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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> around the world; <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/1684" title="1684">1684</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmond_Halley" title="Edmond Halley">Edmond Halley</a> presented the paper <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_motu_corporum_in_gyrum" title="De motu corporum in gyrum">De motu corporum in gyrum</a></b></i>, containing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton" title="Isaac Newton">Isaac Newton</a>'s derivation of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler%27s_laws_of_planetary_motion" title="Kepler's laws of planetary motion">Kepler's laws</a> from his theory of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity" title="Gravity">gravity</a>, to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society" title="Royal Society">Royal Society</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1768" title="1768">1768</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_First_Edition" title="Encyclopædia Britannica First Edition">The first edition</a> of the <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" title="Encyclopædia Britannica">Encyclopædia Britannica</a></b></i> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica" title="History of the Encyclopædia Britannica">was released</a> in Edinburgh.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1907" title="1907">1907</a> – During the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_Dog_affair" title="Brown Dog affair">Brown Dog affair</a></b>, protesters marched through London and clashed with police officers in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trafalgar_Square" title="Trafalgar Square">Trafalgar Square</a> over the existence of a memorial for animals that had been <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivisection" title="Vivisection">vivisected</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1941" title="1941">1941</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> capital ships <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Prince_of_Wales_(53)" title="HMS Prince of Wales (53)">HMS <i>Prince of Wales</i></a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Repulse_(1916)" title="HMS Repulse (1916)">HMS <i>Repulse</i></a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinking_of_Prince_of_Wales_and_Repulse" title="Sinking of Prince of Wales and Repulse">were sunk</a></b> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a> torpedo bombers east of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peninsular_Malaysia" title="Peninsular Malaysia">Malaya</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989" title="1989">1989</a> – At the first open pro-democracy demonstration in Mongolia, journalist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsakhiagiin_Elbegdorj" title="Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj">Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj</a></b> announced the formation of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Union_Coalition_(1996%E2%80%932000)" title="Democratic Union Coalition (1996–2000)">Mongolian Democratic Union</a>, which would be instrumental in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_Revolution_of_1990" title="Mongolian Revolution of 1990">ending communist rule four months later</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignatius_Behnam_Hadloyo" title="Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo">Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1454); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Beeckman" title="Isaac Beeckman">Isaac Beeckman</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1588); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasuben_Shilpi" title="Jasuben Shilpi">Jasuben Shilpi</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1948)</p>
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