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Dec 10

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.

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

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

The Metropolitan Museum announces the first major theft in its 110-year history, $150,000 Greek marble head.

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


Born on Dec 10

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


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“I used to be addicted to swimming but I’m very proud to say I’ve been dry for six years.”