Monday, 8 June 2026

1965, Nobel Prizes (Oslo, Norway)

The Nobel Prize in Physics: Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (Japan), Julian Schwinger (USA) and Richard P. Feynman (USA)

For their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles.

Shin'ichirō Tomonaga
Julian Schwinger
Richard P. Feynman

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Robert Burns Woodward (USA)

For his outstanding achievements in the art of organic synthesis.

Robert Burns Woodward

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: François Jacob (France), André Lwoff (France) and Jacques Monod (France)

For their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis.

François Jacob
André Lwoff
Jacques Monod

The Nobel Prize in Literature: Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov (USSR)

For the artistic power and integrity with which, in his epic of the Don, he has given expression to a historic phase in the life of the Russian people. 

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov

The Nobel Peace Prize: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

For its effort to enhance solidarity between nations and reduce the difference between rich and poor states.

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