What happend on 10th December

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1972

Professional Wrestler Ric Flair has his first match against against George "Scrap Iron" Gadaski. It was a 10 minute draw.

1970

Norman Borlaug, the father of the Green Revolution, often credited with saving a billion people from starvation, is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1965

The Grateful Dead play their first concert, at the Fillmore in San Francisco.

1953

Dr. Albert Schweitzer is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

1949

Chinese Civil War: The Red Army begins its siege of Chengdu, the last KMT-held city on mainland China. Chiang Kai-shek leaves for Taiwan.

1948

The UN General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

1941

Japanese forces land in the Philippines, capture Guam and sink the British ships HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse

1936

Edward VIII, the only British monarch to have voluntarily relinquished the throne, signed his instrument of abdication.

1906

Theodore Roosevelt wins the Nobel Peace Prize

1904

Pi Kappa Phi is founded in Charleston, South Carolina