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Dec 10

1520
Martin Luther publicly burns papal edict demanding he recant

1846
Led by religious leader Brigham Young, the first Mormons begin a long westward exodus from Nauvoo, Il., to Utah.

1863
P.T. Barnum's star midgets, Tom Thumb and Lavinia Warren, are married.

1904 Russia and Japan declare war on each other.

1936
Edward VIII signs Instrument of Abdication, giving up the British throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson

1960
Adolph Coors, the beer brewer, is kidnapped in Golden, Colo.

1966
Protester David Miller is convicted of burning his draft card.
1979

1967
CBS officially renames CBS-TV Studio 50 in New York (built in 1927 as Hammerstein's Theatre), as "The Ed Sullivan Theater" in celebration of the 20th anniversary of his program

1986
The largest Mafia trial in history, with 474 defendants, opens in Palermo, Italy.

2019
Australian car maker Holden announces an end to Commodore production after 41 years

2021
Rare December tornadoes strike four American states, with a 'Quad-State Tornado' across Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and Kentucky, completely destroying some towns and leaving at least 70 dead

Born on Dec 10

1890
Boris Pasternak, Russian novelist and poet (Dr. Zhivago).

1978
Summer Phoenix, American actress, born in Winter Park, Florida

1996
Joe Burrow American football quarterback (Heisman Trophy 2019; National C'ship 2020, MVP; LSU), born in Ames, Iowa

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