NATIONAL LAGER DAY
National Lager Day on December 10th raises a glass to the third most popular beverage after water and tea. While lager is typically characterized as a light, summer beer we believe that every season deserves to be celebrated with a few of your favorite things. Read more...
NOBEL PRIZE DAY
On December 10th, Nobel Prize Day recognizes the annual award established by Alfred Nobel. Alfred Nobel signed his third and last will at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris on November 27, 1895. When it was opened and read after his death, the will caused a lot of controversy both in Sweden and internationally, as Nobel had left much of his wealth to establish a prize. His family opposed creating the Nobel Prize, and the prize awarders he named refused to do what he had requested in his will. It was five years before the first Nobel Prize could be awarded in 1901. Read more...
HUMAN RIGHTS DAY
Human Rights Day on December 10th annually seeks to honor the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Read more...
DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM DAY
Dewey Decimal System Day December 10th celebrates a system of classification and the man who invented it. On December 10, 1851, Melvil Dewey (1851-1931) was born. The librarian invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification. Read more...
On Deck for December 11, 2023
National Days
NATIONAL APP DAY
NATIONAL STRETCHING DAY
NATIONAL NOODLE RING DAY
INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN DAY
UNICEF BIRTHDAY
December 10th Celebrated History
1869
Wyoming Territory Governor John Campbell signs legislation granting women the right to vote and hold office. It's the first law in United States history explicitly granting women voting rights. The legislation carries forward into Wyoming statehood.
1884
Chatto & Windus / Charles L. Webster And Company publish Mark Twain's novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in the United Kingdom and Canada. They would publish the novel a year later in the United States.
1901
The Nobel Prize committee hosted the first Nobel Prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden. They presented four of the five prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, and Literature according to Alfred Nobel's will five years after his death. The fifth prize, the Peace Prize, was presented in Christiana, Norway (today known as Oslo.)
1978
Starring Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel, Margot Kidder and Gene Hackman, Superman premiered in Washington, D.C. Richard Donner directed the superhero movies that paved the way for more superhero movies.
December 10th Celebrated Birthdays
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - 1787
In 1817, Gallaudet along with Laurent Clerc opened the first school for the deaf in America.
Emily Dickinson - 1830
The brilliant New England poet wrote nearly 1,800 poems throughout her life. She is considered one of America's greatest poets and yet she received little recognition during her lifetime.
Ada Lovelace - 1815
The gifted mathematician wrote an algorithm that led to her being called the first computer programmer.
Melvil Dewey - 1851
The librarian invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification.
Michael Clarke Duncan - 1957
In 1999, the actor co-starred opposite Tom Hanks in The Green Mile. Written by Stephen King, Duncan played John Coffey, a man on death row with miraculous abilities.
Enjoy,
The NDC Staff
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