What were famous people doing at age 63?

17 events at age 63, collected from the timelines of historical figures, celebrities and fictional characters.

Andrew Wiles: Won Abel Prize for mathematics (2016)
Kazuo Ishiguro: Won Nobel Prize in Literature (2017)
Sam Walton: Became richest American (1985)
Stalin: Led Soviet Union through Great Patriotic War against Nazi Germany (1941)
Dumbledore: Defeated Grindelwald
Pierre-Simon Laplace: Completed 'Théorie analytique des probabilités' (1812)
Francois Pinault: Acquired Gucci Group (1999)
Ridley Scott: Directed "Gladiator", won Best Picture (2000)
Louis Pasteur: Created rabies vaccine (1885)
Robin Williams: Died by suicide (2014)
Empress Dowager Cixi: Crushed the Hundred Days Reform and imprisoned Emperor Guangxu (1898)
Sen no Rikyu: Established wabi-cha tea ceremony (1585)
Uesugi Kenshin Copy: Captured Odawara Castle (1495)
Audrey Hepburn: Died of cancer (1993)
Otto von Bismarck: Congress of Berlin (1878)
Gimli: Befriended Legolas
John Milton: Published Paradise Regained (1671)