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- Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge becomes the first person to run a marathon in less than two hours, in a non-IAAF event in Vienna, Austria.
- Former cosmonaut Alexei Leonov (pictured), the first person to conduct a spacewalk, dies at the age of 85.
- Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in easing the long-standing tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
- Following the 2018 cancellation, the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Olga Tokarczuk and the 2019 prize is awarded to Peter Handke.
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