Norman F. Ramsey, Nobel Prize in Physics 1989: When the Nobel call went astray

Just before a Nobel Prize is announced to the world, the recipient receives a phone call informing them they've been awarded the prize. But back in 1989, instead of calling Norman Ramsey, who had been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Nobel Committee accidentally called the wrong person: "They had guessed I might be in Washington, D.C. There was a Norman Ramsey there…”