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Today in History: Thursday, December\u00a0 10, 2015<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Dec. 10, 1964, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize during ceremonies in Oslo, Norway.
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1520<\/td>\nMartin Luther publicly burned the papal edict demanding that he recant or face excommunication.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1817<\/td>\nMississippi was admitted to the union as the 20th state.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1948<\/td>\nThe U.N. General Assembly adopted its Universal Declaration on Human Rights.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1965<\/td>\nThe Grateful Dead played their first concert, at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>\nSinger Otis Redding died at age 26 in the crash of his private plane in Wisconsin.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1980<\/td>\nRep. John W. Jenrette, D-S.C., resigned to avoid being expelled from the House following his conviction on charges related to the FBI’s Abscam investigation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1984<\/td>\nSouth African Bishop Desmond Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1994<\/td>\nYasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin received the Nobel Peace Prize.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nSix astronauts opened the doors to the new international space station.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nThe Palestinian leadership scrapped constitutional clauses rejecting Israel’s right to exist.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\n“The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” the first in a three-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy trilogy, premiered in London.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nFormer President Jimmy Carter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize for his diplomacy in the Middle East in the 1970s.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nFormer Vice President Al Gore accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with a call for humanity to rise up against a looming climate crisis.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nNFL star Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in prison for bankrolling a dogfighting operation and killing dogs that underperformed.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nCristina Fernandez was sworn in as Argentina’s first elected female president.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nPresident Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with a humble acknowledgment of his scant accomplishments and a robust defense of the U.S. at war.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nJames Cameron’s 3-D film epic “Avatar” had its world premiere in London.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actor-director Kenneth Branagh turns 55 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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John Boozman<\/td>\nU.S. senator, R-Ark.<\/td>\n65<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Susan Dey<\/td>\nActress (“L.A. Law,” “The Partridge Family”)<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rod Blagojevich<\/td>\nFormer governor of Illinois<\/td>\n59<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nia Peeples<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Meg White<\/td>\nRock musician (The White Stripes)<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Raven-Symone<\/td>\nActress (“That’s So Raven,” “The Cosby Show”)<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Emmanuelle Chriqui turns 38 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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