Daily Calendar for Saturday, December 10, 2022
Born
- Emily Dickinson (poet) –
- Melvil Dewey (librarian) –
- Susan Dey (actress) –
- Michael Clarke Duncan (actor) –
- Kenneth Branagh (actor) –
- Raven-Symoné (actress & singer) –
Died
- Alfred Nobel (chemist, engineer, and the inventor of dynamite. In his last will, he used his enormous fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes.) –
- Otis Redding (singer) –
- Ed Wood (filmmaker) –
- Armand Hammer (industrialist) –
- Alice Tully (philanthropist) –
- Richard Pryor (comedian & actor) –
Events
- Mississippi was admitted as the 20th state –
- The Nobel Prizes were awarded for the first time –
- President Theodore Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize –
- Duke Ellington recorded “Mood Indigo”
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- Ralph Bunche became the first African American to win the Nobel Peace Prize –
- William Faulkner accepted his Nobel Prize in literature which was awarded to him in 1949 –
- Colonel John P. Stapp attained 632 mph on rocket sled –
Weather
- Bend, Oregon, had 28 inches of snow within 24 hours –
- The temperature reached 70 degrees F in New York City –
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