. Due to a change of the city charter in June 1895, this was the first Boston mayoral election for a two-year term; prior mayoral elections had been held annually.
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1896 — Ubu Roi premieres in Paris
Ubu Roi was first performed in Paris on 10 December 1896, provoking an uproar among the audience.
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1898 — Treaty of Paris (1898)
The Treaty of Peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain, commonly known as the Treaty of Paris of 1898, was signed by Spain and the United States on December 10, 1898, and marked the official end of the Spanish–American War.
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1899 — Battle of Stormberg
The Battle of Stormberg was a British assault on Stormberg Junction on 10 December 1899 during the Second Boer War. At that time, the Boers had taken control of Molten and the heights around Stormberg Junction, as part of their invasion of Cape Colony. William Forbes Gatacre, the general in command of troops in the Cape Midlands, decided to dislodge the Boers from their position in order to secure the railway lines which supplied the larger March on Kimberley by Lord Methuen.
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1900 — 1900 Calgary municipal election
The 1900 Calgary municipal election took place on December 10, 1900, to elect a Mayor and nine Aldermen to sit on the seventeenth Calgary City Council from January 7, 1901, to January 6, 1902. The election for Mayor was very close, with the Calgary Herald reporting James Stuart Mackie defeating his opponent Silas Alexander Ramsay by a single vote.
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1901 — 1901 Boston mayoral election
The Boston mayoral election of 1901 occurred on Tuesday, December 10, 1901. Democratic nominee Patrick Collins defeated Republican incumbent mayor Thomas N. Hart and two other contenders. Collins was inaugurated on Monday, January 6, 1902.
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1901 — The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm
The first Nobel awards in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, and literature were presented in Stockholm. Norway awarded the Peace Prize separately in Kristiania, now Oslo.
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1902 — The Aswan Low Dam opens
On December 10, 1902, the Aswan Low Dam opened on the Nile in Egypt. Construction had begun in 1898.
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1906 — 1906 Calgary municipal election
The 1906 Calgary municipal election was held on December 10, 1906 to elect a Mayor and twelve Aldermen to sit on the twenty-third Calgary City Council from January 14, 1907 to January 2, 1908. Arthur Leslie Cameron was elected Mayor of Calgary for the second time, his first occurring in the 1897 Calgary municipal election.
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1906 — Theodore Roosevelt receives the Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee honored Theodore Roosevelt for his part in mediating the end of the Russo-Japanese War. American envoy Herbert H. D. Peirce accepted the prize on Roosevelt's behalf at the ceremony in what is now Oslo.
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1907 — 1907 Boston mayoral election
The 1907 Boston mayoral election was held on Tuesday, December 10, and saw Republican nominee George A. Hibbard defeat Democratic incumbent John F. Fitzgerald as well as Independence League nominee John A. Coulthurst. Ahead of the general election, primary elections for each party had taken place on Thursday, November 14, 1907.
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1910 — Karak revolt
The Karak revolt was an uprising against Ottoman authority in the Transjordanian town of Al-Karak, which erupted on 4 December 1910. The revolt came after Sami Pasha, the governor of Damascus, wanted to apply the same measures of conscription, taxation, and disarmament to the inhabitants of Al-Karak that previously provoked the Hauran Druze Rebellion.
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1915 — Battle of Kirpen Island
The Battle of Kirpen Island was a small naval battle fought during the Black Sea campaign of World War I. On 29 November 1915 the German U-boat SM UC-13 was shadowing five Russian merchant ships when she ran aground off the mouth of the Sakarya River in poor weather. Admiral Wilhelm Souchon, the German commander of the Ottoman Navy sent two gunboats to recover the wreck.
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1916 — 1916 Copa de Honor Cousenier
The 1916 Copa de Honor Cousenier was the final match to decide the winner of the Copa de Honor Cousenier, the 11th. edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by Uruguayan Club Nacional de Football and Argentine Rosario Central. The match was held in the Estadio Gran Parque Central in Montevideo, on December 10, 1916.
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1917 — 1917 Calgary municipal election
The 1917 Calgary municipal election took place on December 10, 1917, to elect a mayor to a one-year term, and a commissioner and six aldermen to two year terms, and three aldermen for a one-year term. These officials sat on the thirty-fourth Calgary City Council. In addition, four members for the Public School Board, three members for the Separate School Board were elected.
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1919 — 1919 Calgary municipal election
The 1919 Calgary municipal election was held on December 10, 1919, to a Mayor and six Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Additionally a Commissioner, four members for the Public School Board, three members for the Separate School Board, and six members of the Hospital Board were elected.
