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A bit of December 10th history…
1768 - 1st part of Encyclopedia Brittanica published
1869 - Women Suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory - 1st in US
1898 - Treaty of Paris which ended the Spanish-American War is signed by President McKinley; Us acquires Philippines, Puerto Rico, and Guam
1901 - 1st Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Red Cross founder John Henri Dunant and peace keeping activist Passy
1901 - 1st Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to Wilhelm Rontgen for his discovery of X-rays
1903 - Nobel Prize for Physics awarded to Pierre and Marie Curie for their study of spontaneous radiation
1927 - “Grand Ole Opry” is named as such during Barn Dance radio broadcast in TN
1936 - Edward VIII signs Instrument of Abdication, giving up the British throne to marry American divorcee Wallis Simpson
1948 - UN General Assembly adopt the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (pictured)
1960 - Willard Libby wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work developing Carbon-14 dating (radiocarbon dating)
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