December 10

1804: Karl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, founder of elliptical functions, was born. 1831: Thomas Seebeck, who discovered that an electric current flows between different conductive materials that are kept at different temperatures (Seebeck Effect),  died. 1845: Civil engineer Robert Thompson patented pneumatic tires in London. 1896: Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite and who began the Nobel Prize system, died. 1920: Automobile maker Horace Dodge died. 1910: Frank Conrad, owner of more than 200 patents, developer the first commercial radio station, and coiner of the term "broadcast," died. 1954: Lt. Col. John Paul Stapp, a flight surgeon, rode a rocket sled to 632 mph to determine if a pilot could eject from an airplane at supersonic speed and live - he did. 1958: The first domestic passenger jet flight took place in the U.S. as a National Airlines Boeing 707 flew 111 passengers from NYC to Miami. 1993: The crew of the space shuttle "Endeavour" deployed the repaired Hubble Space Telescope into Earth orbit. 2004: EU transport ministers gave final approval to build and deploy the Galileo satellite navigation system.