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1919 — St Albans voters cast ballots in a parliamentary by-election
Voters in St Albans, England, went to the polls in a parliamentary by-election on December 10, 1919. The result was not announced until December 23, when Coalition Unionist Francis Fremantle was declared the winner. Labour candidate John Brown finished close behind. This date marks voting, not the later declaration of the result.
Polling day was December 10; the result was declared December 23.
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1921 — 1921 Parramatta by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Parramatta on 10 December 1921. This was triggered by the resignation of Nationalist MP, Treasurer and former Prime Minister Sir Joseph Cook to become Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. The by-election was won by Nationalist candidate Herbert Pratten, who resigned from the Senate to run.
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1922 — A ceremony marks Qingdao’s return to Chinese administration
A ceremony in Qingdao marked the transfer of the city from Japanese to Chinese administration following the settlement of the Shandong dispute.
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1924 — 1924 Calgary municipal election
The 1924 Calgary municipal election was held on December 10, 1924 to elect six aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Calgary City Council had twelve at-large aldermen on city council, but six of the positions were already filled: Andrew Davison, Thomas Alexander Hornibrook, Walter Little, William Henry Ross, Samuel Stanley Savage, and Robert Cadogan Thomas, were all elected to two-year terms in 1923 and were still in office.
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1932 — Siam promulgates its first permanent constitution
King Prajadhipok granted Siam's first permanent constitution at the Ananta Samakhom Throne Hall in Bangkok. It replaced the provisional charter adopted earlier that year.
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1936 — 1936–1937 Iraqi parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Iraq between 10 December 1936 and 20 February 1937 to elect the members of Chamber of Deputies of Iraq.
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1938 — 1938 Wakefield by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Wakefield on 10 December 1938. This was triggered by the death of United Australia MP Charles Hawker. The election was won by Labor candidate Sydney McHugh from a massive 20 percent two-party swing.
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1939 — Battle of Ilomantsi (1939)
The Battle of Ilomantsi was fought from 10 December to 16 December 1939, between Finland and the Soviet Union during the Winter War. Fighting took place near the village of Ilomantsi, in North Karelia, Finland.
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1940 — 1940 Philippine National Assembly special elections
Four special elections (known elsewhere as "by-elections") were held on December 10, 1940, for vacant seats in the National Assembly of the Philippines, the legislative body of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. These elections were conducted to fill the seats left vacant by the appointment of Pedro Sabido as manager of the National Abaca and other Fibers Corporation in Albay's third district, the deaths of Ruperto Montinola in Iloilo's second district and Ruperto Kapunan in Leyte's fifth district, and the resignation of Felipe Buencamino Jr. in Nueva Ecija's second district following his arrest over a fraud scheme.
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1941 — Japanese invasion of Aparri
The Japanese Invasion of Aparri on 10 December 1941 was one in a series of advance landings made by Imperial Japanese forces as first step in their invasion of the Philippines. The purpose was to obtain control of local air strips, which could be used as forward bases by fighter aircraft for operations further south. The first invasion was at Batan Island on 8 December 1941.
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1941 — Japanese invasion of Vigan
The Japanese Invasion of Vigan on 10 December 1941 was one in a series of advance landings made by Imperial Japanese forces as first step in their invasion of the Philippines. The purpose was to obtain control of local air strips, which could be used as forward bases by fighter aircraft for operations further south. The first invasion was at Batan Island on 8 December 1941.
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1941 — Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse
The sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse was a naval engagement in the Second World War, part of the war in the Pacific, that took place north of Singapore, off the east coast of Malaya, near Kuantan, Pahang, where the British Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales and battlecruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by land-based bombers and torpedo bombers of the Imperial Japanese Navy on 10 December 1941.
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1941 — The Battle of Guam was an engagement during the Pacific War in World War II that took place from 8 to 10 December 1941 on Guam in the Mariana Islands between Japan and the United States
The Battle of Guam was an engagement during the Pacific War in World War II that took place from 8 to 10 December 1941 on Guam in the Mariana Islands between Japan and the United States. The American garrison was defeated by Japanese forces on 10 December, which resulted in an occupation until the Second Battle of Guam in 1944.
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1942 — Declaration by United Nations
The Declaration by United Nations was the main treaty that formalized the Allies of World War II and was signed by 47 national governments between 1942 and 1945. On 1 January 1942, during the Arcadia Conference in Washington D.C., the Allied "Big Four"—the United States, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, and China—signed a short document which later came to be known as the United Nations Declaration, and the day after the representatives of 22 other nations added their signatures.
World War II: Government of Poland in exile send Raczyński's Note (the first official report on the Holocaust) to 26 governments who signed the Declaration by United Nations.
