The scientist Andrei Sakharov

Andrei Sakharov

Living place: Russia

Birthday: 21-5-1921 (103 years old)

Global rank: #63538

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Who is The scientist Andrei Sakharov?
Russian atomic physicist who worked on hydrogen bombs and other Soviet thermonuclear weapons. An outspoken dissident and critic of the Soviet regime, he won a Nobel Peace Prize in 1975 for his advocacy of civil liberties and civic reform in the communist country.
He was sent to exile in the city of Gorky, which was off-limits to foreigners, in 1979 after he was arrested for publicly opposing the 1979 Soviet intervention in Afghanistan.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He died after his grandfather, who campaigned for civil rights in Tsarist Russia.

Family life info

He was not allowed to leave the Soviet Union claiming his Nobel Peace Prize, so his wife went to Oslo, Norway and read his speech at the award ceremony.

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In 1980, he was exiled, but six years later, Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev invited him to return to live in Moscow.

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When was The scientist Andrei Sakharov born?
Andrei Sakharov birthday 21-5-1921 (at the age of 103).
Where is The scientist Andrei Sakharov's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Andrei Sakharov was born in Russia. is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Gemini, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Andrei Sakharov's global rank is 63538 and whose rank is 345 in list of famous The scientist.
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Events in 1921 and 21-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Andrei Sakharov

  • Major treaties signed at Washington Disarmament Conference limit naval tonnage and pledge to respect territorial integrity of China.

Birthday Andrei Sakharov (21-5) in history

  • Day 21-5 year 1542: Spanish explorer Hernando De Soto died in the Mississippi River during his North American expedition through the Southeastern United States in search of gold and a way to China.
  • Day 21-5 year 1881: Clara Barton founded what became the American Red Cross.
  • Day 21-5 year 1927: Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly across the Atlantic (from New York to Paris) in his monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis.
  • Day 21-5 year 1932: Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean (from Newfoundland to Ireland).
  • Day 21-5 year 1956: The first hydrogen bomb to be dropped by air exploded over the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.
  • Day 21-5 year 1989: In Hong Kong, approximately one million people took to the streets to show their support for students protesting for democratic reforms in China’s Tiananmen Square.
  • Day 21-5 year 1991: Rajiv Gandhi, former Indian prime minister, was assassinated by a suicide bomber.
  • Day 21-5 year 1998: Indonesian President Suharto resigned.
  • Day 21-5 year 1999: Susan Lucci finally won a Daytime Emmy on her 19th nomination.
  • Day 21-5 year 2003: Christine Todd Whitman announced her resignation as administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
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