Alex Ferguson vs Dennis Ritchie
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Compare the life timelines of Alex Ferguson (1941–present) and Dennis Ritchie (1941–2011) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 70 years, from 1941 to 2011.
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Alex Ferguson (1941–present)
- — Born in Govan, Glasgow Verified
- — Began his playing career with Queen's Park Verified
- — Married Cathy Holding Verified
- — Transferred to Rangers as a player Verified
- — Appointed manager of Aberdeen Verified
- — Aberdeen won the European Cup Winners' Cup Verified
- — Appointed manager of Manchester United Verified
- — Won a first league title with Manchester United Verified
- — Manchester United completed the treble Verified
- — Knighted for services to football Verified
Dennis Ritchie (1941–2011)
- — Born in Bronxville, New York Verified
- — Studied physics and applied mathematics at Harvard Verified
- — Joined Bell Labs Verified
- — Co-created the Unix operating system Verified
- — Created the C programming language Verified
- — Published The C Programming Language Verified
- — Received the Turing Award Verified
- — Awarded the National Medal of Technology Verified
- — Died in Berkeley Heights, New Jersey Verified