Buzz Aldrin vs Umberto Eco
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Compare the life timelines of Buzz Aldrin (1930–present) and Umberto Eco (1932–2016) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 84 years, from 1932 to 2016.
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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
Umberto Eco (1932–2016)
- — Born in Alessandria, Piedmont, Italy Verified
- — Completed a doctoral thesis on Thomas Aquinas at the University of Turin Verified
- — Joined the Italian state broadcaster RAI as a cultural editor Verified
- — Published Opera aperta (The Open Work) Verified
- — Married Renate Ramge Verified
- — Appointed professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna Verified
- — Published his first novel, The Name of the Rose Verified
- — Published Foucault's Pendulum Verified
- — Died in Milan, Italy Verified