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#3700. Kevin
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Who won the Nobel Peace prize in 1972?
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Brainyblonde
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Since its inception, there have been times when the Peace Prize and its monetary award were not given. For instance, during World War II, from 1939 to 1943, the prize was not given, and the money was reverted to both the Main Fund and the Special Fund of the Nobel Prize. Since 1973, the prize has been awarded annually to an individual or organization.
 http://www.hofstra.edu/COM/Museum/museum_exhibition_peace.cfm
1972 The prize money for 1972 was allocated to the Main Fund
http://www.nobel.se/peace/laureates/
Mar 06 04, 4:10 PM
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zbeckabee 
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The Nobel Prize was not awarded in 1914, 1915, 1916, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1967, and 1972. "Nobody was a great champion of peace throughout the 20th century. Nobody prevented the first World War. Nobody stood in the way of fascism and communism. Nobody stopped Hitler from invading Poland. And Nobody talked the superpowers out of fighting proxy wars in third world countries. In honor of this achievement, the Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the peace prize to Nobody an amazing 19 number of times, most recently in 1972. Even this is something of a snub: Nobody continued to play a major role in preventing wars throughout the 1980's and 90's, and up until our own day, and there's little reason to think this will end any time soon."
http://blog.bearstrong.net/articles/2007/11/03/lesser-known-nobel-peace-prize-winners
Feb 28 08, 9:00 AM
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