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Liu Gang

b. 1961

Chinese scientist and revolutionary (born 1961)

Born
30 Jan 1961 · Liaoyuan
Part ofChina1,046 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 75 years
  1. 30 Jan 1961BornBorn in Liaoyuan
  2. 1989Took part1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1961 – today).

  1. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  2. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  3. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  5. 1968Prague Spring
  6. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  7. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  8. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  9. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  11. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  12. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  13. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  14. 1985Schengen Agreement
  15. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  16. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  18. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  19. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  20. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  21. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  22. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  23. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  24. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  25. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  26. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  27. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  28. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  29. 20112011 Norway attacks
  30. 2011Libyan civil war
  31. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  32. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  33. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  34. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  35. 2015Paris Agreement
  36. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  37. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  38. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  39. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  40. 2023Gaza war

Biography

Liu Gang (Chinese: 刘刚; born 30 January 1961) is a Chinese-born American aerospace engineer, computer scientist, optical physicist, political activist, and writer. He founded the Beijing Students' Autonomous Federation. He was a prominent student leader at the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Liu holds an M.A. in physics from Peking University and an M.A. in computer science from Columbia University. After his exile to the United States in 1996, Liu studied technology and physics at Bell Labs in New Jersey. Liu was employed at Morgan Stanley as a Wall Street IT analyst.

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