On this day in 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was shot in an attempted assassination prior to his assuming the US presidency. He won the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize for his mediation in the Russo-Japanese war.
On this day in 1915, the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of China government ordered a halt to the practice of binding the feet of women.
On this day in 1920, Oxford University, the oldest university in Britain, granted degrees to women for the first time.
On this day in 1964, Martin Luther King Jr., American cleric who formed the foundation of the civil rights movement, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
On this day in 2010, thirty three miners trapped inside a mine in Chile were rescued after nearly 10 weeks.