What were famous people doing at age 70?

14 events at age 70, collected from the timelines of historical figures, celebrities and fictional characters.

• Winter Soldier (MCU): Became Winter Soldier
• Carlos Slim: Became world richest person (2010)
• Socrates: Trial and death by hemlock (-400)
• Dumbledore: Became Headmaster
• Nicolaus Copernicus: Published 'De revolutionibus orbium coelestium' (1543)
• Frieza: Fought Goku on Namek
• Frieza: Destroyed Planet Vegeta and annihilated Saiyan race (-130)
• Benjamin Franklin: Signed Declaration of Independence (1776)
• Akira Kurosawa: Directed Kagemusha, won Cannes Palme dOr (1980)
• Jun'ichirō Tanizaki: Published Diary of a Mad Old Man (1961)
• Himiko: Sent envoys to Wei dynasty China (239)
• Edward Newgate: Protected Fishman Island
• Magneto (Marvel): Reconciled with Xavier
• Laozi: Left Zhou, never seen again (-501)

Age 69 | Age 71 | 日本語版