What were famous people doing at age 49?

29 events at age 49, collected from the timelines of historical figures, celebrities and fictional characters.

• Atticus Finch: Protected children from Bob Ewell
• Aristotle: Founded the Lyceum school in Athens (-335)
• Anthony Bourdain: Launched No Reservations (2005)
• Andy Dufresne: Escaped Shawshank prison
• Indira Gandhi: Became first female Prime Minister of India (1966)
• All Might (My Hero Academia): Final battle with AFO
• Genghis Khan II Ögedei: Expanded Mongol Empire into Eastern Europe (1235)
• Karl Marx: Published first volume of "Das Kapital" (1867)
• Karl Marx: Published Das Kapital Volume 1 (1867)
• Saladin: Recaptured Jerusalem (1187)
• Jonas Salk: Founded Salk Institute (1963)
• Genghis Khan: Began invasion of Jin Dynasty (1211)
• Bill Gates: Founded Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (2000)
• Michel Foucault: Published "Discipline and Punish" (1975)
• Julius Caesar: Crossed the Rubicon (-49)
• Reid Hoffman: Sold LinkedIn to Microsoft (2016)
• Leonhard Euler: Published major works despite going completely blind (1756)
• Leo Tolstoy: Published Anna Karenina (1877)
• Takashi Shimura: Starred in "Seven Samurai" as leader (1954)
• Mori Ogai: Published Gan (The Wild Goose) (1911)
• Saigo Takamori: Led Satsuma Rebellion, died in battle (1877)
• Saigo Takamori: Led Satsuma Rebellion and died at Shiroyama (1877)
• Masayoshi Son: Acquired Vodafone Japan, entered mobile market (2006)
• Taira no Kiyomori: Became first samurai Daijō-daijin (1167)
• Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Became Kampaku (Imperial Regent) (1585)
• SANAA Kazuyo Sejima: Designed 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art (2004)
• Akira Suzuki: Developed Suzuki coupling reaction (1979)
• Genghis Khan: Conquered Western Xia (1209)
• Tim Berners-Lee: Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II (2004)

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