Timeline Tuesday 10 December 1974

Events on Tuesday 10 December 1974 6

• 1974 Claude, de Duve and Palade win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1974 Albert Claude, Christian de Duve and George Palade, for discoveries on the structure and function of the cell.
• 1974 Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson win the Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize in Literature 1974 The Swedish writers Eyvind Johnson and Harry Martinson. Their selection by fellow Academy members was widely criticised.
• 1974 MacBride and Satō win the Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Peace Prize 1974 Seán MacBride, human rights campaigner, and Eisaku Satō, the Japanese prime minister who adopted the non-nuclear principles.
• 1974 Myrdal and Hayek win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1974 Gunnar Myrdal and Friedrich Hayek, for work on the theory of money and fluctuations and the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena.
• 1974 Paul Flory wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1974 Paul J. Flory, for his achievements in the physical chemistry of macromolecules.
• 1974 Ryle and Hewish win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1974 Martin Ryle for aperture synthesis in radio astronomy, and Antony Hewish for his role in discovering pulsars.