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Dave Bing
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Dave Bing

Entrepreneur · born November 24, 1943

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David Bing is an American former professional basketball player, businessman and politician who served as the 74th mayor of Detroit from 2009 to 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

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Milestones, by age

Dated facts from Wikidata; ages marked “about” come from year-only dates.

  1. ~23Joined Detroit Pistons1966
  2. ~24Received the NBA Rookie of the Year Award1967
  3. ~24Named NBA All-Rookie Team1967
  4. ~25Named All-NBA Team1968
  5. ~32Joined Washington Wizards1975
  6. ~33Received the NBA All-Star Game Kobe Bryant Most Valuable Player Award1976
  7. ~34Received the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award1977
  8. ~34Joined Boston Celtics1977
  9. ~47Named Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame1990

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Tsung-Dao Lee
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Tsung-Dao Lee

Scientist

1926–2024 · United States

Tsung-Dao Lee was a Chinese-American physicist known for his work on parity violation, the Lee–Yang theorem, particle physics, relativistic heavy ion (RHIC) physics, nontopological solitons, and soliton stars.

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Simon van der Meer
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Simon van der Meer

Inventor

1925–2011 · Kingdom of the Netherlands

Simon van der Meer was a Dutch particle accelerator physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1984 with Carlo Rubbia for contributions to the CERN project which led to the discovery of the W and Z particles, the two fundamental communicators of the weak interaction.

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Benedictus de Spinoza
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Benedictus de Spinoza

Author

1632–1677 · Dutch Republic

Baruch (de) Spinoza, also known under his Latinized pen name Benedictus de Spinoza, was a philosopher of Portuguese-Jewish origin who was born and lived in the Dutch Republic.

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