Among the rewards Theodore Roosevelt garnered due to his willingness to be the man in the arena, daring greatly, and being unafraid of failure was the Nobel Peace Prize. On this date in 1906, he became the first American awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
President Roosevelt helped mediate an end to the Russo-Japanese War, which the Russian Empire and the Empire of Japan waged against one another in 1904 and 1905. Some historians believe that the conflict, which resulted in 150,000 casualties between the combatants and approximately 20,000 Chinese civilians, was effectively "World War 0", and set the stage for World War I, which began less than ten years later, and World War II.
During the spring and summer of 1905, President Roosevelt oversaw the peace talks - held in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, which talks resulted in Russia and Japan signing the Treaty of Portsmouth, which treaty both sides signed on September 5, 1905.
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