What were famous people doing at age 44?

57 events at age 44, collected from the timelines of historical figures, celebrities and fictional characters.

• Isaac Newton: Published Principia (1687)
• Agatha Christie: Published Murder on the Orient Express (1934)
• Adolf Hitler: Became Chancellor of Germany (1933)
• Albert Camus: Won Nobel Prize in Literature (1957)
• Anthony Bourdain: Published Kitchen Confidential (2000)
• Catherine the Great: Expanded Russian territory (1773)
• Edward Witten: Proposed M-theory unifying string theories (1995)
• Enrico Fermi: Contributed to Manhattan Project (1945)
• Katherine Johnson: Verified computer calculations for John Glenn orbit (1962)
• Grigori Perelman: Declined Fields Medal and Millennium Prize (2010)
• Gregor Mendel: Published laws of inheritance (1866)
• Sigmund Freud: Published "The Interpretation of Dreams" (1900)
• Sheryl Sandberg: Published Lean In (2013)
• Zinedine Zidane: Won Champions League as Real Madrid coach (2016)
• Geoffrey Chaucer: Began Canterbury Tales (1387)
• Stalin: Became General Secretary of the Communist Party (1922)
• Genghis Khan: United Mongol tribes and was proclaimed Genghis Khan (1206)
• Genghis Khan: Unified Mongol tribes and became Genghis Khan (1206)
• Genghis Khan: United Mongol tribes (1206)
• Genghis Khan: United Mongol tribes as Great Khan (1206)
• Genghis Khan: United Mongol tribes and was proclaimed Genghis Khan (1206)
• Tom Brady: Won 7th Super Bowl (2021)
• Nelson Mandela: Imprisoned for 27 years (1962)
• Nelson Mandela: Arrested and later sentenced to life (1962)
• Nolan Ryan: Threw record 7th career no-hitter (1991)
• Haile Selassie: Addressed League of Nations after Italian invasion (1936)
• Harry Callahan: Defeated terrorists
• Banksy: Girl with Balloon self-shredded at auction (2018)
• Mariano Rivera: Retired as MLB all-time saves leader (652) (2013)
• Marie Curie: Won Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911)
• Marie Curie: Won Nobel Prize in Chemistry (second Nobel) (1911)
• Marco Polo: Wrote The Travels (1298)
• Marco Polo: Dictated "The Travels of Marco Polo" (1298)
• Mansa Musa: Pilgrimage to Mecca with vast gold wealth (1324)
• Mansa Musa: Made legendary pilgrimage to Mecca, distributing vast wealth (1324)
• Reid Hoffman: LinkedIn IPO (2011)
• Louis XIV: Moved court to Versailles (1682)
• Louis XIV: Moved royal court to Palace of Versailles (1682)
• Rachel Carson: Published 'The Sea Around Us' to critical acclaim (1951)
• Robert Goddard: Launched world's first liquid-fueled rocket (1926)
• Ito Hirobumi: Became first Prime Minister of Japan (1885)
• Hayao Miyazaki: Co-founded Studio Ghibli (1985)
• Chien-Shiung Wu: Disproved law of conservation of parity experimentally (1956)
• Akira Kurosawa: Directed Seven Samurai (1954)
• Shinya Yamanaka: Discovered iPS cells from mouse cells (2006)
• Yusaku Maezawa: Sold ZOZO to Yahoo Japan (2019)
• Son Goku: Achieved Ultra Instinct
• Shigenobu Okuma: Founded Waseda University (1882)
• Satoshi Omura: Discovered avermectin (1979)
• Kinuyo Tanaka: Became one of first female directors in Japan (1953)
• Changpeng Zhao: Became one of richest people in crypto industry (2021)
• Sarah Connor: Continued fighting Skynet (2009)
• Desmond Tutu: Became first Black Dean of St. Mary's Cathedral (1975)
• Martin Heidegger: Became rector of Freiburg University (1933)
• Rachel Carson: Published The Sea Around Us (1951)
• Mieko Kawakami: Published international bestseller Heaven (2020)
• Kido Takayoshi: Died of illness in Kyoto (1877)

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