Today is Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. It is the 344th day of the year; 21 days remain.
Today in history:
On Dec. 10, 1967, soul singer Otis Redding, 26, and six others died when their small plane crashed into a lake in Wisconsin. Trumpeter Ben Cauley, of the Bar-Kays, was the only survivor.
In 1861, the Confederacy recognized and admitted a pro-Southern shadow government of Kentucky that acted without the authority of the Unionist government in Frankfort.
In 1898, a treaty was signed in Paris that officially ended the Spanish-American War.
In 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to win a Nobel Prize, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to negotiate peace in the Russo-Japanese War.
In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. accepted the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, saying he accepted it “with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind.”
In 1994, Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their efforts to advance the Middle East peace process.
In 2007, former Vice President Al Gore accepted the Nobel Peace Prize and urged action to confront human-caused climate change and to stop waging war on the environment.
In 2021, a two-day outbreak of tornadoes across the U.S. Midwest and South killed more than 90 people in five states, including 77 in Kentucky. The National Weather Service recorded over 40 twisters on Dec. 10 and Dec. 11.
In 2022, Morocco became the first African nation to reach the World Cup semifinals, beating Portugal 1-0.
Notable birthdays today: Actor Fionnula Flanagan is 84; actor-singer Gloria Loring is 79; Republican Sen. John Boozman of Arkansas is 75; actor Susan Dey is 73; jazz musician Diane Schuur is 72; actor-director Kenneth Branagh is 65; actor Nia Peeples is 64; TV chef Bobby Flay is 61; rock musician Meg White (The White Stripes) is 51; actor Emmanuelle Chriqui is 50; actor Raven-Symone is 40; actor-singer Teyana Taylor is 35; actor Kiki Layne is 34; cyclist Jonas Vingegaard is 29.
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