December 10th History, Trivia, and Fun Facts |
December 10th History Highlights |
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Dewey Decimal System Day
Human Rights Day National Lager Day Nobel Prize Day |
Dewey Decimal System Day |
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National Dewey Decimal System Day is celebrated annually on December 10th. It is celebrated on the birthday of its namesake, Melvil Dewey (1851-1931). Dewey was a librarian who invented the library organization system known as the Dewey Decimal System. About the Dewey Decimal System How to Celebrate National Dewey Decimal System DayVisit Your Local Library Learn About Melvil Dewey Start Organizing The Dewey Decimal System revolutionized library book classification. Take advantage of the services offered at your local library or find your own way to honor its creator on December 10. |
December 10th Birthday Quotes |
“I met Drew Barrymore in New York and she said she liked the band. That was really cool. I grew up on her.” “I intend to leave after my death a large fund for the promotion of the peace idea, but I am skeptical as to its results.” “Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul – and sings the tunes without the words – and never stops at all.” “Don’t try to be the next Rachael Ray or Bobby Flay, we already have those people. We want someone who is going to make their own mark on Food Network.” “Glamor is just sex that got civilized. A pretty girl, tastefully posed in a scant costume, is even a sort of cultural achievement.” “Friendship is one of the most tangible things in a world which offers fewer and fewer supports.” |
December 10th Birthdays |
1830 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (died in 1886) 1911 – Chet Huntley, American journalist (died in 1974) 1914 – Dorothy Lamour, American actress, and singer (died in 1996) 1952 – Susan Dey, American actress 1957 – Paul Hardcastle, English composer 1960 – Kenneth Branagh, Northern Ireland-born English actor-director, producer, and screenwriter 1961 – Nia Peeples, American singer 1964 – Bobby Flay, American chef 1974 – Meg White, American drummer 1978 – Summer Phoenix, American actress |
December 10th History |
1033 (Earthquake) Ramala (West Bank) 1478 – Arte dell’Abbaco (‘The Art of the Abacus’), the first teaching math book, was printed and distributed in Treviso, Italy. Author unknown. 1817 – Mississippi became the 20th US state. 1845 – British engineer Robert Thompson patented the first pneumatic (air pressured) tires. 1869 – Montana granted women the right to vote. 1884 -Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published. 1899 – George Safford Parker was issued a US patent (#635,700) on his improved fountain pen. 1948 – The United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. 1955 – The Mighty Mouse Playhouse began a long-standing ‘Saturday Morning Cartoon’ tradition on CBS. 1963 – Frank Sinatra Jr. was kidnapped, then released after a $250,000 ransom was paid. The kidnappers were all caught a few days later. 1964 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize. 1965 – The Grateful Dead played their first concert, at the Fillmore Auditorium in San Francisco. 1966 – #1 Hit December 10, 1966 – December 30, 1966: The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations 1967 – Otis Redding and members of the Bar-Kays were killed in a Wisconsin plane crash. 1982 – 48 HRS, Gandhi, Airplane II: The Sequel, The Toy, The Verdict, and Sophie’s Choice debuted in theaters. 1983 – #1 Hit December 10, 1983 – January 20, 1984: Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson – Say, Say, Say 1984 – South African Bishop Desmond Tutu received the Nobel Peace Prize. 1987 – Based on the comic books, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon premiered, in syndication. 1988 – #1 Hit December 10, 1988 – December 23, 1988: Chicago – Look Away 1994 – Advertising executive Thomas Mosser of North Caldwell, NJ, was killed by a mail bomb sent by the Unabomber. 1994 – Palestinian Yasser Arafat, and Isrealis Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin received the Nobel Peace Prize. 1999 – The Green Mile and Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo were released in theaters. 2009 – Avatar was released in theaters. 2010 – The Tourist, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and The Fighter were released in theaters. |
Today’s Random Trivia and Shower Thoughts |
The Capital of Barbados is Bridgetown “I see dead people.” – Cole Sear (Haley Joel Osment) in Sixth Sense, The Sixth Sense, 1999 “They call me ‘Mister’ Tibbs!” – Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) “Honestly it’s the honest ones you have to watch out for, you never can predict if they’re going to do something incredibly stupid.” – Captain Jack Sparrow #moviequotes Bill Wyman – Real Name: William Perks In order to qualify for the invitation-only American Express Black Card, a person must spend at least $250k/year, make $1.3mil/year, and have a net worth of at least $16 million dollars. Ewoks are never referred to as Ewoks in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi. The brightest things in the universe are quasars, which can be 429 trillion times brighter than our sun. US President #38 Gerald Ford (1974-1977) Mr. Ford was the only President not elected. (VP Spiro Agnew & President Richard Nixon had resigned and Gerald was next in line.) Winston Churchill is one of eight people to have been granted “Honorary Citizenship” by the United States The Capital of Bangladesh is Dhaka I guess if I had to eat a person I would want them to be a vegetarian. I like irony and prefer grass-fed beef. |
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