On December 10th each year, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death, Nobel Laureates (announced at the beginning of October) receive their prizes from the Swedish King – a Nobel diploma, a medal, and 10 million Swedish crowns per prize. All Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, except for the Nobel Peace Prize, which is awarded in Oslo, Norway (when Alfred Nobel was alive, Norway and Sweden were united under one monarch).
Today is also Dewey Decimal Day, in honor of Melvil Dewey, the creator of the Dewey Decimal System for library classification who was born on December 10, 1851. Dewey was also a founder of the Lake Placid Club, a metric system advocate, and the inventor of hanging vertical files.
To commemorate, the adoption and proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations General Assembly on December 10, 1948, today Human Rights Day.
For those who work in sales, happy National Salesperson's Day!
Poet Emily Dickinson was born on this date in 1830. Rod Blagojevich, the former governor of Illinois and celebrity Apprentice contestant, is 54 years old today.
On December 10, 1817, Mississippi became the 20th state to enter the Union.
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