1926 - George Bernard Shaw refuses to accept the money for his Nobel Prize, saying, "I can forgive Alfred Nobel for inventing dynamite, but only a fiend in human form could have invented the Nobel Prize."

1926年的今天，乔治·伯纳德·肖（萧伯纳）拒绝接受诺贝尔奖的奖金，说“我能原谅诺贝尔给了硝化甘油炸药的发明，但是只有人类中的恶魔才会发明诺贝尔奖。”

背景资料：

(George) Bernard Shaw (born Dublin, 26 July 1856 – died 2 November 1950 in Hertfordshire) was an Irish playwright based in the United Kingdom. He was uniquely the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature (in 1925) and an Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay (in 1938 for Pygmalion). After those of William Shakespeare, Shaw's plays are among the most widely produced in English-language theatre.

萧伯纳（George Bernard Shaw，1856年7月26日—1950年11月2日），直译为乔治·伯纳德·肖，爱尔兰剧作家，1925年“因为作品具有理想主义和人道主义”而获诺贝尔文学奖，其喜剧作品《卖花女》（Pygmalion）因被好莱坞改编为卖座电影《窈窕淑女》（My Fair Lady）而家喻户晓。