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1946 — South Sulawesi campaign of 1946–1947
The South Sulawesi Campaign (10 December 1946 – 21 February 1947) was a campaign during the Indonesian National Revolution. It was a counter-insurgency offensive of the special forces of the KNIL against Indonesian infiltrations from Java and pro-Indonesian local militias. It was masterminded by the controversial Raymond Westerling, a captain in the KNIL (Royal Netherlands East Indies Army).
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1948 — Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a document adopted by the United Nations General Assembly that codifies some of the rights and freedoms of all human beings. Drafted by a United Nations (UN) committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, it was accepted by the General Assembly as Resolution 217 during its third session on 10 December 1948 at the Palais de Chaillot in Paris, France.
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1949 — Australian federal election, 1949
Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 December 1949. All 121 seats in the House of Representatives, and 42 of the 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Australian Labor Party led by Prime Minister of Australia Ben Chifley was defeated by the opposition Liberal Party of Australia led by Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden. Menzies broke new ground in using the radio as his primary method of reaching voters. The number of MPs in both houses had been increased at the election, and single transferable vote under a proportional voting system had been introduced in the Senate.
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1949 — 1949 Copa Adrián Escobar final
The 1949 Copa Adrián C. Escobar Final was the final that decided the winner of the 7th. (and last) edition of Copa Adrián C. Escobar, an Argentine domestic cup organised by the Argentine Football Association. The match was contested by Newell's Old Boys and Racing Club. The final was held in Independiente Stadium on 10 December 1949. After the match ended in a 2–2 draw, a 30' extra time was played.
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1949 — 1949 Australian House of Representatives election
This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1949 federal election.
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1951 — 1951 North-West Frontier Province provincial election
Provincial Assembly elections were held in the North-West Frontier Province of the Dominion of Pakistan in 1951 to elect all 85 members of the Provincial Assembly, alongside provincial elections in West Punjab. It was Pakistan's first provincial assembly election. The Muslim League won the election, defeating the Jinnah Awami Muslim League coalition of the Jinnah Muslim League and All-Pakistan Awami Muslim League.
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1955 — Australian federal election, 1955
Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 December 1955. All 122 seats in the House of Representatives, and 30 of the 60 seats in the Senate were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Prime Minister of Australia Robert Menzies with coalition partner the Country Party led by Arthur Fadden defeated the Australian Labor Party led by H. V. Evatt.
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1955 — 1955 Australian House of Representatives election
This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1955 federal election.
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1961 — 1961 revolt in Somalia
The 1961 revolt in Somalia was an unsuccessful revolt and coup d'état attempt in northern regions of the Somali Republic which took place in December 1961. The coup plotters, a group of northern junior officers, intended to restore the independence of the State of Somaliland.
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1961 — Hong Kong police arrest two men in a kidnapping investigation
Hong Kong police arrested two men in Kowloon in connection with the kidnapping of Wong Sik-pun. The arrests marked a break in the investigation later known as the Three Wolves case.
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1962 — 1962 Prince Edward Island general election
The 1962 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on December 10, 1962. The governing Progressive Conservatives of Premier Walter R. Shaw won re-election with a majority government over the opposition Liberals, led by former Premier Alex W. Matheson.
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1963 — 1963 Aden airport attack
The 1963 Aden airport attack was an incident which saw the beginning of the Aden Emergency. Arab nationalists of the NLF made a grenade attack against the British High Commissioner, Sir Kennedy Trevaskis, immediately killing one person, a local woman, and injuring 50 others. George Henderson, the assistant high commissioner, saved Sir Kennedy's life by pushing him out of the way.
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1963 — Zanzibar gains independence from Britain
Zanzibar became independent when the British protectorate ended. It joined Tanganyika the following year to form a union later named Tanzania.
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1968 — A fake police officer steals nearly 300 million yen in Fuchū
A man posing as a police motorcyclist stopped a car carrying payroll cash near Fuchū Prison. He drove away with the money, and the case remained unsolved.
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1971 — Chachro Raid
The Battle of Chachro involved a division-sized assault and multiple raids by the Indian Armed Forces on the eastern town of Chachro in the Tharparkar district of West Pakistan. The battle resulted in India capturing the town and around 3,000 sq. miles of surrounding sandy wasteland. While a large area was captured, it had little to no economic or political impact on Pakistan owing to the region's emptiness.
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1972 — Japanese general election, 1972
General elections were held in Japan on 10 December 1972. The result was a victory for the Liberal Democratic Party, which won 271 of the 491 seats. Voter turnout was 71.76%.
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1973 — Battle of Quang Duc
The Battle of Quang Duc took place from 30 October to 10 December 1973 when North Vietnamese forces attempted to occupy part of Quang Duc Province to expand their logistical network from Cambodia into South Vietnam. While the North Vietnamese attacks were initially successful they were eventually forced out by the South Vietnamese.
