Alex Ferguson vs Linus Torvalds
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Compare the life timelines of Alex Ferguson (1941–present) and Linus Torvalds (1969–present) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 57 years, from 1969 to 2026.
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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
Linus Torvalds (1969–present)
- — Born in Helsinki, Finland Verified
- — Enrolled at the University of Helsinki to study computer science Verified
- — Announced the Linux kernel project on the comp.os.minix newsgroup Verified
- — Released version 1.0 of the Linux kernel Verified
- — Moved to California to work for Transmeta Verified
- — Left Transmeta for the Open Source Development Labs Verified
- — Created the Git version control system Verified
- — Became a United States citizen Verified
- — Shared the Millennium Technology Prize Verified