President Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize — recognized for his “extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples,” according to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

At the time, Obama had been in office for less than a year — and the world seemed to pause for that historic moment.

His words echoed across the globe:

“We cannot walk away from our ideals… Peace is not merely the goal — it is the path.”

Sixteen years later — do you still remember how it felt when this news broke?