1975: Nobel Prizes

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This year was the 75th anniversary of the Nobel awards, which, with the exception of the economics prize, were first conferred in 1901. The winners for 1975 included citizens of the United States, Denmark, the Soviet Union, Great Britain, Switzerland, and Italy. As has often been the case, the... ...