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1974 — Battle of Phú Lộc
The Battle of Phú Lộc took place from 28 August to 10 December 1974 when North Vietnamese forces captured a series of hills and installed artillery that closed Phu Bai Air Base and interdicted Highway 1. The hills were recaptured by the South Vietnamese in costly fighting that depleted its reserve forces.
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1976 — Algerian presidential election, 1976
Presidential elections were held in Algeria on 10 December 1976. Incumbent Houari Boumediene, leader of the National Liberation Front (the country's sole legal party), was the only candidate, and was elected unopposed with 99.5% of the vote.
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1977 — Australian federal election, 1977
Federal elections were held in Australia on 10 December 1977. All 124 seats in the House of Representatives, and 34 of the 64 seats in the Senate, were up for election. The incumbent Liberal Party of Australia led by Malcolm Fraser with coalition partner the National Country Party led by Doug Anthony, in government since 1975, was elected to a second term over the Australian Labor Party Opposition led by Opposition Leader Gough Whitlam. While the Coalition suffered a five-seat swing, it still had a substantial 48-seat majority in the House.
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1977 — 1977 Australian House of Representatives election
This is a list of electoral division results for the Australian 1977 federal election.
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1977 — Beijing begins its first university entrance exams after their reinstatement
Students in Beijing began sitting the reinstated university entrance exams. The return to examination-based admissions in 1977 reopened a route to higher education for many students.
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1978 — 1978 Okinawa gubernatorial election
A gubernatorial election was held on 10 December 1978 to elect the Governor of Okinawa (沖縄県, Okinawa-ken), who is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan. The gubernatorial election was held because Kōichi Taira, who was first elected in the 1976 election, collapsed from a cerebral thrombosis and resigned as governor in November 1978.
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1982 — Iranian Assembly of Experts election, 1982
The very first Iranian Assembly of Experts election was held on December 10, 1982 to elect all 82 members in 24 constituencies. 18,013,061 citizens voted in the elections, marking a 77.38% turnout. Out of 168 individuals registered to run, 146 (86.90%) were qualified allowed to do so. Held in two-round system, 76 seats were decided in the first round, as well as 7 in the second round. Experts winning the elections made decisive resolutions, including electing Hussein-Ali Montazeri as the first and only "Deputy Supreme Leader of Iran" (Persian: قائممقام رهبری) in May 1985, deposing him in November 1987, and electing the new Supreme Leader in June 1989.
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1982 — Juicio Final (1982)
Juicio Final (1982) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1982) was a professional wrestling supercard show, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL), which took place on December 10, 1982, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The show served as the year-end finale for CMLL before Arena México, CMLL's main venue, closed down for the winter for renovations and to host Circo Atayde.
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1983 — Raúl Alfonsín (pictured) became the first democratically elected president of Argentina to take office after more than seven years of military dictatorship
Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín (Spanish pronunciation: [raˈul alfonˈsin] ; 12 March 1927 – 31 March 2009) was an Argentine lawyer and statesman who served as president of Argentina from 10 December 1983 to 8 July 1989. He was the first democratically elected president after the National Reorganization Process. Ideologically, he identified as a radical and a social democrat, serving as the leader of the Radical Civic Union from 1983 to 1991, 1993 to 1995, 1999 to 2001 .
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1984 — The United Nations adopts the Convention against Torture
The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. The treaty set out obligations for participating countries to prevent torture and prosecute alleged offenders under specified conditions.
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1985 — Siege of Masaka
The siege of Masaka was a battle of the Ugandan Bush War that took place from 25 September to 10 December 1985 in which forces of the National Resistance Army (NRA) besieged and eventually captured the large Ugandan town of Masaka, from the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA).
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1987 — 1987 Shanghai stampede
On December 10, 1987, a stampede occurred at the Lujiazui ferry terminal in Shanghai, China. The main cause for the stampede was a severe fog that continued for hours and limited visibility to only 30 meters. This caused the ferry service to be suspended, leading to a crowd which was anxious to leave; as soon as the ferry service was restored, the crowd hurried to board the ferry, causing a stampede.
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1989 — Andorran parliamentary election, 1989
Parliamentary elections were held in Andorra on 10 December 1989, with a second round of voting on 17 December.As political parties were not legalised until 1993, all candidates ran as independents. Voter turnout was 82.3%. Following the election, Òscar Ribas Reig became Prime Minister, elected on 12 January 1990 by 23 votes for and 5 votes against.
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1989 — 1989 Nigerien general election
General elections were held in Niger on 10 December 1989 to elect a President and National Assembly. They were the first elections since 1970, and followed the approval of a new constitution in a referendum in September, which had made the country a one-party state with the National Movement for the Society of Development as the sole legal party.
