Timeline Wednesday 10 December 1980

Events on Wednesday 10 December 1980 6

• 1980 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel wins the Nobel Peace Prize Nobel Peace Prize 1980 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, for defending human rights in Argentina under military rule.
• 1980 Benacerraf, Dausset and Snell win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980 Baruj Benacerraf, Jean Dausset and George Snell, for discoveries on genetically determined cell-surface structures that regulate immune reactions.
• 1980 Berg, Gilbert and Sanger win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980 Paul Berg for recombinant DNA, and Walter Gilbert and Frederick Sanger for methods of DNA sequencing — Sangers second chemistry prize.
• 1980 Cronin and Fitch win the Nobel Prize in Physics Nobel Prize in Physics 1980 James Cronin and Val Fitch, for discovering symmetry violations in the decay of neutral kaons.
• 1980 Czesław Miłosz wins the Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize in Literature 1980 The Polish poet Czesław Miłosz, for voicing mans exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts.
• 1980 Lawrence Klein wins the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1980 Lawrence Klein, for econometric models and their use in analysing economic fluctuations and policy.