Here's a quick look at our top stories for Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025:
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TOP HEADLINES:
NorthWestern Energy goes to regulators with plans for larger ownership share in Colstrip plant
Gallatin County Commission to select Rep. Stafman replacement from three finalists next Tuesday
New bike park coming to Bozeman next to popular Snowfill dog park with spring construction start
Butte disabilities group launches year-round community clothing closet to serve those in need
THAT’S INTERESTING:
List of interesting things that happened on December 10th:
Historical events
- 1317 — The Nyköping Banquet: King Birger of Sweden imprisons his brothers Valdemar and Eric; they later die in his dungeon.
- 1817 — Mississippi is admitted to the United States as the 20th state.
- 1901 — The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm (the prizes were established by Alfred Nobel’s will).
- 1948 — The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
- 1950 — Ralph Bunche becomes the first African American to receive the Nobel Peace Prize (ceremony date: Dec. 10).
- 1967 — Soul singer Otis Redding dies in a plane crash near Madison, Wisconsin (his hit “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay” was released posthumously).
Notable births
- 1815 — Ada Lovelace, English mathematician and early computing pioneer.
- 1830 — Emily Dickinson, American poet.
- 1851 — Melvil Dewey, American librarian, inventor of the Dewey Decimal Classification.
- 1878 — C. Rajagopalachari, Indian statesman and the last Governor-General of India.
- 1908 — Olivier Messiaen, French composer and ornithologist.
- 1960 — Kenneth Branagh, Northern Irish actor and director.
- 1985 — Raven-Symoné, American actress and singer.
Notable deaths
- 1896 — Alfred Nobel, Swedish chemist, industrialist and founder of the Nobel Prizes.
- 1909 — Red Cloud, prominent Oglala Lakota Sioux leader.
- 1911 — Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, British botanist and explorer.
- 1946 — Walter Johnson, legendary American baseball pitcher; also Damon Runyon, U.S. journalist/author (both died Dec. 10, 1946).
- 1967 — Otis Redding, American soul singer (plane crash).
- 1968 — Thomas Merton, American Trappist monk and writer.
- 2006 — Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and dictator.
Observances and commemorations
- Human Rights Day (UN) — marks adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Dec. 10, 1948).
- Nobel Prize Day / Nobel ceremonies — historically tied to Dec. 10 (Alfred Nobel’s death anniversary).
- Dewey Decimal System Day (informal observance — honors Melvil Dewey, born Dec. 10).
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