December 10th, 1964:

Civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior accepts his Nobel Peace Prize in Norway's capital, Oslo.

The clergyman and activist is honored for his nonviolent campaign to end segregation of African Americans in the South.

1869:

Women get the right to vote in Wyoming Territory - a first step toward securing that right for all women in the United States more than 50 years later.

1958:

America's first domestic passenger jet flight - a Boeing 707 carrying 111 passengers travels from New York to Miami in about two-and-a-half hours.

2006:

Former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet dies.

Pinochet terrorized his opponents for 17 years after taking power in a bloody coup. Pinochet was 91.

And, 1967:

Soul singer and songwriter Otis Redding dies when his private plane crashes near Madison, Wisconsin. He was 26 years old.

Today in History, December 10th --- ___ ___, The Associated Press.