Martin Luther King Jr
Today in History: December 10
Today in History: December 10:
In 1898, the Treaty of Paris ended the Spanish-American War.
In 1906 Theodore Roosevelt became the first American Nobel laureate for brokering peace in the Russo-Japanese War.
In 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize for his leadership in the fight for civil rights.
In 1994 Yassar Arafat, Shimon Peres, and Yitzhak Rabin were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for the Oslo Accords, despite lasting regional conflict in the middle east.
In 2007 Al Gore received a Nobel Prize for his leadership in raising awareness about climate change.
In 2022 Morocco became the first African country to reach the World Cup semifinals.
Today in History: October 14
Today in History: October 14: A day for Nobel Peace Prizes – awarded to Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964, and awarded to Elie Wiesel in 1986. Also on this date:In 1066, William the Conqueror defeated the English at the Battle of Hastings; In 1586, Mary, Queen of Scots, went on trial accused of treason against Queen Elizabeth I; In 1944, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took his own life in the face of accusations of conspiring against Hitler; In 1981, the new president of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak, was sworn in; 1947, U.S. Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager became the first test pilot to break the sound barrier, and in 2012, he did it again in the backseat of an F-15.