What Happened in December 2010

December2010 Calendar

Historical Events

Birds of America's Record Price

Dec 6 Record price for a printed book when a first edition of "The Birds of America" by John James Audubon auctioned at Sotheby's, London, England, for £7,321,250

Dec 7 Iceland officially leaves the recession with growth of 1.2% in the third quarter

SpaceX Achieves First

Dec 8 With the second launch of the SpaceX Dragon, SpaceX becomes the first privately held company to successfully launch, orbit and recover a spacecraft.

Imprisoned Xiaobo Awarded Nobel

Dec 10 Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Stockholm, while imprisoned in China

Dec 11 Two explosions occur in a busy shopping district of Stockholm, Sweden, killing one and injuring two others. Officials say the incident is being treated as a terrorist attack.
Dec 12 Mosconi Cup nine-ball pool, London, England: Europe regains title with an 11-8 win over US; MVP: Darren Appleton (England)
Dec 13 76th Heisman Trophy Award: Cam Newton, Auburn (QB)

Larry King Live

Dec 16 Final episode of TV talk show "Larry King Live" airs on CNN

Dec 19 "Miracle at the New Meadowlands", Philadelphia Eagles trail New York Giants by 21 points with eight minutes to play, before scoring 4 touchdowns in final 7 minutes, including dramatic walk-off punt returned for a touchdown by DeSean Jackson

"Don't Ask Don't Tell" Repealed

Dec 22 Repeal of the "Don't Ask Don't Tell policy", a 17-year-old policy banning homosexuals serving openly in the US military, signed into law by President Barack Obama

Film & TV History

Dec 24 Gary Sinise converts to Catholicism, following his wife who converted in 2000

Famous Weddings

Dec 11 "Good Charlotte" lead vocalist Joel Madden (31) weds fashion designer and actress Nicole Richie (30) at Beverly Hills, California
Dec 11 Actress Joanna Garcia (32) weds New York Yankees` Nick Swisher (31) at Breakers Hotel & Resort in Palm Beach, Florida

Famous Divorces

Dec 8 "Heart" rock singer Nancy Wilson (56) divorces "Almost Famous" and "Elizabethtown" director Cameron Crowe (53) due to irreconcilable differences after 24 years of marriage
Dec 13 "Dexter" actress Jennifer Carpenter (31) divorces actor Michael C. Hall (40) due to irreconcilable differences after 2 years of marriage
Dec 15 American "Nip/Tuck" actor Dylan Walsh (47) divorces actress Joana Going (47) due to irreconcilable differences after 6 years of marriage
Dec 21 "The Lord of The Rings" actor Sean Bean (51) divorces actress Georgina Sutcliffe (32) due to irreconcilable differences after 2 years of marriage
Dec 28 Film and record company executive Justin Siegel (23) divorces actress-singer Emmy Rossum due to irreconcilable differences after a year-and-a-half of marriage

Famous Deaths

Dec 1 Alojz Srebotnjak, Slovenian composer, dies at 79
Dec 1 Hillard Elkins, American theatre and film producer (b. 1929)
Dec 2 Ron Santo, American Baseball Hall of Fame third baseman (9 x MLB All Star; 5 x Gold Glove; Chicago Cubs), dies from bladder cancer at 70
Dec 3 Abdumalik Bahori, Tajik poet and fiction writer (b.1927)
Dec 5 Alan Armer, American television producer and director (b. 1922)
Dec 5 Don Meredith, American NFL quarterback. 1960-68 (Dallas Cowboys, 3 x Pro Bowl), broadcaster (Monday Night Football), and actor, dies of a brain hemorrhage at 72
Dec 6 Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor and musical educator, dies at 108
Dec 6 Mark Dailey, Canadian television journalist and announcer (b. 1953)
Dec 7 Elizabeth Edwards, American lawyer and wife of John Edwards (b. 1949)
Dec 7 Gus Mercurio, American-born Australian actor (The Blue Lagoon, Crocodile Dundee II), dies at 82
Dec 8 Murray Armstrong, Canadian ice hockey centre and NCAA coach (Detroit Red Wings; coach University of Denver 1956-77, 5 NCAA C'ships), dies at 94
Dec 9 Dov Shilansky, Israeli politician (b. 1924)
Dec 9 James Moody, American Grammy Award-winning bebop jazz saxophonist, flutist, and orchestra leader, dies of pancreatic cancer at 85
Dec 9 John du Pont, American member of the Du Pont family and convicted murderer (b. 1938)
Dec 10 J. Michael Hagopian, Turkish-born American documentarian (b. 1913)
Dec 10 Jacques Swaters, Belgian racing driver, dies at 84

