Bengt I. Samuelsson

Bengt I. Samuelsson, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2024)

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Born: May 21, 1934
Died: July 5, 2024
Zodiac sign: Gemini
Birth year: 1934

About Bengt I. Samuelsson

Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson was a Swedish biochemist. He shared with Sune K. Bergström and John R. Vane the 1982 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related substances. In 1975, Samuelsson was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University together with Sune K. Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson (21 May 1934 – 5 July 2024) was a Swedish biochemist.

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Bengt I. Samuelsson timeline

1934Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson (21 May 1934 – 5 July 2024) was a Swedish biochemist.
1975In 1975, Samuelsson was awarded the Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize from Columbia University together with Sune K.

The world when Bengt I. Samuelsson was born

Bengt I. Samuelsson was born in 1934. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1934

#1 song"Stars Fell on Alabama"
Top movieIt Happened One Night
Best-selling bookTender Is the Night – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst Masters Tournament held at Augusta National
Top headlineFBI kills John Dillinger outside a Chicago theater
Technology milestoneFirst streamlined passenger train (Burlington Zephyr)
Defining fadShirley Temple mania
Notable inventionLaundromat
World population2.20 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
U.S. population126.4M

1934 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Bengt I. Samuelsson's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1934	2026
Gas	$0.19	$3.45/gal
Average home	$4,900	$435,000
Average income	$2,500	$67,500
Minimum wage	$0.25	$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket	$0.20	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.03	$0.73
Population	126.4M	341 million

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