Milwaukee Normal School News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

1974

Centennial Hall at Milwaukee Public Library is one of those places that makes you feel like you're stepping back in time to a golden age, like the 1890s, when the library was constructed. But looks can be deceiving, I was reminded, when I re-visited the gorgeous auditorium space, 733 N. 8th St.

Golda Meir, Israeli politician and stateswoman who helped found (1948) the State of Israel and later served as its fourth prime minister (1969–74). She was the first woman to hold the post. Meir previously served as foreign minister (1956–66). Learn more about Meir’s life and career.

Begin Receives Nobel Peace Prize Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin embraces Egypt's President Anwar Sadat in the East Room of the White House, Sept. 17, 1978. (Bettmann/Getty Images) Advertisement The 1978 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded here today to Israeli Premier Menachem Begin and to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who was represented at the ceremony by former Parliament Speaker Said Marai. Both men, Begin in his address, and Sadat in his message read out by Marai, pledged themselves in the Israeli Premier’s words, to: “no more war, no more blood and no more enmity.â€...