A. Philip Randolph vs Georges Lemaître
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Compare the life timelines of A. Philip Randolph (1889–1979) and Georges Lemaître (1894–1966) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 72 years, from 1894 to 1966.
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A. Philip Randolph (1889–1979)
- — Born in Crescent City, Florida Verified
- — Moved to Harlem, New York Verified
- — Co-founded The Messenger magazine Verified
- — Organized the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters Verified
- — Won recognition contract for the Brotherhood Verified
- — March on Washington Movement prompts Executive Order 8802 Verified
- — Pressed for desegregation of the armed forces Verified
- — Helped organize the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Verified
- — Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Verified
- — Died in New York City Verified
Georges Lemaître (1894–1966)
- — Born in Charleroi, Belgium Verified
- — Served as an artillery officer in the Belgian army during World War I Verified
- — Studied astronomy at Cambridge under Arthur Eddington Verified
- — Ordained a Catholic priest Verified
- — Earned a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Verified
- — Published the first paper proposing an expanding universe Verified
- — Appointed professor at the Catholic University of Louvain Verified
- — Proposed the 'primeval atom' hypothesis, forerunner of the Big Bang theory Verified
- — Became president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Died in Leuven, Belgium Verified