Buzz Aldrin vs Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
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Compare the life timelines of Buzz Aldrin (1930–present) and Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938–2025) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 87 years, from 1938 to 2025.
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Buzz Aldrin (1930–present)
- — Born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey Verified
- — Graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point Verified
- — Flew combat missions in the Korean War Verified
- — Earned a doctorate in astronautics from MIT Verified
- — Selected by NASA as an astronaut Verified
- — Flew on Gemini 12 Verified
- — Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Verified
- — Walked on the Moon during Apollo 11 Verified
- — Left NASA Verified
- — Published the memoir Return to Earth Verified
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (1938–2025)
- — Born in Kamiriithu, near Limuru, Kenya Colony Verified
- — Graduated from Makerere University College in Uganda Verified
- — Published his first novel, Weep Not, Child Verified
- — Published A Grain of Wheat Verified
- — Published Petals of Blood Verified
- — Detained without trial at Kamiti Maximum Security Prison Verified
- — Went into exile from Kenya Verified
- — Published Decolonising the Mind Verified
- — Joined the University of California, Irvine Verified
- — Died in Buford, Georgia, United States Verified