Paul Hermann Müller Wins Nobel Prize for DDT Discovery, October 28, 1948
Paul Hermann Müller is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of the insecticidal properties of DDT.
Date: October 28, 1948
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