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1990 — 1990 York North federal by-election
A by-election was held in the federal electoral district of York North in Ontario on December 10, 1990, to fill a vacancy caused by a ruling by the Supreme Court of Ontario that annulled the 1988 election, unseating Liberal member of Parliament (MP) Maurizio Bevilacqua. Bevilacqua contested the by-election and gained back the seat with a comfortable margin more than two years after the initial election contest, while his principal rival in the original contest, Progressive Conservative Micheal O'Brien, came in a distant third.
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1990 — 1990 Beauséjour federal by-election
A by-election was held in the federal riding of Beauséjour in New Brunswick on December 10, 1990, following the resignation of Liberal MP Fernand Robichaud. The by-election was held on the same day as another in York North in Ontario. The seat was held for the Liberals by Jean Chrétien who had been elected leader of the Liberal Party of Canada.
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1991 — 1991 Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendum
An independence referendum was held in Nagorno-Karabakh on 10 December 1991. It was approved by 99.98% of voters. The referendum was conducted according to the "Temporary Regulation on the Conduct of a Referendum in the Nagorno Karabakh Republic" that came into force on 27 November 1991 during the session of the Nagorno Karabakh Council of People's Deputies.
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1991 — 1991 San Francisco mayoral election
The 1991 San Francisco mayoral election was held on November 5, 1991, with a runoff election on December 10 that year. Incumbent mayor Art Agnos, after having won nearly 70% of the vote in 1987, scraped by with less than a third of the vote in the first round and was narrowly unseated by Chief of Police Frank Jordan in the runoff.
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1992 — Slovenian parliamentary election, 1992
Parliamentary elections were held in Slovenia on 6 and 10 December 1992. The result was a victory for Liberal Democracy of Slovenia, which won 22 of the 90 seats. Party leader Janez Drnovsek was re-elected Prime Minister by the Parliament on 12 January 1993.
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1992 — The UAE Marriage Fund begins work
On December 10, 1992, the United Arab Emirates' Marriage Fund began work under Federal Law No. 47 of 1992, as part of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan's social policies. The fund helped Emirati grooms meet wedding expenses when marrying Emirati brides. Its first grants were paid in May 1993.
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1993 — Juicio Final (1993)
Juicio Final (1993) (Spanish for "Final Judgement" 1993) were a pair of professional wrestling supercard shows, scripted and produced by Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL). The two shows took place on December 3 and December 10, 1993, in Arena México, Mexico City, Mexico. The shows served as the year-end finale for CMLL before Arena México, CMLL's main venue, closed down for the winter for renovations and to host Circo Atayde .
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1993 — Wearmouth Colliery works its final shift
Miners completed the final shift at Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. It was the last deep mine in the Durham coalfield to close.
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1996 — Nelson Mandela signs South Africa’s new Constitution
President Nelson Mandela signed South Africa’s new Constitution into law at Sharpeville on December 10, 1996. The Constitutional Assembly had adopted it earlier that year, and the new charter came into force on February 4, 1997.
Presidential signing day; the Constitution entered into force on February 4, 1997.
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1997 — Akmola becomes Kazakhstan's capital
Akmola replaced Almaty as the capital of Kazakhstan when a presidential decree took effect. The city was renamed Astana in 1998.
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1999 — Guerra de Titanes (1999)
Guerra de Titanes (1999) ("War of the Titans") was the third Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The show took place on December 10, 1999 in Madero, Mexico. The Main event featured a Lucha de Apuestas "mask vs. mask" under Street fight rules. Octagón faced Jaque Mate to see which wrestler had to unmask.
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1999 — Helen Clark takes office as New Zealand’s prime minister
Helen Clark became New Zealand’s prime minister as Labour formed a coalition government with the Alliance.
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2000 — K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 Final
K-1 World Grand Prix 2000 Final was a kickboxing event promoted by the K-1 organization. It was the eighth K-1 Grand Prix final, involving eight of the world's top fighters, with all bouts fought under K-1 Rules (100 kg/156-220 lbs). The eight finalists were a mixture of invitees, some of whom had been at the previous year's final, or had qualified via preliminary tournaments (for more detail on this see bulleted list below). As well as tournament bouts there were also two 'Super Fights', one involving Japanese middleweight star Takayuki Kohiruimaki against Wilreid Montargne, fought under K-1 MAX Rules (70 kg/152 lbs), the other involving UFC legend Frank Shamrock against Elvis Sinosic in a kickboxing match fought under K-1 Rules.
