Dorothy Vaughan vs Erich Honecker
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Compare the life timelines of Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008) and Erich Honecker (1912–1994) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 82 years, from 1912 to 1994.
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Dorothy Vaughan (1910–2008)
- — Born in Kansas City, Missouri Verified
- — Graduated from Wilberforce University Verified
- — Taught mathematics at Robert Russa Moton High School Verified
- — Married Howard Vaughan Verified
- — Began work at the Langley Memorial Aeronautical Laboratory Verified
- — Appointed head of West Area Computing Verified
- — Joined the Analysis and Computation Division after NACA became NASA Verified
- — Learned FORTRAN and taught it to her colleagues Verified
- — Retired from NASA Verified
- — Died in Hampton, Virginia Verified
Erich Honecker (1912–1994)
- — Born in Neunkirchen, Saarland Verified
- — Joined the Communist Party of Germany and studied in Moscow Verified
- — Arrested by the Gestapo and imprisoned Verified
- — Became founding chairman of the Free German Youth Verified
- — Oversaw the construction of the Berlin Wall Verified
- — Became First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party Verified
- — Became Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic Verified
- — Resigned from all offices Verified
- — Proceedings against him were halted and he travelled to Chile Verified
- — Died in Santiago, Chile Verified