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).
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1776 : Benedict Arnold and the Battle of Valcour Island
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1899 : Boer War begins in South Africa
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1962 : Pope opens Vatican II
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1968 : Apollo 7 launched
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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).
history.com/tdih.do
1776 : Benedict Arnold and the Battle of Valcour Island
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5422
1899 : Boer War begins in South Africa
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5423
1962 : Pope opens Vatican II
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=7047
1968 : Apollo 7 launched
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5424
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