A. Philip Randolph vs Lev Landau
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Compare the life timelines of A. Philip Randolph (1889–1979) and Lev Landau (1908–1968) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 60 years, from 1908 to 1968.
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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
Lev Landau (1908–1968)
- — Born in Baku, Russian Empire Verified
- — Graduated from Leningrad State University Verified
- — Studied in Western Europe, including with Niels Bohr in Copenhagen Verified
- — Headed the theory division at the Ukrainian Physico-Technical Institute in Kharkiv Verified
- — Moved to Moscow to lead theory at the Institute for Physical Problems Verified
- — Arrested during the Great Purge and imprisoned for a year Verified
- — Published the theory of superfluidity of liquid helium Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Severely injured in a car crash Verified
- — Died in Moscow, Soviet Union Verified