The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published. The Encyclopædia Britannica traces its origins to 18th-century Scotland, beginning in Edinburgh in 1768 with the…

France adopts the metre as its official unit of length. The metric system is an internationally adopted decimal-based system of measurement used widely in science,…

Defeat at the Battle of Dungeness causes the Commonwealth of England to reform its navy.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in Literature.

United Nations General Assembly recognizes the Convention against Torture.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill receives the Nobel Prize in literature.

The first Nobel Prize ceremony is held in Stockholm on the fifth anniversary of Alfred Nobel’s death. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize’]

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is published. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United…

The first Nobel Prizes are awarded. On 10 December 1975 the 75th Nobel banquet was held. On that day, Folke Henschen told radio listeners his…