Timeline Monday 10 December 1979

Events on Monday 10 December 1979 1

• 1979 Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize Recognition for work among Calcutta's poor Mother Teresa, founder of the Missionaries of Charity, received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on 10 December 1979 for her work with the destitute and dying in Calcutta. She asked that the traditional prize banquet be cancelled and its funds given to the poor instead. The award brought international attention to her charitable order.