Timeline Sunday 10 December 1950

Events on Sunday 10 December 1950 5

• 1950 Bertrand Russell wins the Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize in Literature 1950 The British philosopher Bertrand Russell, for writings championing humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought.
• 1950 Cecil Powell wins the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1950 Cecil Powell, for the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries about mesons.
• 1950 Diels and Alder win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950 Otto Diels and Kurt Alder, for discovering and developing the diene synthesis — the Diels-Alder reaction.
• 1950 Kendall, Hench and Reichstein win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1950 Edward Kendall, Philip Hench and Tadeusz Reichstein, for discoveries on the hormones of the adrenal cortex, including cortisone.
• 1950 Ralph Bunche wins the Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Peace Prize 1950 Ralph Bunche, for mediating the 1949 Arab-Israeli armistice — the first Black Nobel laureate.