Mother Teresa awarded Nobel Prize
On this day in 1979, Mother Teresa, founder of a Roman Catholic order of women dedicated to the poor and particularly to the destitute of India, was named the recipient of that year’s Nobel Prize for Peace. 1979.
Recreational marijuana became legal in Canada. 2018.
American rapper and actor Eminem, who was one of the most controversial and best-selling artists of the early 21st century, was born. 1972.
British and French troops began the Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. 1854.
The last major effort by Crusaders to free the Balkans from Ottoman rule began with the second Battle of Kosovo in Serbia, in which a Hungarian-Walachian army suffered a crushing defeat. 1448.
