What happened on December 10 ?

1394 - King James I of Scotland (d. 1437)

1452 - Johannes Stöffler, German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1531)

1588 - Isaac Beeckman, Dutch scientist and philosopher (d. 1637)

1750 - Tipu Sultan, ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore (d. 1799)

1787 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator (d. 1851)

1805 - Josef Skoda, Bohemian physician (d. 1881)

1815 - Ada Lovelace, British computer programmer (d. 1852)

1821 - Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov, Russian poet (d. 1877)

1822 - César Franck, Belgian composer and organist (d. 1890)

1824 - George MacDonald, British writer and preacher (d. 1905)

1830 - Emily Dickinson, American poet (d. 1886)

1851 - Melvil Dewey, American librarian (d. 1931)

1870 - Pierre Louÿs, French author (d. 1925)

1870 - Adolf Loos, Austrian architect (d. 1933)

1872 - Don Lorenzo Perosi, Italian composer (d. 1956)

1882 - Otto Neurath, Austrian philosopher (d. 1945)

1884 - Zinaida Serebryakova, Russian-born painter (d. 1967)

1886 - Marco Minghetti, Italian statesman (b. 1813)

1891 - Nelly Sachs, German-born writer and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)

1903 - Una Merkel, American actress (d. 1986)

1907 - Rumer Godden (Margaret Rumer Godden), British writer (d. 1998)

1907 - Lucien Laurent, French international footballer (d. 2005)

1908 - Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist (d. 1992)

1909 - Hermes Pan, American choreographer and dancer (d. 1990)

1911 - Chet Huntley, American journalist (d. 1974)

1912 - Philip A. Hart, U.S. Senator (d. 1976)

1913 - Morton Gould, American composer (d. 1996)

1913 - Harry Locke, British character actor (d. 1987)

1914 - Dorothy Lamour, American actress (d. 1996)

1917 - Sultan Yahya Petra, King of Malaysia (d. 1979)

1920 - Reginald Rose, American writer (d. 2002)

1928 - Dan Blocker, American actor (d. 1972)

1934 - Howard Martin Temin, American geneticist and Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1994)

1947 - Douglas Kenney, American humorist (d. 1980)

1947 - R?sul Quliyev, Azerbaijani politician and chairman of the Azerbaijan Democratic Party.

1947 - Rainer Seifert, German field hockey player

1948 - Abu Abbas, founder of the Palestine Liberation Front (d. 2004)

1951 - Ellen Nikolaysen, Norwegian singer

1952 - Clive Anderson, British television host

1952 - Susan Dey, American actress

1957 - Michael Clarke Duncan, American actor

1960 - Kenneth Branagh, Northern Irish actor and director

1967 - Harland Williams, Canadian actor

1972 - Brian Molko, Belgian-born singer and songwriter (Placebo)

1974 - Meg White, American drummer (The White Stripes)

1978 - Donna Williams, co-founder of Neopets

1980 - Sarah Chang, American violinist

1980 - Ledley King, English international footballer

1980 - Alexa Rae, American pornographic actress

1981 - Taufik Batisah, Singaporean singer

1981 - Fabio Rochemback, Brazilian footballer

1983 - Patrick Flueger, American actor (Law & Order: SVU, The 4400)

1985 - Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer