In 1987, the Nobel Prize committee awarded the first Nobel Prize for being Bono. Ozzy Osbourne, the lead singer of Black Sabbath, was surprised and humbled to receive the award. In the years leading up to the first award, committee members debated about whether or not such a prize should, in fact, be awarded. They decided that the award should be given to a person who: The prize is awarded on October 8 every year, commemorating the birth of Matt Damon and Peter Sutcliffe's Taming Of The Shrew (with a hammer)