A. Philip Randolph vs Sergei Korolev
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Compare the life timelines of A. Philip Randolph (1889–1979) and Sergei Korolev (1907–1966) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 59 years, from 1907 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
Sergei Korolev (1907–1966)
- — Born in Zhytomyr, Russian Empire Verified
- — Co-founded the Group for the Study of Reactive Motion (GIRD) Verified
- — Arrested during the Great Purge and sent to the Gulag Verified
- — Appointed chief designer of Soviet long-range missiles Verified
- — Developed the R-7 Semyorka intercontinental ballistic missile Verified
- — Launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite Verified
- — Launched Vostok 1 with Yuri Gagarin, first human in space Verified
- — Oversaw Voskhod and early lunar program work Verified
- — Died in Moscow Verified