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2000 — Armageddon (2000)
Armageddon (2000) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by World Wrestling Federation (WWF) that took place on December 10, 2000, at the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center in Birmingham, Alabama. It was the second annual Armageddon event, and the only WWF pay-per-view event to be held in the state of Alabama.
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2000 — Gao Xingjian is presented with the Nobel Prize in Literature
The Swedish Academy presented the 2000 Nobel Prize in Literature to novelist and playwright Gao Xingjian in Stockholm. His work includes the novel Soul Mountain and plays written in Chinese and French.
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2001 — Trinidad and Tobago general election, 2001
Early general elections were held in Trinidad and Tobago on 10 December 2001, after the ruling United National Congress lost its majority in the House of Representatives following four defections. However, the election results saw the UNC and the People's National Movement both win 18 seats. Although the UNC received the most votes, President A. N. R. Robinson nominated PNM leader Patrick Manning as Prime Minister.
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2005 — Guerra de Titanes (2005)
Guerra de Titanes (2005) ("War of the Titans") was the ninth Guerra de Titanes professional wrestling show promoted by Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA). The show took place on December 10, 2005 in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The Main event featured Eight-man "Atómics" tag team match between the teams of La Secta Cibernetica (Cibernético, Dark Cuervo and Dark Escoria) and Abismo Negro, Latin Lover and La Parka.
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2005 — Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145
Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 (SO1145/OSL1145) was a scheduled Nigerian domestic passenger flight from Nigeria's capital of Abuja (ABV) to Port Harcourt (PHC). At approximately 14:08 local time (13:08 UTC) on 10 December 2005, it crash-landed at Port Harcourt International Airport. The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 with 110 people on board, slammed into the ground and burst into flames.
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2006 — Hong Kong Election Committee Subsector elections, 2006
The 2006 Election Committee Subsection Elections were held from 7.30 am to 10.30 pm on 10 December 2006 in order to elect 664 members of Election Committee. The Election Committee was responsible for electing the Hong Kong SAR Chief Executive in 2007 Chief Executive Election.
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2006 — TNA Turning Point (2006)
The 2006 Turning Point was a professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA), which took place on December 10, 2006 at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Florida. It was the third event under the Turning Point chronology. Seven matches were featured on the event's card. In October 2017, with the launch of the Global Wrestling Network, the event became available to stream on demand.
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2006 — 2006 Transnistrian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Transnistria on 10 December 2006. Incumbent President Igor Smirnov won despite opposition having stiffened during the final weeks of the campaign. Three candidates registered to run besides the incumbent Smirnov: Bender MP for Obnovlenie (Renewal) Peter Tomaily, Transnistrian Communist Party candidate Nadezhda Bondarenko and journalist Andrey Safonov.
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2008 — UFC: Fight for the Troops
UFC: Fight for the Troops (also known as UFC Fight Night 16) was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on December 10, 2008 at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
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2008 — Swiss Federal Council election, 2008
On 10 December 2008, the Swiss Federal Assembly elected Ueli Maurer as successor to Federal Councillor Samuel Schmid. Schmid resigned on 12 November 2008 after a number of controversies, officially citing health and personal reasons. Maurer took office on 1 January 2009.
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2008 — 2008 Sark general election
General elections were held in Sark on 10 December 2008, the first elections on the island. Fifty-seven candidates (12% of the 474 eligible electors) stood for 28 seats in the Chief Pleas. The elected members in the new Chief Pleas were titled Conseillers and replaced the mixed system of elected People's Deputies and ex officio Tenants in the outgoing Chief Pleas.
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2010 — La Copa Junior (2010)
La Copa Junior (2010) (Spanish for "The Junior Cup") was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament ran from December 10, 2010 to December 25, 2010 in Arena México in Mexico City, Mexico. CMLL's recurring La Copa Junior tournament featured second, third or fourth generation wrestlers completing against each other.
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2010 — Nemesis Fighting: MMA Global Invasion
Nemesis Fighting: MMA Global Invasion was a mixed martial arts event promoted by Nemesis Fighting. It was originally scheduled to take place on November 13, 2010 in Punta Cana, La Altagracia.
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2011 — UFC 140
UFC 140: Jones vs. Machida was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship on December 10, 2011 at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Canada. It was the penultimate event for the UFC in 2011. The event featured eight bouts televised internationally, seven preliminary bouts aired on cable in the United States and Canada, and three preliminary bouts streamed live on Facebook.
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2012 — Chaambi Operations
The Chaambi Operations, or Battle of Chaambi were part of the insurgency in the Maghreb. In December 2012, the Tunisian Army launched an offensive against the Salafist jihadists in Jebel ech Chambi near Kasserine. The conflict ended with the victory of the Tunisian Army in 2019.
