October 11:
2002: Jimmy Carter wins Nobel Prize
On this day in 2002, former President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development."
Carter, a peanut farmer from Georgia, served one term as U.S. president between 1977 and 1981. One of his key achievements as president was mediating the peace talks between Israel and Egypt in 1978. The Nobel Committee had wanted to give Carter (1924- ) the prize that year for his efforts, along with Anwar Sadat and Menachim Begin, but was prevented from doing so by a technicality--he had not been nominated by the official deadline.
After he left office, Carter and his wife Rosalynn created the Atlanta-based Carter Center in 1982 to advance human rights and alleviate human suffering. Since 1984, they have worked with Habitat for Humanity to build homes and raise awareness of homelessness. Among his many accomplishments, Carter has helped to fight disease and improve economic growth in developing nations and has served as an observer at numerous political elections around the world.
The first Nobel Prizes--awards established by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) in his will--were handed out in Sweden in 1901 in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. The Nobel Prize in economics was first awarded in 1969. Carter was the third U.S. president to receive the award, worth $1 million, following Theodore Roosevelt (1906) and Woodrow Wilson (1919).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter
American Revolution
1776 : Benedict Arnold fights valiantly at Valcour Island
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/benedict-arnold-fights-valiantly-at-valcour-island
Automotive
2008 : Blind driver breaks land-speed record
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/blind-driver-breaks-land-speed-record
Civil War
1862 : Rebels raid Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stuart-hits-pennsylvania
Cold War
1986 : Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Reykjavik
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reagan-and-gorbachev-meet-in-reykjavik
Crime
1923 : A mail car explodes in a train robbery
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-mail-car-explodes-in-a-train-robbery
Disaster
1793 : Yellow fever breaks out in Philadelphia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yellow-fever-breaks-out-in-philadelphia
General Interest
1776 : Benedict Arnold and the Battle of Valcour Island
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/benedict-arnold-and-the-battle-of-valcour-island
1899 : Boer War begins in South Africa
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/boer-war-begins-in-south-africa
1962 : Pope opens Vatican II
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pope-opens-vatican-ii
1968 : Apollo 7 launched
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iapollo-7i-launched
Hollywood
1975 : Saturday Night Live debuts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/saturday-night-live-debuts
Literary
1925 : Elmore Leonard is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elmore-leonard-is-born
Music
1975 : Bruce Springsteen scores his first pop hit with "Born to Run"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bruce-springsteen-scores-his-first-pop-hit-with-quotborn-to-runquot
Old West
1809 : Meriwether Lewis dies along the Natchez Trace, Tennessee
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/meriwether-lewis-dies-along-the-natchez-trace-tennessee
Presidential
1975 : Bill Clinton marries Hillary Rodham
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bill-clinton-marries-hillary-rodham
Sports
2003 : Martinez-Zimmer scuffle interrupts ALCS
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/martinez-zimmer-scuffle-interrupts-alcs
Vietnam War
1954 : Viet Minh take control in the north
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/viet-minh-take-control-in-the-north
1961 : Kennedy ponders the Vietnam situation
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-ponders-the-vietnam-situation
World War I
1915 : Bulgaria enters World War I
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bulgaria-enters-world-war-i
World War II
1942 : United States defeats Japanese in the Battle of Cape Esperance
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-defeats-japanese-in-the-battle-of-cape-esperance
2002: Jimmy Carter wins Nobel Prize
On this day in 2002, former President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development."
Carter, a peanut farmer from Georgia, served one term as U.S. president between 1977 and 1981. One of his key achievements as president was mediating the peace talks between Israel and Egypt in 1978. The Nobel Committee had wanted to give Carter (1924- ) the prize that year for his efforts, along with Anwar Sadat and Menachim Begin, but was prevented from doing so by a technicality--he had not been nominated by the official deadline.
After he left office, Carter and his wife Rosalynn created the Atlanta-based Carter Center in 1982 to advance human rights and alleviate human suffering. Since 1984, they have worked with Habitat for Humanity to build homes and raise awareness of homelessness. Among his many accomplishments, Carter has helped to fight disease and improve economic growth in developing nations and has served as an observer at numerous political elections around the world.
The first Nobel Prizes--awards established by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel (1833-1896) in his will--were handed out in Sweden in 1901 in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace. The Nobel Prize in economics was first awarded in 1969. Carter was the third U.S. president to receive the award, worth $1 million, following Theodore Roosevelt (1906) and Woodrow Wilson (1919).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter
American Revolution
1776 : Benedict Arnold fights valiantly at Valcour Island
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/benedict-arnold-fights-valiantly-at-valcour-island
Automotive
2008 : Blind driver breaks land-speed record
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/blind-driver-breaks-land-speed-record
Civil War
1862 : Rebels raid Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stuart-hits-pennsylvania
Cold War
1986 : Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Reykjavik
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reagan-and-gorbachev-meet-in-reykjavik
Crime
1923 : A mail car explodes in a train robbery
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-mail-car-explodes-in-a-train-robbery
Disaster
1793 : Yellow fever breaks out in Philadelphia
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yellow-fever-breaks-out-in-philadelphia
General Interest
1776 : Benedict Arnold and the Battle of Valcour Island
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/benedict-arnold-and-the-battle-of-valcour-island
1899 : Boer War begins in South Africa
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/boer-war-begins-in-south-africa
1962 : Pope opens Vatican II
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pope-opens-vatican-ii
1968 : Apollo 7 launched
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iapollo-7i-launched
Hollywood
1975 : Saturday Night Live debuts
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/saturday-night-live-debuts
Literary
1925 : Elmore Leonard is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elmore-leonard-is-born
Music
1975 : Bruce Springsteen scores his first pop hit with "Born to Run"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bruce-springsteen-scores-his-first-pop-hit-with-quotborn-to-runquot
Old West
1809 : Meriwether Lewis dies along the Natchez Trace, Tennessee
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/meriwether-lewis-dies-along-the-natchez-trace-tennessee
Presidential
1975 : Bill Clinton marries Hillary Rodham
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bill-clinton-marries-hillary-rodham
Sports
2003 : Martinez-Zimmer scuffle interrupts ALCS
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/martinez-zimmer-scuffle-interrupts-alcs
Vietnam War
1954 : Viet Minh take control in the north
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/viet-minh-take-control-in-the-north
1961 : Kennedy ponders the Vietnam situation
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-ponders-the-vietnam-situation
World War I
1915 : Bulgaria enters World War I
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bulgaria-enters-world-war-i
World War II
1942 : United States defeats Japanese in the Battle of Cape Esperance
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-defeats-japanese-in-the-battle-of-cape-esperance
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