Yasser Arafat
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: November 15
Today in History: November 15: On Nov. 15, 1777, the Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation. In 1806, explorer Zebulon Pike sighted the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak in present-day Colorado. In 1864, late in the U.S. Civil War, Union forces led by Major General William Tecumseh Sherman began their “March to the Sea.” In 1988 The Palestinian Declaration of Independence formally established the State of Palestine.
Today in History: September 28
Today in History: September 28: In 1928, Scottish medical researcher Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. In 1781, American forces began their successful siege of Yorktown, Virginia. In 1995, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO chairman Yasser Arafat signed an accord at the White House. In 2022, Hurricane Ian barreled ashore in southwestern Florida.