1894) November 20 – Helen Gardner, American actress (b. 1884) November 25 – Upton Sinclair, American writer (b. 1878) November 26 – Arnold Zweig, German writer, pacifist and socialist (b. 1887) November 28 – Enid Blyton, English writer (b. 1897) November 30 – Charles Henry Bartlett, British cyclist (b. 1885) December December 1 Hugo Haas, Czech actor, director and writer (b. 1901) Darío Moreno, Turkish-Jewish polyglot singer, composer, lyricist, and guitarist (b. 1921) December 4 – Archie Mayo, American actor and director (b. 1891) December 5 – Fred Clark, American actor (b. 1914) December 9 – Enoch L. Johnson, American political boss and racketeer (b. 1883) December 10 Karl Barth, German Protestant theologian (b. 1886) Thomas Merton, American author (b. 1915) December 12 Tim Ahearne, Irish athlete (b. 1885) Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (b. 1902) December 14 – Dorothy Payne Whitney, American-born philanthropist, social activist (b. 1887) December 18 – Giovanni Messe, Italian field marshal and politician (b. 1883) December 19 – Norman Thomas, American socialist (b. 1884) December 20 Max Brod, Czech-born Israeli composer, writer and biographer (b. 1884) John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902) December 21 – Vittorio Pozzo, Italian football player and manager (b. 1886) December 30 Trygve Lie, Norwegian politician, 1st Secretary General of the United Nations (b. 1896) Kirill Meretskov, Soviet military officer, Marshal of the Soviet Union (b. 1897) December 31 – George Lewis, American musician (b. 1900) Date unknown Sami as-Solh, 5-Time Prime Minister of Lebanon (b. 1887) Nobel Prizes Physics – Luis Walter Alvarez Chemistry – Lars Onsager Physiology or Medicine – Robert W. Holley, Har Gobind Khorana, Marshall W. Nirenberg Literature – Yasunari Kawabata Peace – René Cassin References Further reading Sherman, Daniel J. et al. eds. The Long 1968: Revisions and New Perspectives (Indiana University Press; 2013) 382 pages; essays by scholars on the cultural and political impact of 1968 in France, Mexico, Northern Ireland, the United States, etc. Kurlansky, Mark. (2004). 1968: The Year that Rocked the World. London: Jonathan Cape. NPR "Echoes of 1968" report series. 1968 – The Year in Sound An Audiofile produced by Lou Zambrana of WCBS Newsradio 880 (WCBS-AM New York) Part of WCBS 880's celebration of 40 years of newsradio. Time, 40th Anniversary Special (2008). "1968: The Year That Changed the World." Newsweek. "1968: The Year That Made Us Who We Are." November 19, 2007. 1968: The Year That Shaped