What were famous people doing at age 61?

14 events at age 61, collected from the timelines of historical figures, celebrities and fictional characters.

Alfred Hitchcock: Directed "Psycho" (1960)
Angela Merkel: Led European refugee crisis response (2015)
I. M. Pei: Designed National Gallery of Art East Building (1978)
Woodrow Wilson: Led US into World War I with famous war message to Congress (1917)
Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw: Became Asia's richest self-made woman (2014)
Jensen Huang: NVIDIA became most valuable company (2024)
Mahatma Gandhi: Led the Salt March (1930)
Michelangelo: Became chief architect of St. Peter's Basilica (1546)
Pope John Paul II: Survived assassination attempt (1981)
Linus Pauling: Won Nobel Peace Prize (1962)
Miyamoto Musashi: Completed The Book of Five Rings (1645)
Tokugawa Ieyasu: Became Shogun, established Edo Shogunate (1603)
Toyotomi Hideyoshi: Died at Fushimi Castle (1598)
Neil deGrasse Tyson: Wrote Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (2017)