1. On December 10, 1665, the Virginia General Assembly passed an act requiring all servants imported into the colony to serve for a minimum of four years, regardless of their age when they arrived. This law was designed to provide Virginia with a stable workforce and prevent indentured servants from leaving the colony early.

2. In 1799, George Washington's funeral procession passed through Alexandria, Virginia on December 10, the day before his interment at Mount Vernon. Thousands of people lined the streets to pay their respects to the former president, who had died on December 14.

3. On December 10, 1861, the Battle of Dranesville was fought in Fairfax County, Virginia, during the American Civil War. Union forces under General Edward O.C. Ord defeated a Confederate brigade led by General J.E.B. Stuart, inflicting around 250 casualties while suffering only 71 themselves.

4. The Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1901-1902 began on December 10, 1901 in Richmond, Virginia. The convention was called to rewrite the state's constitution and eliminated the right to vote for African Americans and many poor whites. The resulting constitution remained in effect until 1971.

5. On December 10, 2009, NASA launched the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space telescope from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The telescope was designed to perform an all-sky survey in the infrared range, and its data helped scientists discover and study many new objects in the universe. The WISE mission ended in 2011 after completing two full scans of the sky.