Martin Luther King Jr. was awarded the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign against racism. "He is the first person in the Western world to have shown us that a struggle can be waged without violence", said the Chairman of the Nobel Committee in his presentation speech.
Presentation of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize
Watch Martin Luther King Jr. receive his Nobel Medal and Diploma in Oslo, Norway, on 10 December 1964. Aged 35, he was then the youngest Nobel Peace Prize Laureate ever.
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Martin Luther King Jr. dreamt that all inhabitants of the United States would be judged by their personal qualities and not by the colour of their skin. Read or listen to his Nobel Lecture "The Quest for Peace and Justice".
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel Lecture
Science Impacts Lives. That is the theme for the Nobel Prize Series programme in India that will take place on 9-13 January, combining meetings with an exhibition on ideas that changed the world.
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Eleven persons were awarded Nobel Prizes in 2016. There are now three new Nobel Laureates in Physics, three in Chemistry, one in Physiology or Medicine, one in Literature, one in Peace and two new Laureates in Economic Sciences.
2016 Nobel Laureates
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The Nobel Prize Concert takes place in the Stockholm Concert Hall on 8 December each year, this year featuring conductor Gianandrea Noseda, soloist Janine Jansen and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Can we ensure food and nutrition for all? Will food be different in the future? Nobel Laureates, world-leading scientists, policy makers and the general public joined in an inspiring discussion about 'The Future of Food' at the 2016 Nobel Week Dialogue.
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The first Nobel Peace Prize Forum Oslo was held held on Sunday 11 December. The topic was "The United States and world peace after the Presidential Election". Keynote speakers were former U.S. top officials and foreign policy experts Dr. Zbigniew Brzezinski and Dr. Henry Kissinger, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 1973.
Each Nobel Diploma is a unique work of art, created by foremost Swedish and Norwegian artists and calligraphers.
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The Nobel medals show the image of Alfred Nobel on the face. The image on the reverse varies according to the institution awarding the prize.
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The Nobel Prize amount for 2016 was set at SEK 8.0 million per full Nobel Prize. Until 1968, in principle more than three persons could share a Nobel Prize, but this never happened in practice.
More about the Nobel Prize Amount"I have many memories"
John Nash, Economic Sciences 1994
"I became increasingly nervous"
Robert Curl, Chemistry 1996
"It was wonderful"
John Fenn, Chemistry 2002
"I began to feel that this is real."
Reinhard Selten, Economic Sciences 1994
"We had an ice rink near the hotel"
Brian D. Josephson, Physics 1973
"It was truly magical"
William Sharpe, Economic Sciences 1990
Between 1901 and 2016, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 579 times to 911 people and organizations.
The Nobel Prize and Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to women 49 times between 1901 and 2016.
Youngest Nobel Laureate ever is 17-year old Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai.
All Nobel Laureates by age
Leonid Hurwicz was 90 years old when he was awarded the 2007 Prize in Economic Sciences.
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On 27 November 1895, Alfred Nobel signed his third and last will at the Swedish-Norwegian Club in Paris. When it was opened and read after his death, the will caused a lot of controversy both in Sweden and internationally, as Alfred Nobel had left much of his wealth for the establishment of a prize.
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Nobel Center is to be built on Blasieholmen, on a wonderful site along Stockholm's central waterfront. Through its broad public activities, the Nobel Center will invite people into the Nobel Prize's unique world of natural sciences, humanities and peace efforts and become a meeting place that inspires curiosity and creativity.
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Thomas C. Schelling shared the 2005 Prize in Economic Science "for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis".
Biography
Dario Fo was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 1997 with the motivation "who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden".
Biography
Shimon Peres passed away on 28 September at age 93. He was awarded the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize together with Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin "for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East".
Biography of Shimon Peres
James W. Cronin passed away on 25 August, 84 years old. He was awarded the 1980 Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery that the matter-antimatter symmetry is violated when the neutral K-meson decays.
Video interview with James Cronin
1980 Nobel Prize in Physics