Today’s History: Scientist Alfred Nobel died 125 years ago, Nobel Prize was given for the first time on 10th December

Alfred Nobel, the scientist who discovered dynamite, died on this day in 1896. In 1901, five years after his death, the Nobel Prizes were awarded for the first time on 10 December.

Alfred Nobel was born on 21 October 1833. After the bankruptcy of his father, Emanuel Noble, in 1842, at the age of nine, Noble moved with his mother Andrieta Ehlsel to his maternal grandfather’s house in St. Petersburg. Here he learned chemistry and the languages ​​Swedish, Russian, English, French and German.

Alfred Nobel.

Alfred Nobel today has 355 patents to his name, but people know him more because of dynamite. After the invention of dynamite, it became so widely used in the construction industry that Alfred opened dynamite factories in 90 places. These were factories in more than 20 countries. He used to roam the factories continuously. Because of this people called him ‘Europe’s richest vagabond’.

It is said that Alfred was saddened by his invention after seeing the misuse of dynamite. For this, he expressed his desire to reward the people who benefited humanity from his property in his will. On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel wrote his last will, which was opened after the death of Alfred Nobel in 1896. The Nobel Prizes were awarded for the first time in 1901.

2004: Kumble breaks Kapil’s record

On this day in 2004, Anil Kumble surpassed Kapil Dev’s record of 434 wickets in Tests. Kumble did this feat by taking two wickets on the first day of the Test against Bangladesh in Dhaka.

Anil Kumble has taken 619 wickets in Test career, 337 in ODIs and 45 wickets in T20Is.

He took a total of 619 Test wickets in his Test career. This is an Indian record even today. Only Muttiah Muralitharan (800) of Sri Lanka and Shane Warne (708) of Australia have taken more wickets than Kumble.

The day of 10th December is remembered in history because of what other important events…

2002: United Airlines, America’s second largest airline company, has gone bankrupt.

2001: Ashok Kumar, one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema, died.

2000: Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was exiled from Pakistan for ten years. Sharif was then serving a sentence in kidnapping, hijacking and corruption cases.

1982: 117 countries of the world have signed the Treaty which explains the laws related to the sea.

1958: America’s first domestic jet passenger flight Boeing 707 took off from New York to Miami. There were 111 passengers on the two-and-a-half-hour flight.

1950: The UN declared this day as Human Rights Day.

1878: Freedom fighter C Rajagopalachari was born.

1868: The world’s first traffic light was installed in London. It was invented by JP Knight, a railway signal engineer.