Dec 10 John Bennett Fenn, American chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1917)
Dec 10 MacKenzie Miller, American horse trainer and breeder (b. 1921)
Dec 11 Dick Hoerner, American football player (b. 1922)
Dec 12 Peter Pagel, German footballer (b. 1956)
Dec 12 Tom Walkinshaw, former racing driver and Formula 1 team owner (b. 1946)
Dec 13 Enrique Morente, Spanish flamenco singer, dies from surgery complications at 67
Dec 13 Richard Holbrooke, American diplomat (Assistant Secretary of State, UN Ambassador) and author, dies of complications of an aortic dissection at 69
Dec 13 Stuart "Woolly" Wolstenholme, British keyboardist and vocalist (Barclay James Harvest), commits suicide at 63
Dec 14 Neva Patterson, American actress (The Seven Year Itch, Taxi, Nichols), dies rom complications from a broken hip at 90
Dec 14 Timothy Davlin, American politician, dies at 53

Bob Feller (1918-2010)

Dec 15 American Baseball HOF pitcher (8 x MLB All-Star; AL Triple Crown of pitching (wins/strike-outs/ERA), 1940; 3 x no-hit games; Cleveland Indians), dies from leukemia at 92

Dec 15 Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, American political scientist and psychoanalyst, dies at 70
Dec 16 Mary Jane Odell, American politician and journalist, Iowa Secretary of State, dies at 87
Dec 16 Melvin E. Biddle, American soldier and Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1923)
Dec 17 Captain Beefheart [Don Van Vliet], American rock musician, complications from multiple sclerosis at 69
Dec 17 Dick Gibson, British racing driver, dies at 92
Dec 17 Mary Tregear, British museum curator (Ashmolean) and Chinese art historian, dies at 86
Dec 17 Walt Dropo, American MLB baseball first baseman, 1949-61, AL Rookie of the Year (Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, and 3 other teams), dies at 87
Dec 18 Jacqueline de Romilly, French philologist and classical scholar (b. 1913)
Dec 18 James Pickles, English judge and columnist, dies at 85
Dec 18 Phil Cavarretta, American baseball utility (MLB All-Star 1944, 45, 46, 47; NL MVP 1945; Chicago Cubs), dies at 94
Dec 18 Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian banker and economist (b. 1940)
Dec 19 Anthony Howard, English Journalist (b. 1934)
Dec 19 Harold Blanchard, American jazz pianist and jazz and classical composer (New Earth Sonata), dies at 80
Dec 19 Trudy Pitts, American jazz Hammond B-3 organist, pianist, and vocalist, dies of pancreatic cancer at 78
Dec 20 Brian Hanrahan, British journalist (b. 1949)
Dec 20 James R. Mann, American attorney and politician (b. 1920)
Dec 20 Jean-Louis Martinet, French composer, dies at 98
Dec 20 John Alldis, English choral master, and conductor (Duke Ellington’s Third Sacred Concert), dies at 81
Dec 20 Steve Landesberg, American comedian and actor (Barney Miller - "Dietrich"), from colon cancer on at 74
Dec 21 David Hennessy [Lord Windlesham], British politician (C) (Leader of the House of Lords 1973-4) and TV executive, dies at 78
Dec 21 Enzo Bearzot, Italian football player and manager (b. 1927)
Dec 22 Fred Foy, American radio and television announcer (b. 1921)
Dec 23 Fred Hargesheimer, American World War II pilot (b. 1916)
Dec 23 K. Karunakaran, Indian politician (b. 1918)
Dec 24 Eino Tamberg, Estonian composer (Joanna tentata), dies at 80
Dec 24 Elisabeth Beresford, British author and creator of The Wombles (b. 1926)
Dec 24 Orestes Quércia, Brazilian politician (Governor of São Paulo, 1987-91), dies of prostate cancer at 72
Dec 24 Roy Neuberger, American financier and art patron (Neuberger Museum of Art), dies at 107
Dec 25 Bud Greenspan, American documentary maker (Olympic Games; IOC Olympic Order award 1985), dies of Parkinson's disease at 84
Dec 25 Carlos Andrés Pérez, President of Venezuela (1974-79, 89-94), dies at 88
Dec 26 Edward Bhengu, South African activist (b. 1934)
Dec 26 Teena Marie [Mary Christine Brockert], American R&B and soul singer-songwriter ("Square Biz"; "Lovergirl"), dies at 54
Dec 27 Keith Andrew, English cricket wicketkeeper (2 Tests; Northamptonshire CCC), dies at 81
Dec 28 Agathe von Trapp, Austrian-born American singer (oldest von Trapp child), dies at 97
Dec 28 Billy Taylor, American jazz pianist (Birdland), orchestra leader (David Frost Show) and broadcaster (NPR), dies after a heart attack at 89 [1]
Dec 28 Trevor Holdsworth, CEO (National Power), dies at 83
Dec 29 Bill Erwin, American actor (b. 1914)
Dec 30 Bobby Farrell, Aruban singer (Boney M) (b. 1949)
Dec 30 Ellis Clarke, First President of Trinidad & Tobago (1976-87), dies at 93
Dec 30 Michael Allinson, British-American stage and film actor (Man of the Century; Syriana), dies at 90
Dec 30 Per Oscarsson, Swedish actor (b. 1927)
Dec 30 Roger Milliken, American millionaire (CEO of Milliken & Company), dies at 95

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