This Day in History: First Nobel Prizes Awarded (Sunday, December 10th)
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This Day in History: First Nobel Prizes Awarded (Sunday, December 10th)
This Day in History:
First Nobel Prizes Awarded.
December 10, 1901.
Named after Swedish inventor
Alfred Nobel, the prizes were awarded
in the fields of peace, literature,
chemistry, physics and medicine.
Having died five years earlier,
Nobel had directed the creation of
the prize to annually honor people who
"have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.”.
Along with other high
explosives, Alfred Nobel
was the inventor of dynamite.
It is thought he created the
Nobel Prize due to his regret
over the uses of his inventions in war.
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3 Ways, Everyone Can
Celebrate Juneteenth .
Juneteenth, also known as Jubilee Day, is a holiday dedicated to celebrating Black culture, history and life. .
1. Everyone can help celebrate by joining
in local events, like street fairs and parades,
to enjoy live music and great food. .
2. No events in your area?, The community centered holiday
has always been about bringing
people together, perfect for a backyard
barbecue with family and friends. .
3. Like many holidays, Juneteenth is all about the food.
A wide variety of barbecue favorites and traditional
dishes are staples of any Jubilee Day celebration. .
Juneteenth was officially recognized as a
federal holiday on June 17, 2021.
It the first holiday to be approved since
Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a
federal holiday in 1983
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This Day in History: , Bobby Kennedy Is Assassinated.
June 5, 1969.
Senator Kennedy was shot at
the Ambassador Hotel in LA,
after making a brief victory
speech to a crowd of supporters.
Considered by many to be the
only hope in unifying a deeply divided nation,
he had just won the California presidential primary.
22-year-old Sirhan Sirhan
fired several rounds at Kennedy
at close range as he was exiting
the hotel through the kitchen.
Kennedy was pronounced dead the next day.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had been
gunned down just months earlier.
Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death.
He spent the rest of his life in prison
after California outlawed the death penalty.
Richard Nixon was elected to his
first term as President of the United States
later that year
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This Day in History:, The First World War
Christmas Truce.
December 25, 1914.
The Christmas Truce of 1914
came only five months after
the outbreak of war in Europe.
It was one of the last..
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, 5 Interesting Facts , About the History of Pastries.
With National Pastry Day celebrated annually
on Dec. 9, you may be curious to find out where
exactly these sweet treats came from. .
Here are..
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This Day in History:, Pearl Harbor Is Bombed.
December 7, 1941.
360 Japanese warplanes carried
out the Sunday morning surprise attack
on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor.
2,400 Americans were..
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