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.