December 10: Human Rights Day; Nobel Banquet in Stockholm, SwedenRal Alfonsn1508 The Papal States, France, Aragon and the Holy Roman Empire formed the League of Cambrai, an alliance against the Republic of Venice.1848 Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte won France's first presidential election, and was elected as the first and only president of the French Second Republic.1901 On the fifth anniversary of the death of their founder, Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel, the first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm.1970 Around the northern Thai village of Mae Salong, remnants of Chinese anti-communist forces now fighting on behalf of the Thai government launched a five-year campaign against local communist insurgents.1983 Ral Alfonsn (pictured) became the first democratically elected president of Argentina to take office after more than seven years of military dictatorship.Stede Bonnet (d.1718)Mara Bibiana Bentez (b.1783)Diane Schuur (b.1953)Lalji Singh (d.2017)More anniversaries: December 9December 10December 11ArchiveBy emailList of days of the yearAbout