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First president to win in a case of dueling electors without counsel. [305] [306] First president to be awarded a Pulitzer Prize. [cr] [307] [308] First president to have an inaugural poet; Robert Frost. [46] First president to use the Situation Room. [309] First president to visit Austria, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Ireland while in office ...
Nineteen women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, more than any other Nobel Prize. [7] Only two recipients have won multiple Peace Prizes: the International Committee of the Red Cross has won three times (1917, 1944 and 1963) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has won twice (1954 and 1981). [6]
The 1964 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the American Baptist minister and activist Martin Luther King Jr. (1929–1968) "for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population." [1] [2] He is the twelfth American recipient of the prestigious Peace Prize. [3]
Around 71% of all Nobel Prizes have been awarded to Americans; around 29% of them are immigrants from other nations. [3] U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to win a Nobel Prize of any kind, being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his role in negotiating peace for the Russo-Japanese War. [4]
As of October 2023, the Peace Prize has been awarded to 111 individuals and 27 organizations; 19 women have won the Nobel Peace Prize, more than for any other Nobel Prize. Only two recipients have won multiple Prizes: the International Committee of the Red Cross has won three times (1917, 1944, and 1963) and the Office of the United Nations ...
In 1969, the said group earned thirteen nominations – the most nominated – which led to it being awarded the peace prize. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In 1969, the Norwegian Nobel Committee received 75 nominations for 35 individuals and 10 organizations such as Ernst Bloch , John Collins , Danilo Dolci , Cyrus S. Eaton , the Universal Esperanto Association ...
Candidate for NC Supreme Court, Republican Jefferson Griffin, answers our questions. Kyle Ingram. September 19, 2024 at 7:04 AM ... Trump wins Arizona, flipping a swing state Biden won in 2020. NY ...
Won the 1935 Nobel Peace Prize but was awarded in absentia because he was imprisoned and was refused a passport by the government of Germany. [377] Carlos Saavedra Lamas [hu] 1 November 1878 Buenos Aires, Argentina 5 May 1959 Buenos Aires, Argentina 1935, 1936, 1937 [378] Won the 1936 Nobel Peace Prize. [379] Miguel Ángel Araújo 1858