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2012 — Central African Republic Civil War
The Central African Republic Civil War is an ongoing civil war in the Central African Republic (CAR) involving the successive governments, rebels from the former Séléka coalition, the Anti-balaka militias, and various foreign and international forces. In the preceding Central African Bush War (2004–2007), the government of President François Bozizé fought with rebel groups until a peace agreement was signed in 2007.
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2013 — Massachusetts's 5th congressional district special election, 2013
A special election for Massachusetts's 5th congressional district took place on December 10, 2013, due to the resignation of Democratic Congressman Ed Markey following his election to the United States Senate in a special election on June 25, 2013. Primary elections were held on October 15, in which Democratic State Senator Katherine Clark and Republican Frank Addivinola won their party nominations. State law required that Governor Deval Patrick call a special election between 145 and 160 days after the vacancy became official. On December 10, Clark easily defeated Addivinola with over 60% of the vote, holding the seat for the Democrats.
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2013 — 2013–14 Súper Final Apertura
The 2013–14 Súper Final Apertura was the final game that determined the champion of the Torneo de Apertura 2013-14 of Chile. Universidad Católica played against O'Higgins, both teams arrived with the same number of points to the last match-day of the championship. The match was played on 10 December 2013, at the Estadio Nacional de Chile. Was the first tiebreaker match or Súper Final in the Primera División de Chile history.
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2013 — Battle of Araouane (2013)
In early December 2013, the French army launched an operation in the Timbuktu region, where many jihadist movements were reported. One hundred vehicles and helicopters were involved. Neither the Malian forces nor MINUSMA took part in the operation. The French combed an area between the towns of Bouje-Baya and Araouane and attacked a katiba of Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
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2014 — 2014 Mauritian general election
General elections were held in Mauritius on 10 December 2014. Results gave the opposition coalition of Alliance Lepep an upset victory, securing 47 of the directly elected seats under the leadership of Sir Anerood Jugnauth. The Alliance de l'Unité et de la Modernité, composed of the Labour Party and the Mauritian Militant Movement, led by incumbent prime minister, Navin Ramgoolam, only won a total of 13 directly elected seats.
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2014 — Death of Zhao Shun
On 10 December 2014, Zhao Shun, an actor, died.
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2015 — UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant
UFC Fight Night: Namajunas vs. VanZant (also known as UFC Fight Night 80) was a mixed martial arts event held on December 10, 2015 at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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2015 — The Syrian Democratic Council is established
On December 10, 2015, the Syrian Democratic Council was established in Al-Malikiyah, Syria, as the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces.
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2016 — UFC 206
UFC 206: Holloway vs. Pettis was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) held on December 10, 2016, at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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2016 — 2016 Beşiktaş bombings
On the evening of 10 December 2016, two explosions caused by a car bombing and suicide bombing in Istanbul's Beşiktaş municipality killed 48 people and injured 166 others. 39 of those killed were police officers, 7 were civilians and 2 were perpetrators. The Kurdistan Freedom Hawks (TAK) assumed responsibility, claiming that their members killed more than 100 police officers.
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2016 — 2016 Baton Rouge mayoral election
The 2016 Baton Rouge mayoral election was held on November 8 and December 10, 2016, to elect the mayor-president of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
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2016 — MLS Cup 2016
MLS Cup 2016 was the 21st edition of the MLS Cup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), played on December 10, 2016. The soccer match was hosted at BMO Field in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and contested by Toronto FC and Seattle Sounders FC. It was the second final to be hosted in Toronto, after 2010, and the first there since the cup transitioned away from neutral-site venues.
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2016 — John Kennedy wins Louisiana’s United States Senate runoff
On December 10, 2016, Republican John Kennedy defeated Democrat Foster Campbell in Louisiana’s runoff election for the United States Senate. The runoff followed a first round in which no candidate won a majority.
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2017 — 2017 Venezuelan municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in Venezuela on 10 December 2017, to elect 335 mayors throughout Venezuela, as well as the governor of the state of Zulia. This was the first municipal election held since 2013, when elections were delayed from 2012 following the death of Hugo Chávez. The election resulted in many members of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (the PSUV, created by Hugo Chávez) being elected as heads of municipal governments throughout Venezuela.
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2017 — 2017 The Republicans (France) leadership election
A leadership election for the presidency of The Republicans (LR) was held on 10 December 2017, the first since the refoundation of the party in 2015, before which it was known as the Union for a Popular Movement (UMP), and seventh overall including the UMP congresses. The leadership election followed the 2017 presidential election, in which its candidate François Fillon, the party nominee after winning the 2016 presidential primary, was eliminated in the first round.
