DECEMBER 10
1948:The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights, which prescribes 30 articles of "equal and inalienable
rights of all members of the human family" and was drafted under the
leadership of former first lady Eleanor Roosevelt. Dec. 10 is celebrated internationally as Human Rights Day.
1950: Ralph Bunche becomes the first African American
to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, for his mediation during the
Arab-Israeli conflict. The prize is named for Swedish chemist Alfred
Nobel, inventor of dynamite, who died on this date in 1896 of a cerebral
hemorrhage at age 63.
1967: Only three days after recording his classic "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay," Otis Redding and four members of the Bar-Kays are killed in the crash of a private plane near Madison, Wis.
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