FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2010

Today is Friday, December 10, the 344th day of 2010. There are 21 days left in the year.

1520 ― Martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demands he recant

1582 ― France begins use of Gregorian calendar

1799 ― Metric system established in France

1869 ― Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (first in U.S.)

1898 ― Spanish-American War ends; U.S. acquires Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam

1901 ― First Nobel Peace Prizes (to Jean Henri Dunant, Frederic Passy)

1903 ― Nobel for physics awarded to Pierre/Marie Curie

1954 ― Albert Schweitzer receives Nobel Peace Prize

1964 ― Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

1974 ― European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament