Summary of the Day ✨ 10 December (10/12)
Deadly tornadoes swept across the Central, Midwestern, and Southern United States, killing 89 people including 57 in Kentucky and 6 at an Amazon warehouse in Illinois, while separate terrorist attacks in the Czech Republic and Turkey claimed additional lives. The same day marked a significant milestone as ISIL was defeated in Iraq and the Syrian Democratic Council was established in Dêrik to form the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces.
Historical Events 📜
- 2021: A widespread, deadly, and violent tornado outbreak slams the Central, Midwestern, and Southern regions of the United States. Eighty-nine people are killed by the tornadoes, with most of the fatalities occurring in Kentucky, where a single tornado kills 57 people, and injures hundreds of others. Another tornado in Edwardsville, Illinois strikes an Amazon warehouse, killing six workers.
- 2019: The Ostrava hospital attack in the Czech Republic results in eight deaths, including the perpetrator.
- 2017: ISIL is defeated in Iraq.
- 2016: Two explosions outside a football stadium in Istanbul, Turkey, kill 38 people and injure 166 others.
- 2015: Rojava conflict: The Syrian Democratic Council is established in Dêrik, forming the political wing of the Syrian Democratic Forces in northeast Syria.
- 2014: Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein is killed after the suppression of a demonstration by Israeli forces in the village (Turmus’ayya) in Ramallah.
- 2005: Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 crashes at Port Harcourt International Airport in Nigeria, killing 108 people.
- 1999: Helen Clark is sworn in as Prime Minister of New Zealand, the second woman to hold the post and the first following an election.
- 1996: The new Constitution of South Africa is promulgated by Nelson Mandela.
- 1995: The Israeli army withdraws from Nablus pursuant to the terms of Oslo Accord.
- 1994: Rwandan genocide: Maurice Baril, military advisor to the U.N. Secretary-General and head of the Military Division of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, recommends that UNAMIR stand down.
- 1993: The last shift leaves Wearmouth Colliery in Sunderland. The closure of the 156-year-old pit marks the end of the old County Durham coalfield, which had been in operation since the Middle Ages.
- 1992: Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan establishes the Marriage Fund in the United Arab Emirates in response to rising wedding prices.
- 1991: The Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendum is held, with 99.98% voting in favor of independence.
- 1991: Nursultan Nazarbayev is sworn in as the 1st President of Kazakhstan.
Famous Births 👶
- 2000: Jeremie Frimpong, Dutch footballer
- 1999: Reiss Nelson, English footballer
- 1998: Lucia Bronzetti, Italian tennis player
- 1997: Viktoriia Savtsova, Ukrainian Paralympic swimmer
- 1996: Joe Burrow, American football player
- 1996: Kang Daniel, South Korean singer and entrepreneur
- 1995: Tacko Fall, Senegalese basketball player
- 1994: Richard Kennar, Samoan rugby league player
- 1994: Matti Klinga, Finnish footballer
- 1992: Carlos Rodón, American baseball player
- 1992: Melissa Roxburgh, Canadian-American actress
- 1991: KiKi Layne, American actress
- 1991: Eric Reid, American football player
- 1991: Dion Waiters, American basketball player
- 1990: Kazenga LuaLua, Congolese-English footballer
Notable Deaths 🕊️
- 2025: Jeffery Garcia, American stand-up comedian and voice actor (born 1975)
- 2024: Rocky Colavito, American baseball player and sportscaster (born 1933)
- 2024: Michael Cole, American actor (born 1940)
- 2024: Kreskin, American mentalist (born 1935)
- 2024: S. M. Krishna, Indian politician and statesman, Minister of External Affairs, 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka, 19th Governor of Maharashtra (born 1932)
- 2023: Julian Carroll, American politician, 54th Governor of Kentucky (born 1931)
- 2021: Michael Nesmith, American musician (The Monkees), songwriter, actor, producer, and novelist (born 1942)
- 2020: Tommy “Tiny” Lister Jr., American actor and wrestler (born 1958)
- 2020: Joseph Safra, Lebanese-Brazilian financier (born 1938)
- 2020: Carol Sutton, American actress (born 1944)
- 2020: Barbara Windsor, English actress (born 1937)
- 2019: Philip McKeon, American actor (born 1964)
- 2019: Gershon Kingsley, American composer and musician (born 1922)
- 2019: Emily Mason, American painter (born 1932)
- 2017: Bruce Brown, American filmmaker (born 1937)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Alfred Nobel Day or Nobeldagen (Sweden)
- Christian feast day:
Behnam, Sarah, and the Forty Martyrs (Syriac Orthodox Church) - Christian feast day:
Eulalia of Mérida - Christian feast day:
Gregory III - Christian feast day:
Karl Barth (Episcopal Church (USA)) - Christian feast day:
Polydore Plasden - Christian feast day:
Thomas Merton (Episcopal Church (USA)) - Christian feast day:
Translation of the Holy House of Loreto - Christian feast day:
December 10 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) - Constitution Day (Thailand)
- Human Rights Day (International)