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.

OTD December 10 - Barack Obama
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White House photo

2009: President Barack Obama accepts the Nobel Peace Prize, using his 36-minute acceptance speech to discuss the tensions between war and peace and the idea of a "just war."

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