Dr. King is the 12th American to be awarded the peace prize. Dr. Nobel, the Swedish scientist who established it, was the inventor of dynamite. The award is given by the Norwegian Parliament. The other Nobel prizes--for chemistry, physics, medicine and physiology, and literature--will be awarded in Sweden. The award to Dr. King will be made in Oslo Dec. 10. Tribute to Nonviolence Seen. Atlanta, Oct. 14--Dr. King said today that the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to him was a tribute to millions of Americans who followed the precepts of nonviolence.
1 There are more than 168,000 Bibles that are sold or given to others in the United States every day.  20 million. Thatâs the number of Bibles that are sold each year in the United States. Thatâs more than double the amount that was sold annually in the 1950s.
How many books Americans read last year. Among all American adults, the average (mean) number of books read or listened to in the past year is 12 and the median (midpoint) number is 5âin other words, half of adults read more than 5 books and half read fewer. Neither number is significantly different from previous years.