TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

Dec. 10, 1994

Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin received the Nobel Peace Prize, pledging to pursue their mission of healing the anguished Middle East.

ON THIS DATE 1950

Ralph J. Bunche was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the first Black American to receive the award.

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.”

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.