Brett Murphy

Louisiana governor signs bill that would ban most abortions

June 18, 2006 10:07:00 am

Governor Kathleen Blanco of Louisiana signed a bill Saturday that could ban most abortions in the state. The bill, which would apply to all abortions except when the life of the mother...

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THIS DAY @ LAW

Martin Luther King Jr. awarded Nobel Peace Prize

On October 14, 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

Read Dr. King's acceptance speech, delivered in Oslo on December 10 of that year.

Israel and PLO leaders awarded Nobel Peace Prize

On October 14, 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, and Yassar Arafat, the leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization, shared the Nobel Prize for Peace. The three men were awarded this honor for the 1993 Oslo Accords in which Israel and the PLO agreed to peace and mutual recognition. The Accords also granted the Palestinians general self-government in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Learn more about the 1994 Nobel Prize for Peace and the three men who shared it.