SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2011

Today is Saturday, December 10, the 344th day of 2011. There are 21 days left in the year.

1520 ― Martin Luther publicly burned papal edict demands he recant

1799 ― Metric system established in France

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

1922 ― Nobel awarded to Fridtjof Nansen, Niels Bohr and Albert Einstein

1926 ― Second part of Hitler's ``Mein Kampf” published

1940 ― British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani)

1948 ― U.N. General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1963 ― Six-year-old Donny Osmond's singing debut on the Andy Williams Show

1974 ― European Economic Community calls for a European Parliament

1994 ― European Campaign against Racism ``All different, All equal" begins