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Events on Thursday 10 December 1970 6
1970Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wins the Nobel Prize in LiteratureNobel Prize in Literature 1970Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, author of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. He could not travel to accept it until his exile in 1974.
1970Alfvén and Néel win the Nobel Prize in PhysicsNobel Prize in Physics 1970Hannes Alfvén for magnetohydrodynamics, and Louis Néel for antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism.
1970Katz, von Euler and Axelrod win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineNobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1970Bernard Katz, Ulf von Euler and Julius Axelrod, for discoveries on neurotransmitters and how they are stored, released and inactivated.
1970Luis Leloir wins the Nobel Prize in ChemistryNobel Prize in Chemistry 1970Luis F. Leloir, for discovering sugar nucleotides and their role in the biosynthesis of carbohydrates.
1970Norman Borlaug wins the Nobel Peace PrizeNobel Peace Prize 1970Norman Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution, for high-yield crops against world hunger.
1970Paul Samuelson wins the Nobel Prize in Economic SciencesNobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1970Paul Samuelson, for raising the level of analysis in economic science — the first American economics laureate.