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By Jennifer Rosenberg, About.com Guide to 20th Century History

First Nobel Prizes

Wednesday December 10, 2003
It has been 102 years, to the day, since the first Nobel Prizes were awarded. Why did Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, create such prestigious awards? The answer: an obituary in a French newspaper that was mistakenly published before Nobel's death. Find out more about the first Nobel Prizes.

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