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10th December 1901: First Nobel Prizes awarded in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology

10th December 2022
Tagged as: Dynamite, Invention, Nobel Peace Prize, Nobel Prize, Sweden

An urban legend states that an obituary printed erroneously left Nobel distressed at how he would be remembered, and resulted in him seeking a way to improve his legacy by funding the creation of Nobel Prizes.

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12th November 1970: A dead whale is blown up with dynamite by the Oregon State Highway Division

12th November 2020
Tagged as: Dynamite, Explosion, nature, Oregon, Whale

The Oregon State Highway Division blew up a dead whale that had washed up on a beach.

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10th December 1901: First Nobel Prizes awarded in Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology

12th November 1970: A dead whale is blown up with dynamite by the Oregon State Highway Division

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

25th September 1066: Battle of Stamford Bridge fought between King Harold Godwinson of England and the Norwegian King Harald Hardrada

24th September 1952: Kentucky Fried Chicken opens its first franchise in Salt Lake City, Utah

23rd September 1949: President Truman announces the USSR’s first nuclear test

22nd September 1776: Nathan Hale hanged by the British for spying for the Continental Army during the American Revolution

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

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