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.
The 21 Best-selling Books of All Time. by Ed Grabianowski. Introduction to the 21 Best-selling Books of All Time. The Bible is easily one of the best-selling books of all time, but exact sales numbers are hard to nail down.Stockbyte/ Getty Images. Scholars can debate endlessly over which book is the best of all time, but finding out which ones have enjoyed the most commercial success should be a more concrete endeavor.We can just look at the sales numbers and rank them.tockbyte/ Getty Images. Scholars can debate endlessly over which book is the best of all time, but finding out which ones have enjoyed the most commercial success should be a more concrete endeavor.