Inventions, firsts, and turning points tied to today’s date — each one sourced and dated.
On December 10, 1948, the UN General Assembly proclaimed a common standard of human dignity—with not a single vote against it.
On December 10, 1901, five inaugural Nobel Prizes were handed out, five years to the day after Alfred Nobel died.
On a December day in 1817, a President's signature turned a sprawling frontier territory into the Union's twentieth state.
On December 10, 1684, Edmond Halley reported Newton's tract De Motu to the Royal Society—the seed that grew into the Principia.
