Akira Kurosawa vs Dorothy Vaughan
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Compare the life timelines of Akira Kurosawa (1910–1998) and Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 88 years, from 1910 to 1998.
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Akira Kurosawa (1910–1998)
- — Born in Tokyo, Japan Verified
- — Joined Photo Chemical Laboratories as an assistant director Verified
- — Directed his first film, Sanshiro Sugata Verified
- — Rashomon won the Golden Lion at Venice Verified
- — Released Seven Samurai Verified
- — Dersu Uzala won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Verified
- — Released Ran Verified
- — Received an Academy Honorary Award Verified
- — Died in Setagaya, Tokyo Verified
Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008)
- — Born in Kansas City, Missouri Verified
- — Graduated from Wilberforce University Verified
- — Taught mathematics at Robert Russa Moton High School Verified
- — Married Howard Vaughan Verified
- — Began work at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory Verified
- — Appointed head of West Area Computing Verified
- — Joined the Analysis and Computation Division after NACA became NASA Verified
- — Learned FORTRAN and taught it to her colleagues Verified
- — Retired from NASA Verified
- — Died in Hampton, Virginia Verified