What were famous people doing at age 52?

25 events at age 52, collected from the timelines of historical figures, celebrities and fictional characters.

• Vera Rubin: Provided strong evidence for dark matter (1980)
• Wole Soyinka: Won Nobel Prize in Literature, first African laureate (1986)
• Walter White: Built drug empire
• Abraham Lincoln: Became 16th US President (1861)
• Abraham Lincoln: Became 16th President of the United States (1861)
• Groot (MCU): Joined Guardians
• Sam Walton: Walmart went public (1970)
• George Washington Carver: Discovered peanut uses (1916)
• Susan B. Anthony: Arrested for voting illegally as a woman (1872)
• Steve Jobs: Introduced iPhone (2007)
• Steve Jobs: Launched iPhone, revolutionizing mobile phones (2007)
• Don Quixote: Famously charged at windmills believing them to be giants
• Hannibal Lecter: Helped catch Buffalo Bill
• Hannibal Lecter: Escaped custody
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Composed "The Nutcracker" (1892)
• Muhammad: Hijra (migration) to Medina (622)
• Mary Barra: Became the first female CEO of a major automaker at GM (2014)
• Kazuo Inamori: Founded DDI (now KDDI) (1984)
• Natsuo Kirino: Won Izumi Kyoka Prize for Literature (2003)
• Lei Jun: Announced Xiaomi EV project (2021)
• Georg Ohm: Received Copley Medal from Royal Society (1841)
• Dmitri Mendeleev: Studied petroleum refining (1886)
• Reid Hoffman: Became prominent VC investor (2019)
• Ray Kroc: Met McDonald brothers (1954)
• Ray Kroc: Met McDonald brothers (1954)

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