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Sports
NCAA Football: Notre Dame Record: 8-0-0
Heisman Trophy: Glenn Davis, army, HB points: 792
Stanley Cup: Montreal Canadiens vs. Boston Bruins Series: 4-1
US Open Golf: Lloyd Mangrum Score: 284 Course: Cantebury GC Location: Cleveland, OH
World Series: St. Louis Cardinals vs. Boston Red Sox Series: 4-3
Popular Movies
1. The Bachelor and the Bobbysoxer
2. The Best Years of Our Lives
3. Blue Skies
4. California
5. Dear Ruth
6. Duel in the Sun
7. The Farmer's Daughter
8. The Hucksters
9. Humoresque
10. I Wonder Who Is Kissing Her Now
Academy Awards
Best Picture: "The Best Years of Our Lives"
Best Director: William Wyler ... "The Best Years of Our Lives"
Best Actor: Fredric March ... "The Best Years of Our Lives"
Best Actress: Olivia de Havilland ... "To Each His Own"
Nobel Prizes
Chemistry
The prize was divided, one half being awarded to: SUMNER, JAMES BATCHELLER, U.S.A., Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, b. 1887, d. 1955: "for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized" the other half jointly to: NORTHROP, JOHN HOWARD, U.S.A., Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, NJ, b. 1891, d. 1987; and STANLEY, WENDELL MEREDITH, U.S.A., Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, NJ, b. 1904, d. 1971: "for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form"
Literature
HESSE, HERMANN, Switzerland, b. 1877 ( in Calw, Wurttenberg, Germany), d. 1962: "for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style"
Peace
The prize was divided equally between: BALCH, EMILY GREENE, USA, b. 1867, d. 1961: former Professor of History and Sociology, Honorary International President Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. MOTT, JOHN RALEIGH, USA, b. 1865, d. 1955: Chairman of the first International Missionary Council, President of the World Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations.
Physiology or Medicine
MULLER, HERMANN JOSEPH, U.S.A., Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, b. 1890, d. 1967: "for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation"
Physics
BRIDGMAN, PERCY WILLIAMS, U.S.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, b. 1882, d. 1961: "for the invention of an apparatus to produce extremely high pressures, and for the discoveries he made therewith in the field of high pressure physics"
Pulitzer Prizes
Drama: Russel Crouse & Howard Lindsay ... "State of the Union"
History: Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. ... "The Age of Jackson"
International Reporting: Homer William Bigart ... "New York Herald Tribune"
National Reporting: Edward A. Harris ... "St. Louis Post-Dispatch"
Public Service: "Scranton (PA) Times"
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