Dewey
Decimal System Day – Melville
Louis Kossuth Dewey was born on this day in 1851. Mr. Dewey was a
librarian, educator and inventor of the Dewey Decimal system which
has been used to organize libraries for many decades now. Although
he was a brilliant innovator, he was a difficult person to like for
many reasons. Hence the title of his biography by Anna Elliot,
“Melvil Dewey: A
Singular and Contentious Life.”
National
Lager Day – The
most common kind of beer except in England, lager is German and
ferments and ages slowly at cool temperatures. As opposed to ale
which is common in England and ferments and ages quickly at warm
temperatures. There is apparently a big difference in the flavor of
the two kinds of beer. I haven't yet met a beer that I enjoy so I am
hardly an expert. But those of you who are, enjoy your lager
today.Human Rights Day – Proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1950, this is a day to tell the world about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and encourage every country on the planet to adopt it. The United Nations is dedicated to promoting and protecting human rights for all.
International Animal Rights Day – This is a day to recognize the Universal Declaration of Animal Rights (UDAR) and to remember the animals who have suffered at the hands of humans. The goal is to persuade all of humanity that animals deserve the same basic human rights that humans enjoy.
Nobel
Prize Day
– Alfred Nobel, who was born on October 21st,
1833 in Sweden, was a chemist, engineer and inventor. In the eve of
his life, his brother Ludvig died but the obituary wrongly named
Alfred as the deceased. This got him to thinking about what his
legacy would be when he did eventually pass and caused him to revise
his will several times in his remaining eight years. The final
version declared that his considerable fortune should be used to
create prizes for those who confer the “greatest benefit on
mankind” in the areas of physics, chemistry, peace, physiology or
medicine and literature. Mr. Nobel died on this day in 1896 at the
age of 63 years old. In 1897, the executors of his will created the
Nobel Foundation.
To
celebrate today, go to the library and use the Dewey Decimal System
to find a biographies of Mr. Nobel and Mr. Dewey and read about these
very interesting men while you are enjoying a lager. Next you can
tell your kids about the human rights that we enjoy and tell them how
you feel about allowing animals to enjoy the same rights.
Today I'd like to give a shout out to all my readers in Serbia!
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