Explanation

• Awarded the Nobel Prize in 1993.
• First black president of South Africa: May 10, 1994, to 1999.
• Nelson Mandela International Day: July 18.
• Imprisoned in 1962, served 27 years in prison.
• Died on December 5, 2013.

Explanation

• First Nobel laureate in Pakistan: Dr. Abdus Salam — 1979, Physics

Additional information:

• Last/most recent Pakistani Nobel laureate: Malala Yousafzai — 2014, Peace
• First Nobel laureate from Asia: Rabindranath Tagore — 1913, Literature
• First Nobel laureate in the world: Emil von Behring — 1901, Physiology or Medicine

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• Marie Curie is the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different natural sciences.
• She won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903.
• She won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
• She was awarded for her pioneering work on radioactivity.

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• Jimmy Carter received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002.
• He was honored for his decades of effort in finding peaceful solutions to international conflicts.
• He served as the 39th President of the United States (1977–1981).

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• The United States of America has received the highest number of Nobel Prizes since the Nobel Prize was established.

Top 5 Countries by Nobel Laureates:

• United States – 403
• United Kingdom – 137
• Germany – 111
• France – 71
• Sweden – 32

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• The World Food Programme (WFP) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2020.
• The Nobel Committee recognized WFP for its efforts to combat hunger and prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war.
• WFP is a United Nations agency focused on food assistance and food security.
• The award was announced on 9 October 2020.

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• The Nobel Prize in Literature was not awarded in 2018.
• It was postponed because of a sexual-abuse scandal and conflict of interest involving the Swedish Academy.
• The 2018 Nobel Prizes in Physics and Peace were awarded.
• The 2018 Literature Prize was later awarded to Olga Tokarczuk in 2019.

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• Name: Shirin Ebadi
• Country: Iran
• Award: Nobel Peace Prize
• Year: 2003
• Recognition: Human rights and democracy

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• Mohamed ElBaradei of Egypt received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005.
• Along with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way"

Additional information

• He was an Egyptian diplomat and scholar.
• He served as the Director General of the IAEA from 1997 to 2009.
• Born: 17 June 1942 Cairo, Egypt
• Party: Constitution Party

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Explanation

• In 1979, Dr. Abdul Salam won the Nobel Prize for physics.

Additional information:

• Received the Nobel Prize for combining two forces: the electromagnetic and weak forces
• He was the second Muslim scientist to get a Nobel Prize.
• First Pakistani to win a Nobel Prize
• Born in Jhang, Punjab, Jan. 29, 1926
• Died: Nov. 21, 1996

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