Bell, American musician (b. 1951) Houari Boumédiènne, 2nd President of Algeria (b. 1932) December 31 – Nicolau dos Reis Lobato, East Timorese politician, acting President of East Timor (b. 1946) Nobel Prizes Physics – Pyotr Kapitsa, Arno Allan Penzias, Robert Woodrow Wilson Chemistry – Peter D. Mitchell Medicine – Werner Arber, Daniel Nathans, Hamilton O. Smith Literature – Isaac Bashevis Singer Peace – Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin Economics – Herbert A. Simon References