#14 : Mistaken Obituary
# Mistaken Obituary Can you imagine reading your obituary in the newspaper? How will you feel? Yes, somebody did, and he changed the world as we see. Alfred Nobel got the chance to read his death notice, and he didn't like what he saw. Alfred Nobel was a very wealthy and successful man. He had become an expert in chemistry and invented three of the most used explosives in the world - dynamite, gelignite (used in mining) and ballistite, which is still used as a rocket propellant today. He made another enormous fortune designing cannons and guns and selling them around the world. Then, in 1888, Alfred's brother died while visiting France. A French newspaper thought it was Alfred who had died, and they published an obituary that began like this: THE MERCHANT OF DEATH IS DEAD. Dr Alfred Nobel, who became rich by finding ways to kill more people faster than ever before, died yesterday. Alfred Nobel was shocked. Were this what people thought of him? W...