Today in History: December 10, Teddy Roosevelt first American to win Nobel Prize
In this 1904 file photo, Theodore Roosevelt campaigns for the presidency in 1904. Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for negotiating peace in the 1904-5 war between Russia and Japan. (AP Photo)
Today in history:
On Dec. 10, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to win a Nobel Prize, winning the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to negotiate peace in the Russo-Japanese War.
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In 1861, the Confederacy admitted Kentucky as it recognized a pro-Southern shadow state government that was acting without the authority of the pro-Union government in Frankfort.
In 1898, a treaty was signed in Paris officially ending the Spanish-American War.
In 1964, Martin Luther King Jr. received his Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, saying he accepted it “with an abiding faith in America and an audacious faith in the future of mankind.”
James Alexander (left) and Carl Simms, both of Memphis, view from atop Madison hotel in Madison, Wisc., Dec. 11, 1967, the lake in which plane bearing singer Otis Redding and seven others crashed on Sunday. Alexander and Simms, members of the R&B group the Bar-Kays, were unable to board Redding’s private plane in Cleveland because of lack of space. (AP Photo)
James Alexander (left) and Carl Simms, both of Memphis, view from atop Madison hotel in Madison, Wisc., Dec. 11, 1967, the lake in which plane bearing singer Otis Redding and seven others crashed on Sunday. Alexander and Simms, members of the R&B group the Bar-Kays, were unable to board Redding’s private plane in Cleveland because of lack of space. (AP Photo)
In 1967, singer Otis Redding, 26, and six others were killed when their plane crashed into Wisconsin’s Lake Monona; trumpeter Ben Cauley, a member of the group the Bar-Kays, was the only survivor.
PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israel’s Foreign Minister Shimon Peres applaud as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin receives his Nobel Peace Price from Francis Sejersted, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel committee, at Oslo’s City Hall, Dec. 10, 1994. Arafat, Peres and Rabin were joint winners of the prestigious prize for their efforts towards peace in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israel’s Foreign Minister Shimon Peres applaud as Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin receives his Nobel Peace Price from Francis Sejersted, chairman of the Norwegian Nobel committee, at Oslo’s City Hall, Dec. 10, 1994. Arafat, Peres and Rabin were joint winners of the prestigious prize for their efforts towards peace in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)
In 1994, Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin received the Nobel Peace Prize, pledging to pursue their mission of healing the anguished Middle East.
Nobel Peace Prize winners, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, top left, and Al Gore, right, are greeted by Norway’s King Harald V, left and Queen Sonja at City Hall in Oslo, Norway, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. Gore received his Nobel Peace Prize on Monday, and urged the United States and China to make the boldest moves on climate change or “stand accountable before history for their failure to act.” (AP Photo/John McConnico)
Nobel Peace Prize winners, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, top left, and Al Gore, right, are greeted by Norway’s King Harald V, left and Queen Sonja at City Hall in Oslo, Norway, Monday, Dec. 10, 2007. Gore received his Nobel Peace Prize on Monday, and urged the United States and China to make the boldest moves on climate change or “stand accountable before history for their failure to act.” (AP Photo/John McConnico)
In 2007, former Vice President Al Gore accepted the Nobel Peace Prize with a call for humanity to rise up against a looming climate crisis and stop waging war on the environment.
Moroccon players celebrate with their head coach Walid Regragui after their win in the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match against Portugal, at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Moroccon players celebrate with their head coach Walid Regragui after their win in the World Cup quarterfinal soccer match against Portugal, at Al Thumama Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Saturday, Dec. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
In 2022, Morocco became the first African country to reach the World Cup semifinals by beating Portugal 1-0.