Chen-Ning Yang vs Sidney Poitier
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Compare the life timelines of Chen-Ning Yang (1922–2025) and Sidney Poitier (1927–2022) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 95 years, from 1927 to 2022.
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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
Sidney Poitier (1927–2022)
- — Born in Miami, Florida Verified
- — Joined the American Negro Theatre in New York Verified
- — Made his film debut in No Way Out Verified
- — Starred in The Defiant Ones Verified
- — Won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field Verified
- — Starred in In the Heat of the Night Verified
- — Directed the comedy Uptown Saturday Night Verified
- — Appointed Bahamian ambassador to Japan Verified
- — Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom Verified
- — Died in Los Angeles, California Verified