Bette Davis vs Luis Walter Alvarez
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Compare the life timelines of Bette Davis (1908–1989) and Luis Walter Alvarez (1911–1988) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 77 years, from 1911 to 1988.
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Bette Davis (1908–1989)
- — Born in Lowell, Massachusetts Verified
- — Signed a contract with Warner Bros. Verified
- — Won her first Academy Award for Dangerous Verified
- — Won her second Academy Award for Jezebel Verified
- — Served as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Verified
- — Co-founded the Hollywood Canteen Verified
- — Starred in All About Eve Verified
- — Starred in What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? Verified
- — Received the AFI Life Achievement Award Verified
- — Died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France Verified
Luis Walter Alvarez (1911–1988)
- — Born in San Francisco Verified
- — Joined Ernest Lawrence's Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley Verified
- — Received a doctorate in physics from the University of Chicago Verified
- — Developed radar systems at the MIT Radiation Laboratory Verified
- — Worked on the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos Verified
- — Flew as a scientific observer on the Hiroshima mission Verified
- — Built large liquid hydrogen bubble chambers at Berkeley Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Published the asteroid impact hypothesis for the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction Verified
- — Died in Berkeley, California Verified