On This Day (December 10)

**MSFixR** · 12-10-2007, 09:52 AM

1508 – The Papal States, France, Aragon and the Holy Roman Empire formed the League of Cambrai, an alliance against the Republic of Venice.
1520 - Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate.
1541 - Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII.
1684 - Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmund Halley.
1787 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator born. (d. 1851)
1864 - American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea - Major General William T. Sherman's Union Army troops reach Savannah, Georgia.
1868 – The first traffic lights were installed outside the Houses of Parliament in London, resembling railway signals with semaphore arms and red and green gas lamps for night use.
1896 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize died. (b. 1833)
1901 – The first Nobel Prizes were awarded, on the anniversary of the 1896 death of their founder, Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel.
1936 – Edward VIII (pictured) signed his instrument of abdication, becoming the only British monarch to voluntarily relinquish the throne.

Edward VIII of the United Kingdom

1948 – The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

On This Day (December 9)

1968 - NLS (a system for which hypertext and the computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco.

On This Day (December 8)

1542 - Mary Queen of Scots born. (d. 1587)
1765 - Eli Whitney, American inventor born. (d. 1825)
1865 - Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer born. (d. 1957) (Valse Triste - Listen)

Blackmask · 12-11-2007, 07:12 AM

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1896 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize died. (b. 1833)
1901 – The first Nobel Prizes were awarded, on the anniversary of the 1896 death of their founder, Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel.

He founded the prize 5 years before it was first awarded?

**MSFixR** · 12-11-2007, 07:17 AM

He set aside the bulk of his estate for the prize. I guess it took a while to build up interest.

12-10-2007, 09:52 AM	#1 (permalink)
MSFixR Science Boy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 4 Posts: 9,079 My Profile	On This Day (December 10) 1508 – The Papal States, France, Aragon and the Holy Roman Empire formed the League of Cambrai, an alliance against the Republic of Venice. 1520 - Martin Luther burns his copy of the papal bull Exsurge Domine outside Wittenberg's Elster Gate. 1541 - Thomas Culpeper and Francis Dereham are executed for having affairs with Catherine Howard, Queen of England and wife of Henry VIII. 1684 - Isaac Newton's derivation of Kepler's laws from his theory of gravity, contained in the paper De motu corporum in gyrum, is read to the Royal Society by Edmund Halley. 1787 - Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, American educator born. (d. 1851) 1864 - American Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea - Major General William T. Sherman's Union Army troops reach Savannah, Georgia. 1868 – The first traffic lights were installed outside the Houses of Parliament in London, resembling railway signals with semaphore arms and red and green gas lamps for night use. 1896 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish inventor and founder of the Nobel Prize died. (b. 1833) 1901 – The first Nobel Prizes were awarded, on the anniversary of the 1896 death of their founder, Swedish chemist and industrialist Alfred Nobel. 1936 – Edward VIII (pictured) signed his instrument of abdication, becoming the only British monarch to voluntarily relinquish the throne. Edward VIII of the United Kingdom 1948 – The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. On This Day (December 9) 1968 - NLS (a system for which hypertext and the computer mouse were developed) is publicly demonstrated for the first time in San Francisco. On This Day (December 8) 1542 - Mary Queen of Scots born. (d. 1587) 1765 - Eli Whitney, American inventor born. (d. 1825) 1865 - Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer born. (d. 1957) (Valse Triste - Listen)

12-11-2007, 07:17 AM	#3 (permalink)
MSFixR Science Boy Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Dante's Inferno, Circle 4 Posts: 9,079 My Profile	He set aside the bulk of his estate for the prize. I guess it took a while to build up interest.

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