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On this day timelines December 10th

Events

1884 – Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

• Novels by Mark Twain

1898 – Spanish–American War: The Treaty of Paris is signed, officially ending the conflict.

• Battles of the Spanish–American War

Births

1909 – Selma Lagerlöf becomes the first female writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature

• Works by Selma Lagerlöf
• Films based on works by Selma Lagerlöf

1960 – Kenneth Branagh, Northern Irish-born English actor director, producer, and screenwriter

• Films directed by Kenneth Branagh

1965 – J Mascis, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dinosaur Jr., Witch, Deep Wound, and Upsidedown Cross)

• Dinosaur Jr. albums

1972 – Brian Molko, Belgian-Luxembourger singer-songwriter and guitarist (Placebo)

• Songs written by Brian Molko
• Placebo (band) albums

1974 – Meg White, American drummer (The White Stripes)

• The White Stripes albums

1983 – Katrin Siska, Estonian singer (Vanilla Ninja)

• Vanilla Ninja albums

• Bibliography
• Discography
• Film
• Filmography
• music
• literature