Historical Events on December 10

Here are some historical events that happened on December 10:

1. 1684: Isaac Newton's work "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" is published. This work laid the foundation for classical mechanics and is considered one of the most important scientific books ever written.

2. 1817: Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.

3. 1868: The first traffic lights are installed outside the British Houses of Parliament in London. However, they were short-lived and exploded less than a month later, injuring the policeman operating them.

4. 1898: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the Spanish-American War. Spain ceded Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines to the United States.

5. 1901: The first Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace.

6. 1948: The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

7. 1950: Ralph J. Bunche becomes the first African American to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

8. 1983: The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, leading to the elimination of intermediate-range and shorter-range nuclear missiles.

9. 2002: The United Nations weapons inspectors, Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei, present a report to the UN Security Council, stating that there is no evidence that Iraq has weapons of mass destruction.

10. 2013: The world mourns the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela, who passed away at the age of 95. Mandela was a key figure in the struggle against apartheid and became South Africa's first black president.

These are just a few notable events that happened on December 10 throughout history.