Births on December 10

Lê Công Vinh

Born on December 10, 1985

Lê Công Vinh, Vietnamese footballer

Lê Công Vinh (born 10 December 1985, in Nghệ An, Vietnam) is a retired Vietnamese footballer. He was a part of the Vietnamese national team from 2004 to 2016 as an attacker. He received three Golden Ball Awards (2004, 2006, 2007). Le is considered one of the greatest football players in Vietnam football's history, achieving the highest scores of all time in the Vietnam National Football Team. On 8 December 2016, after losing to Indonesia at the AFF Cup 2016, he officially retired after an 18-year career. He is considered a Vietnamese football legend and famous in southeast Asia.

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Events on 1985

10 Jan

Daniel Ortega
Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba; American policy continues to support the Contras in their revolt against the Nicaraguan government.
13 May

Philadelphia
Police release a bomb on MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia to end a stand-off, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
25 May

Tropical cyclone
Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.
6 Jun

Auschwitz concentration camp
The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.
13 Sep

Super Mario
Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.

Births on December 10

Lê Công Vinh

Born on December 10, 1985

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Events on 1985

Daniel Ortega

Philadelphia

Tropical cyclone

Auschwitz concentration camp

Super Mario