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Oct

PAST EVENTS THAT MADE HISTORY

Camille Bohannon Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who's Who Dissecting the A.P. Phone Log Seizure
CAMILLE BOHANNON

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Oct

PAST EVENTS THAT WOULD MAKE HISTORY

ROSS SIMPSON

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Oct

AUTHOR FORCED TO REFUSE NOBEL PRIZE

Boris Pasternak: Affäre um Doktor Schiwago - DER SPIEGEL
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak
(29 January] 1890 – 30 May 1960)

On October 23, 1958, Boris Pasternak was awarded the Nobel
Prize for Literature for Doctor Zhivago, his romantic novel set
against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution.

The book was banned in the Soviet Union, and the Soviet
government forced the author to renounce the honor.

Doctor Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak [pdf] | Makao Bora

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Dec

FIRST NOBEL PRIZES AWARDED ON THIS DAY

Nobel Prize - Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in
the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace
on December 10, 1901.

The ceremony came on the fifth anniversary of the death of
Alfred Nobel, the Swedish inventor of dynamite and other high explosives. In his will, Nobel directed that the bulk of his vast
fortune be placed in a fund in which the interest would be
“annually distributed in the form of prizes to those who, during
the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind.”

Although Nobel offered no public reason for his creation of the
prizes, it is widely believed that he did so out of moral regret
over the increasingly lethal uses of his inventions in war.

First award ceremony at the Royal Swedish Academy of
Music.

How Did the Nobel Prize Become the Biggest Award on Earth? | WIRED
Swedish chemist Alfred Bernhard Nobel
(21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896)

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Aug

INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS FOUNDED

3c International Red Cross .. Vintage Unused US Postage Stamps | Etsy

The Geneva Convention of 1864 for the Amelioration of the
Condition of the Wounded and Sick of Armies in the Field
was adopted by 12 nations meeting in Geneva.

The agreement, advocated by Swiss humanitarian Jean-Henri
Dunant, called for nonpartisan care to the sick and wounded
in times of war and provided for the neutrality of medical
personnel. It also proposed the use of an international emblem
to mark medical personnel and supplies.

In honor of Dunant’s nationality, a red cross on a white
background—the Swiss flag in reverse—was chosen. The
organization became known as the International Committee
of the Red Cross. In 1901, Dunant was awarded the first
Nobel Peace Prize.