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.
ROSES/FLOWERS. 1  110 million roses, the majority red, will be sold and delivered within a three-day time period. 2  Valentineâs Day is the big time of year for red roses; Mothersâ Day means more pastel roses. California produces 60 percent of American roses, but the vast number sold on Valentineâs Day in the United States are imported, mostly from South America. 15% of U.S. women send themselves flowers on Valentineâs Day. 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentineâs Day are men, while only 27 percent are women. CARDS. About 1 billion Valentineâs Day cards are exchanged each year.