Soviet scientist Andrei Sakharov awarded Nobel Peace Prize 50 years ago today (Oct 9 1975)


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(Thursday, October 9, 1975) — Andrei Sakharov, the father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb who incurred governmental wrath by becoming the Soviet Union’s most outspoken proponent of civil liberties, won the Nobel Peace Prize today.