Nobel Peace Prize

• The Nobel Peace Prize is the only Nobel award that can be given to institutions, as opposed to individuals.
• It is selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, composed of five members appointed by the Norwegian Parliament (Storting).
• While the other Nobel Prizes are awarded in Sweden, the Peace Prize ceremony takes place in Oslo,Norway.

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Notable Recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize

• Malala Yousafzai is the youngest-ever recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, awarded at age 17 in 2014.
• Joseph Rotblat became the oldest laureate in 1995 at the age of 86.
• The Red Cross holds the distinction of winning the Nobel Peace Prize three times in 1917, 1944, and 1963.
• Indian Nobel Peace Prize recipients include Mother Teresa (1979) and Kailash Satyarthi (2014).
• Mahatma Gandhi was nominated five times but never received the award, with his last nomination occurring just before his assassination in 1948.

The 1945 Atomic Bombing

• The United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan during World War II:
  • Hiroshima: The bomb “Little Boy” was dropped on August 6, 1945, killing over 70,000 people instantly.
  • Nagasaki: The bomb “Fat Man” followed on August 9, 1945, killing at least 40,000 people instantly.
• The devastation led to Japan’s surrender and an acknowledgment from Emperor Hirohito that continuing the war would lead to the “total extinction of human civilization.”