Celia Cruz vs Chen-Ning Yang
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Compare the life timelines of Celia Cruz (1925–2003) and Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 78 years, from 1925 to 2003.
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Celia Cruz (1925–2003)
- — Born in Havana, Cuba Verified
- — Became lead singer of La Sonora Matancera Verified
- — Left Cuba and settled in the United States Verified
- — Married trumpeter Pedro Knight Verified
- — Collaborated with Fania All-Stars Verified
- — Won her first Grammy Award Verified
- — Received the US National Medal of Arts Verified
- — Died in Fort Lee, New Jersey Verified
Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025)
- — Born in Hefei, Anhui Province, China Verified
- — Graduated from National Southwestern Associated University in Kunming Verified
- — Moved to the United States for graduate study Verified
- — Earned PhD from the University of Chicago Verified
- — Published Yang-Mills gauge theory with Robert Mills Verified
- — Proposed parity non-conservation in weak interactions with Tsung-Dao Lee Verified
- — Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics Verified
- — Became founding director of the Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook Verified
- — Returned to China to join Tsinghua University Verified
- — Died in Beijing, China Verified