On this day 10th December

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Some notable facts about this date, for more, visit http://www.onthisday.com

Facts

1520 Martin Luther publicly burns papal edict demanding he recant

1684 Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmond Halley

1799 Metric system adopted in France, first country to do so

1898 Spanish-American War formally ended by the Treaty of Paris; US acquires Philippines, Puerto Rico & Guam

1901 First Nobel Peace Prizes awarded to Red Cross founder Jean Henri Dunant and peace activist Frederic Passy

1936 Edward VIII signs Instrument of Abdication, giving up the British throne to marry American divoree Wallis Simpson

1964 Nobel Peace Prize presented to Dr Martin Luther King Jr. in Oslo

Deaths

969 Nicephorus II Phocas, Byzantine co-Emperor (963-69), murdered

1896 Alfred Nobel, Swedish Chemist and founder of the Nobel Prize ceremony on this date, dies at 63

1917 Sir Mackenzie Bowell, fifth Prime Minister of Canada, dies of pneumonia at 93

1946 Walter Johnson, great pitcher (Washington Senators), dies of a brain tumour at 59

1968 Thomas Merton, French/American Catholic writer and Trappist monk (7 Story Mountain), accidentally electrocuted by an electric fan at 53

1979 Ann Dvorak [McKim], American actress (G Men, Life of Her Own, Scarface), dies at 67

1992 Dan Maskell, English tennis commentator (b. 1908)

2005 Richard Pryor, American comedian and actor (Lady Sings the Blues, Stir Crazy), dies aged 65

2006 Augusto Pinochet, Former Chilean dictator (b. 1915)

Born on this day

1960 Kenneth Branagh, Belfast, actor and director (High Season, Dead Again)

1980 Ledley King, English footballer

A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us


Dan Maskell


Richard Pryor

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Wasn't it Richard Pryor who's famous for those knock-knock jokes!

I didn't really see a lot of his stand up stuff, so that is something I wasn't aware of, I just remember the movies 'Brewester Millions' was one of his best movies.

That movie is such a classic! Must spend $30 mil in 30 days to get $300 mill. By the way, these two hilarious videos reminded me Richard Pryor:

I think Gradea mentions Richard Pryor in one of them.

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