1901
The start of the Nobel Prize
The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace.
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1817
Mississippi became the 20th state in the United States.
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1869
The territory of Wyoming authorized women to vote and hold office.
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1948
The United Nations General Assembly adopted its Universal Declaration on Human Rights.
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1950
Dr. Ralph Bunche became the first black to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.
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1964
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., received the Nobel Peace Prize.
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1999
Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee was arrested and charged with stealing classified information.
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2004
A U.S. passenger jet landed in Vietnam, the first one to do so since the Vietnam War ended nearly three decades earlier.
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