What were famous people doing at age 57?

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

• Immanuel Kant: Published "Critique of Pure Reason" (1781)
• Queen Victoria: Became Empress of India (1876)
• Wernher von Braun: Saturn V rocket carried Apollo 11 to Moon (1969)
• Obi-Wan Kenobi: Sacrificed himself to help Luke escape the Death Star
• Oprah Winfrey: Launched OWN Network (2011)
• James Joyce: Published Finnegans Wake (1939)
• Geronimo: Final surrender to US forces (1886)
• George Washington: Became first President (1789)
• George Washington Carver: Testified before Congress (1921)
• John Locke: Published "Two Treatises of Government" (1689)
• John Locke: Published "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding" (1689)
• Toni Morrison: Won Pulitzer Prize for Beloved (1988)
• Hannah Arendt: Covered Eichmann trial, coined "banality of evil" (1963)
• Margaret Thatcher: Led UK in Falklands War (1982)
• Margaret Thatcher: Led UK in Falklands War (1982)
• Catherine the Great II: Implemented major educational reforms (1774)
• Isoroku Yamamoto: Planned and executed attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
• Hideki Tojo: Became Prime Minister of Japan (1941)
• Hideki Tojo: Ordered attack on Pearl Harbor, initiating Pacific War (1941)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu: Won the Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu: Won the Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu: Won Battle of Sekigahara (1600)
• Tokugawa Ieyasu: Won Battle of Sekigahara and unified Japan (1600)
• Soichiro Honda: Entered Formula One racing (1963)
• Isaac Newton: Became Master of Mint (1700)
• Anthony Bourdain: Won Emmy for Parts Unknown (2013)
• Jennifer Doudna: Founded Innovative Genomics Institute (2021)
• Jeff Bezos: Went to space (2021)
• Geoffrey Chaucer: Left Canterbury Tales unfinished (1400)
• Genghis Khan: Launched Khwarezmian campaign (1219)
• Marcus Aurelius: Defended Roman Empire (178)

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