On this day: December 10
POSTED: 12:41 AM PST Dec 09, 2012
UPDATED: 11:00 PM PST Dec 09, 2012
"Huckleberry Finn" is first published, the first Nobel Prizes are awarded, the first transcontinental flight ends, Playboy debuts, and "Avatar" premieres in theaters, all on this day.
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1996: Country singer Faron Young, whose best-known songs include "If You Ain't Lovin' (You Ain't Livin')," "Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young," "Hello Walls" and "It's Four in the Morning," dies at the age of 64 in Nashville, Tenn., a day after he attempted suicide by shooting himself.
