Early photo of the Multnomah County Library at 801 S.W. 10th Avenue in downtown Portland. Established in 1864, It is the oldest public library
west of the Mississippi.

The Multnomah County Central Library as it looks today.

The Nobel Peace Prize

Alfred Bernhard Nobel  (October 21, 1833 –  December 10, 1896) 

Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, armaments manufacturer and the 
inventor of dynamite. When he wrote his last will in 1895, he left much of 
his enormous wealth for the establishment of the Nobel Prizes. Since
1901, the prize has honored men and women for their outstanding
achievements in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and for
work in peace.

Based on the popular characters created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes began on coast-to-coast radio
from Monday October 20, 1930 until June 5, 1955. There were 574
broadcasts over the NBC, Mutual and ABC networks. The original
cast featured William Gillette as Holmes and Leigh Lovell as Dr.
Watson. The first sponsor was George Washington Coffee. The
announcer was Joseph Bell.

William Gillette

National Geographic is the official journal of the National Geographic Society,
the largest scientific and educational institution in the world. It published its
first issue, called the National Geographic Magazine, on October 17, 1888,
just nine months after the nonprofit Society was founded.

National Geographic Society’s headquarters in 1899

 

The Iceman Cometh was written by playwright Eugene O’Neil in 1939. The play
premiered on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre in New York on October 9,
1946. It was directed by Eddie Dowling and ran for 136 performances closing
on March 15, 1947. 

Eugene O’Neill