What were famous people doing at age 48?

35 events at age 48, collected from the timelines of historical figures, celebrities and fictional characters.

• Atticus Finch: Defended Tom Robinson
• Indiana Jones: Found Holy Grail (1989)
• Erwin Schrodinger: Proposed Schrödinger cat thought experiment (1935)
• Jennifer Doudna: Developed CRISPR-Cas9 (2012)
• Theodore Roosevelt: Won Nobel Peace Prize (1906)
• Charles Dickens: Published "Great Expectations" (1860)
• Demis Hassabis: Won Nobel Prize for AlphaFold protein prediction (2024)
• Toussaint Louverture: Led Haitian Revolution (1791)
• Tony Stark: Sacrificed himself using the Infinity Stones to defeat Thanos (2018)
• Nebuchadnezzar II: Destroyed Jerusalem and Solomon's Temple (-586)
• Harvey Milk: Assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone (1978)
• Barbara McClintock: Discovered genetic transposition (1950)
• Plato: Wrote "The Republic" (-380)
• Vegeta: Achieved Ultra Ego
• Martha Stewart: Launched Martha Stewart Living (1990)
• Michael Dell: Took Dell private in a $24.4 billion buyout (2013)
• Marcel Proust: Won Prix Goncourt (1919)
• Lenin: Signed Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, ending Russian involvement in WWI (1918)
• Ngugi wa Thiongo: Published 'Decolonising the Mind' on African languages (1986)
• Tadao Ando: Completed Church of the Light (1989)
• Ito Hirobumi: Helped draft Meiji Constitution (1889)
• Leo Esaki: Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (1973)
• Oda Nobunaga: Died at Honnoji (1582)
• Oda Nobunaga: Killed in the Honno-ji Incident by Akechi Mitsuhide (1582)
• Sanada Yukimura: Heroic death at Siege of Osaka (1615)
• Sanada Yukimura: Made his legendary last stand at Osaka Castle (1615)
• Sanada Yukimura: Died heroically at Siege of Osaka (1615)
• Ryu Murakami: Published Coin Locker Babies (2000)
• Takamori Saigo: Assassinated in Kioizaka Incident (1878)
• Hayao Nakayama: Became president of Sega (1980)
• Keigo Higashino: Won Naoki Prize for 'The Devotion of Suspect X' (2006)
• Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Became Kanpaku (regent) (1585)
• Golda Meir: Became head of Political Department of Jewish Agency (1946)
• Mehmed II: Failed siege of Rhodes against Knights Hospitaller (1480)
• Ryu Murakami: Published 'Symbiosis Worm' exploring social issues (2000)

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