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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_10" title="December 10">December 10</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Rights_Day" title="Human Rights Day">Human Rights Day</a></b>; <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Banquet" title="Nobel Banquet">Nobel Banquet</a></b> in Stockholm, Sweden
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1508" title="1508">1508</a> – The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papal_States" title="Papal States">Papal States</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France">France</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Aragon" title="Kingdom of Aragon">Aragon</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire" title="Holy Roman Empire">Holy Roman Empire</a> formed the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_the_League_of_Cambrai" title="War of the League of Cambrai">League of Cambrai</a></b>, an alliance against the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Republic of Venice</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1847" title="1847">1847</a>"<b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Canto_degli_Italiani" title="Il Canto degli Italiani">Il Canto degli Italiani</a></b>", the Italian national anthem since 1946, made its public debut in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genoa" title="Genoa">Genoa</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1901" title="1901">1901</a> – On the fifth anniversary of the death of their founder, Swedish chemist and industrialist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Nobel" title="Alfred Nobel">Alfred Nobel</a>, the first <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize" title="Nobel Prize">Nobel Prizes</a></b> were awarded in Stockholm.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970" title="1970">1970</a> – Around the northern Thai village of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santikhiri" title="Santikhiri">Mae Salong</a></b>, remnants of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_Army" title="Republic of China Army">Chinese anti-communist forces</a> now fighting on behalf of the Thai government launched a five-year campaign against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Thailand" title="Communist Party of Thailand">local communist insurgents</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983" title="1983">1983</a><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ra%C3%BAl_Alfons%C3%ADn" title="Raúl Alfonsín">Raúl Alfonsín</a></b> became the first democratically elected <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Argentina" title="President of Argentina">president of Argentina</a> to take office after <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Reorganization_Process" title="National Reorganization Process">more than seven years of military dictatorship</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stede_Bonnet" title="Stede Bonnet">Stede Bonnet</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1718); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_Bibiana_Ben%C3%ADtez" title="María Bibiana Benítez">María Bibiana Benítez</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1783); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Schuur" title="Diane Schuur">Diane Schuur</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1953); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lalji_Singh" title="Lalji Singh">Lalji Singh</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2017)</p>