What were famous people doing at age 37?

70 events at age 37, collected from the timelines of historical figures, celebrities and fictional characters.

Ernest Rutherford: Won Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1908)
Aquaman (DC): United seven seas
Anderson Silva: Completed record 16 consecutive UFC wins (2012)
Elon Musk: Joined Tesla as CEO (2008)
William Shakespeare: Wrote Hamlet (1601)
Effie Trinket: Joined rebellion secretly
Enrico Fermi: Won Nobel Prize in Physics (1938)
Oscar Wilde: Published The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891)
Cristiano Ronaldo: Became all-time international top scorer (2022)
Sachin Tendulkar: First to score 200 in ODI (2010)
Sam Altman: Launched ChatGPT as OpenAI CEO (2022)
Saladin: United Egypt and Syria (1174)
Charlotte Brontë: Published Villette (1853)
Jacques Derrida: Published three major works establishing deconstruction (1967)
David Hilbert: Published foundational work on geometry 'Grundlagen der Geometrie' (1899)
Doctor Strange (Marvel): Became Sorcerer Supreme
Dmitri Mendeleev: Predicted undiscovered elements (1871)
Dmitri Mendeleev: Predicted existence of undiscovered elements using periodic law (1871)
Niels Bohr: Won Nobel Prize in Physics (1922)
Neo: Awakened as The One and defeated Agent Smith in the Matrix (1999)
Herman Melville: Published Bartleby, the Scrivener (1853)
Hatshepsut: Oversaw construction of her mortuary temple at Deir el-Bahri (-1470)
Humbert Humbert: Met Dolores Haze
Peter Thiel: Made first outside investment in Facebook ($500,000) (2004)
Peter Thiel: Made first outside investment in Facebook ($500,000 for 10.2%) (2004)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Composed "Swan Lake" (1877)
Peter the Great: Victory at Battle of Poltava (1709)
Faramir: Became Prince of Ithilien
Vincent van Gogh: Died in Auvers-sur-Oise (1890)
Forrest Gump: Started shrimping business and became millionaire (1981)
Francis Crick: Co-discovered DNA double helix with Watson (1953)
Freeman Dyson: Proposed Dyson Sphere concept for extraterrestrial civilizations (1960)
Freeman Dyson: Proposed Dyson sphere concept (1960)
Vegeta: Became Super Saiyan through intense training (769)
Pelé: Scored 1000th goal (1977)
Mark Zuckerberg: Rebranded to Meta (2021)
Myrtle Wilson: Killed by Daisy's car
Marissa Mayer: Became Yahoo CEO (2012)
Julius Caesar: Became consul of Rome (-59)
Johann Sebastian Bach: Completed Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1 (1722)
Randy Johnson: Won World Series MVP (2001)
Reed Hastings: Co-founded Netflix (1997)
Reed Hastings: Co-founded Netflix (1997)
Hideo Levy: Won Noma Literary New Face Prize for 'Seijoki no kikoenai heya' (1987)
Lisa Randall: Proposed Randall-Sundrum model of extra dimensions (1999)
Rocky Balboa: Defeated Clubber Lang to reclaim heavyweight championship (1982)
Watson and Crick: Won Nobel Prize
Sadaharu Oh: Hit 756th home run, world record (1977)
Akira Yoshino: Developed lithium-ion battery (1985)
Hayao Miyazaki: Directed Future Boy Conan TV series (1978)
Kenji Miyazawa: Died, leaving Night on the Galactic Railroad unfinished (1933)
Hiromu Arakawa: Completed "Fullmetal Alchemist" (2010)
Katsu Kaishu: Commanded first Japanese ship to cross Pacific (1860)
Oda Nobunaga: Burned Mount Hiei (1571)
Oda Nobunaga: Destroyed Enryaku-ji temple on Mount Hiei (1571)
Shinichiro Tomonaga: Developed renormalization theory (1943)
Shinichiro Tomonaga: Developed super-many-time theory in quantum electrodynamics (1943)
Kusunoki Masashige: Raised army for Emperor Go-Daigo (1331)
Toru Takemitsu: Composed "November Steps" (1967)
Fukuzawa Yukichi: Published An Encouragement of Learning (1872)
Meiji Emperor: Promulgated Meiji Constitution (1889)
Robin Li: Led Baidu to NASDAQ IPO (2005)
Aristotle: Left Athens after Platos death (-347)
Indiana Jones: Recovered Sankara Stones (1935)
Zadie Smith: Published NW to critical acclaim (2012)
Chinua Achebe: Became a voice for Biafran independence during Nigerian Civil War (1967)
Harry Potter (Harry Potter): Became Auror
Michael Schumacher: First retirement (2006)
Wright Brothers: Public demonstrations in Europe (1908)
Rick Blaine: Opened Rick's Café

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