What famous people were doing at 78

At 78, here is where people from history were and what they were doing. Here are 60 of the 67 moments on the site. Pick anyone to see their whole life lined up with yours.

1. Francisco Goya ~1824 · Bordeaux, France
   Goes into exile
2. Caroline Herschel ~1828 · London, England
   Receives the Royal Astronomical Society's gold medal
3. Andrew Jackson June 1845 · Nashville, USA
   Dies
4. Jacob Grimm September 1863 · Berlin, Germany
   Dies
5. Ralph Waldo Emerson April 1882 · Concord, Massachusetts, USA
   Dies
6. Queen Victoria June 1897 · London, England
   Celebrates her Diamond Jubilee
7. Henrik Ibsen May 1906 · Oslo, Norway
   Dies
8. Margaret Olivia Sage April 1907 · New York City, USA
   Founds the Russell Sage Foundation to improve social and living conditions
9. Pierre-Auguste Renoir December 1919 · Cagnes-sur-Mer, France
   Dies
10. Kitasato Shibasaburō June 1931 · Tokyo, Japan
    Dies
11. Konstantin Tsiolkovsky September 1935 · Kaluga, Russia
    Dies
12. Jagadish Chandra Bose November 1937 · Giridih, India
    Dies
13. Grandma Moses ~1938 · Hoosick Falls, New York, USA
    A collector spots her paintings in a drugstore window
14. Camille Claudel October 1943 · Montfavet, France
    Dies
15. Mahatma Gandhi January 1948 · New Delhi, India
    Dies
16. Bertrand Russell ~1950 · Stockholm, Sweden
    Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
17. Winston Churchill October 1953 · London, England
    Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature
18. Albert Schweitzer November 1953 · Oslo, Norway
    Is awarded the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize, which he uses to build a leprosy village
19. Otto Hahn ~1957 · Göttingen, Germany
    Joins scientists opposing nuclear weapons for West Germany
20. Eleanor Roosevelt November 1962 · New York City, USA
    Dies
21. Dwight D. Eisenhower March 1969 · Washington, D.C., USA
    Dies
22. Mao Zedong February 1972 · Beijing, China
    Meets President Nixon
23. Howard Hawks April 1975 · Los Angeles, USA
    Receives an honorary Oscar
24. Alvar Aalto May 1976 · Helsinki, Finland
    Dies
25. Ansel Adams ~1980 · Washington, D.C., USA
    Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom
26. Salvador Dalí ~1982 · Púbol, Spain
    Gala dies
27. Mikhail Sholokhov February 1984 · Vyoshenskaya, Russia
    Dies
28. Simone de Beauvoir April 1986 · Paris, France
    Dies
29. Le Duc Tho October 1990 · Hanoi, Vietnam
    Dies
30. Kenzo Tange ~1991 · Tokyo, Japan
    Completes the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
31. Joe Shuster July 1992 · Los Angeles, USA
    Dies
32. Willy Brandt October 1992 · Unkel, Germany
    Dies
33. Akio Morita October 1999 · Tokyo, Japan
    Dies
34. Dilip Kumar ~2000 · New Delhi, India
    Appointed to India's upper house of Parliament
35. Maurice Richard May 2000 · Montreal, Canada
    Dies
36. Emil Zátopek November 2000 · Prague, Czech Republic
    Dies
37. Christiaan Barnard September 2001 · Paphos, Cyprus
    Dies
38. Jimmy Carter ~2002 · Oslo, Norway
    Wins the Nobel Peace Prize
39. Kenneth Kaunda ~2002 · Zambia
    Campaigns against HIV/AIDS after losing a son to the disease
40. Cliff Robertson May 2002 · New York City, USA
    Plays Uncle Ben in Spider-Man
41. Mahathir Mohamad October 2003 · Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    Steps down after 22 years
42. Ennio Morricone February 2007 · Los Angeles, USA
    Receives an honorary Oscar
43. Warren Buffett ~2008 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA
    Named the world's richest person
44. Clint Eastwood December 2008 · USA
    Directs and stars in Gran Torino
45. Harold Pinter December 2008 · London, England
    Dies
46. Alice Munro ~2009 · London, England
    Wins the Man Booker International Prize
47. Leonard Nimoy May 2009 · Los Angeles, USA
    Plays the older Spock in the rebooted Star Trek
48. Gordon Willis November 2009 · Los Angeles, USA
    Receives an honorary Oscar
49. Elinor Ostrom June 2012 · Bloomington, Indiana, USA
    Dies
50. José Mujica ~2013 · Uruguay
    Legalizes marijuana and same-sex marriage
51. George Takei November 2015 · New York City, USA
    Allegiance, a musical based on his internment, opens on Broadway
52. Anthony Hopkins October 2016 · USA
    Stars in Westworld
53. Jean-Claude Mézières July 2017 · France
    Valérian becomes a Luc Besson film
54. Brian De Palma May 2019 · Europe
    Releases Domino
55. Joe Biden January 2021 · Washington, D.C., USA
    Becomes president at 78
56. Joni Mitchell July 2022 · Newport, Rhode Island, USA
    Makes a surprise return to performing at the Newport Folk Festival
57. Helen Mirren August 2023 · USA
    Plays Golda Meir in Golda
58. Posy Simmonds January 2024 · Angoulême, France
    Wins the Angoulême Grand Prix
59. Franz Beckenbauer January 2024 · Salzburg, Austria
    Dies
60. Rob Reiner September 2025 · USA
    Releases Spinal Tap II: The End Continues