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2017 — 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer championship game
The 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer championship game was the final game of the 2017 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, determining the national champion for the 2017 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The match was played on December 10, 2017, at Talen Energy Stadium in Chester, Pennsylvania, a soccer-specific stadium that is home to the Major League Soccer club Philadelphia Union.
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2017 — 2017 Corsican territorial election
The 2017 Corsican territorial elections were held on 3 and 10 December 2017 to elect 63 members of the Corsican Assembly, who in turn determined the composition of the Executive Council of Corsica. The election was held only two years after the 2015 territorial elections, and were called as a result of the planned creation of a single collectivity within Corsica resulting from the mergers of two departments (Haute-Corse and Corse-du-Sud), and the existing territorial collectivity of Corsica.
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2019 — Ostrava hospital shooting
The Ostrava hospital shooting was a mass shooting that occurred on 10 December 2019 at the Ostrava University Hospital in Ostrava, Czech Republic. A total of seven people were killed in the attack, and two others were injured. The illegally armed perpetrator, 42-year-old Ctirad Vitásek, left the scene before the police arrived and committed suicide as police closed in on him later during the day.
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2019 — Battle of Inates
On 10 December 2019, a large group of fighters belonging to the Islamic State in the Greater Sahara attacked a military post in Inates, Tillabéri Region, Niger. They used guns, bombs, and mortars killing over seventy soldiers and kidnapping others in one of the worst attacks in the history of Niger.
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2019 — La Copa Junior (2019)
The La Copa Junior (2019) (Spanish for "The Junior Cup") was a professional wrestling tournament produced and scripted by the Mexican wrestling promotion Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLLl; Spanish "World Wrestling Council"). The tournament ran from December 3 to December 17, 2019 as part of CMLL's weekly Tuesday night shows in Arena México. The La Copa Junior tournament exclusively feature second, third or fourth generation wrestlers as they compete for the cup.
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2020 — 2020 Kolazhy Gram Panchayat election
Election to Kolazhy Grama Panchayat was held on 10 December 2020 as part of Local Body Elections, Kerala.Counting was held on 16 December 2020. LDF secured majority by winning 12 out of 17 seats in the panchayath.
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2021 — December 2021 Czech Social Democratic Party leadership election
A leadership election for the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) was held on 10 December 2021 following party's defeat in the 2021 Czech legislative election. Incumbent leader Jan Hamáček declined to run for another term. Michal Šmarda was elected the new leader.
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2021 — 2021 Western Kentucky tornado
During the late evening hours of December 10, 2021, a massive, long lived and devastating high-end EF4 tornado, sometimes referred to as the Western Kentucky tornado, Mayfield tornado, or The Beast, tracked a significant distance across Western Kentucky, United States, producing severe-to-catastrophic damage in numerous towns, including Mayfield, Princeton, Dawson Springs, and Bremen.
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2022 — NXT Deadline (2022)
The 2022 NXT Deadline (stylized as DEADL1NE) was a professional wrestling event produced by WWE. It was the inaugural Deadline held for the promotion's developmental brand NXT. The event took place on December 10, 2022, at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida and aired via WWE's livestreaming platforms. Deadline replaced NXT WarGames as the brand's December event, as the WarGames concept was moved to the main roster for that year's Survivor Series event for the Raw and SmackDown brands.
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2022 — UFC 282
UFC 282: Błachowicz vs. Ankalaev was a mixed martial arts event produced by the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It took place on December 10, 2022, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, part of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.
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2022 — 2022 Hamilton West by-election
The 2022 Hamilton West by-election was a by-election in New Zealand's Hamilton West electorate. The seat became vacant due to the resignation of former Labour Party MP Gaurav Sharma on 18 October 2022 after expulsion from the party caucus. The by-election was held on 10 December 2022, with twelve candidates on the ballot, and was won by the National Party candidate Tama Potaka.
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2022 — 2022 Shreveport mayoral election
The 2022 Shreveport mayoral election took place on November 8, 2022, with a runoff election on December 10 because no candidate obtained a majority of the vote in the first round. It selected the next mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana. Incumbent Democratic mayor Adrian Perkins sought re-election to a second term in office, but finished fourth in the general election.
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2023 — 2023 Hong Kong local elections
The 2023 Hong Kong District Council elections were held on 10 December 2023 for all 18 District Councils of Hong Kong, electing 264 of the 470 seats in the councils. Under the new electoral system, 88 of the elected 264 seats were directly elected by 4.3 million voters, while 176 of them were indirectly elected among some 2,400 members of the government-appointed District Committees.
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2024 — Chetoumane attack
On December 10, 2024, jihadists from the Islamic State – Sahel Province attacked Nigerien soldiers at a market in Chetoumane, Tillabéri Region, Niger, killing at least 90 soldiers and over 50 civilians.
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