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10 December 1978: Peter D. Mitchell from Great Britain was...

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10 December 1978

Peter D. Mitchell from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the development of chemiosmotic theory and its contribution to understandings of biological energy transfer.

10 December 1979: Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace...

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10 December 1979

Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for ministering to the poor and homeless of India. Early in the following century the process was set in motion for making her a saint.

10 December 1980: Frederick Sanger from Great Britain was awarded...

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10 December 1980

Frederick Sanger from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Sanger shared one-half of the prize with Walter Gilbert , an American who, like Sanger, researched the base sequences of nucleic acid. The...

10 December 1981: Elias Canetti, born in Bulgaria and resident...

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10 December 1981

Elias Canetti , born in Bulgaria and resident in Great Britain, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power.
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10 December 1982: Alva Myrdal was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize...

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10 December 1982

Alva Myrdal was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Alfonso García Robles . The two were recognized for their work, some of which was done with the United Nations , on nuclear disarmament.

10 December 1983: William Golding from Great Britain was awarded...

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10 December 1983

William Golding from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

10 December 1983: Barbara McClintock was awarded the Nobel...

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10 December 1983

Barbara McClintock was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her discovery of mobile genetic elements, a scientific advancement that was pivotal to later research in DNA.

10 December 1984: César Milstein from Great Britain and Argentina...

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10 December 1984

César Milstein from Great Britain and Argentina was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (shared with two colleagues from other countries) for immunology research; another Briton, Sir Richard Stone , received the prize...

10 December 1986: Rita Levi-Montalcini was awarded the Nobel...

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10 December 1986

Rita Levi-Montalcini was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, jointly with Stanley Cohen , for the discovery of epidermal and nerve cell growth factors (the regulating mechanisms behind cells' growth and differentiation); this...

10 December 1988: Sir James W. Black from Great Britain was...

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10 December 1988

Sir James W. Black from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Black's co-honourees were Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings , and all three were awarded the prize for...

10 December 1991: Aung San Sui Kii was awarded the Nobel Peace...

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10 December 1991

Aung San Sui Kii was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her resistance to totalitarian government in Burma (which since 18 June 1989 has been styled the Union of Myanmar).

10 December 1993: Richard J. Roberts from Great Britain was...

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10 December 1993

Richard J. Roberts from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with American Phillip A. Sharp . The two were recognized for discovering split genes.

10 December 1995: Joseph Rotblat from Great Britain was awarded...

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10 December 1995

Joseph Rotblat from Great Britain was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in nuclear disarmament.

10 December 1996: Wislawa Szymborska of Poland was awarded...

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10 December 1996

Wislawa Szymborska of Poland was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality.

10 December 1997: Jody Williams was awarded the Nobel Peace...

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10 December 1997

Jody Williams was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the International Campaign to Ban Landmines , of which she was a founding coordinator.

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