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1978: Anwar el-S¨¡d¨¡t and Menachem Begin awarded Nobel Peace Prize.On this day in 1978, Anwar el-S¨¡d¨¡t of Egypt and Menachem Begin of Israel were awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for negotiations that resulted first in the Camp David Accords, then in a peace treaty between their countries.More events on this day2000:At a concert near Tel Aviv, the music of German composer Richard Wagner, which many associate with the Nazi regime, was played for the first time in public in Israel. |
1979:Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, an island nation lying within the Lesser Antilles in the eastern Caribbean Sea, achieved its independence. |
1968:Physicist Lise Meitner, whose research (along with that of Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann) led to the discovery of nuclear fission, died in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. |
1961:The first Saturn rocket was successfully launched, and years later the Saturn V was the launch vehicle used in the Apollo moon-landing flights. |
1795:Pinckney's Treaty, an agreement between the United States and Spain, was signed, giving the United States navigation rights on the Mississippi River. |
1492:Christopher Columbus sailed to Cuba and claimed the island for Spain. |
939:Athelstan, the first king to rule over all of England, died. |
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