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Notable Achievements at Age 53
Stood down as Member of Parliament for Papineau
Ceased serving as MP for Papineau on April 28, 2025 (stood down at the federal election held weeks after resignation).
Formally resigned as Prime Minister of Canada
Formally stepped down as Prime Minister five days after Mark Carney was elected leader (March 14, 2025).
Announced intention to resign as Prime Minister and Liberal leader
Faced with declining support and internal pressure, Trudeau announced he would step down as Liberal leader and prime minister after a leadership process.
Lost 2022 presidential runoff
Received 41.45% of the vote in the second round and was defeated by Emmanuel Macron on 24 April 2022 (RN's best-ever presidential result).
Release of Don't Look Up (theatrical & Netflix)
Don't Look Up received a limited theatrical release in December 2021 and then streamed on Netflix later that month; film earned four Academy Award nominations (94th Oscars).
MEP term ended
Term as Member of the European Parliament for the East of England formally ended on 1 July 2019; succeeded by Richard Tice.
Elected Governor of Illinois, defeating Bruce Rauner
Defeated incumbent Republican Bruce Rauner in the general election, receiving 54.53% to Rauner's 38.83% on November 6, 2018.
Sentenced to 28 years in prison under three-strikes law
September 2018: Judge sentenced Knight to 28 years in prison (22 years for running over the victim + 6 years due to prior strikes); eligible for parole Oct 2034.
Pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter
September 2018: Knight pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the 2015 hit-and-run death of Terry Carter as part of a plea deal; first-degree murder and some charges were resolved.
Died by voluntary euthanasia
On 4 October 2016 Hintjens underwent voluntary euthanasia in Brussels after his terminal cholangiocarcinoma diagnosis.
ACM A.M. Turing Award (co-recipient with Silvio Micali)
Awarded the A.M. Turing Award for laying complexity-theoretic foundations of modern cryptography and pioneering verification methods for proofs.
Named University Professor (Bishop William Lawrence Univ. Professorship)
Appointed to Harvard's highest faculty rank (University Professor / Bishop William Lawrence University Professor).
Announced candidacy and elected U.S. Senator from New York
Formally launched campaign and won the November 2000 election; first former First Lady elected to federal office and first female senator from New York.
Death of husband Michael Aris
Michael Aris died of prostate cancer in London; government refused visa requests to visit him when gravely ill.
Re-elected Governor in landslide
Won reelection to a second term with 73.0% of the vote — the largest gubernatorial margin in Nebraska in half a century. Vote total: 423,270.
Civic Forum founded
Havel and other opposition spokespeople form Civic Forum (Občanské fórum) as a coalition to oppose Communist control and negotiate reforms.
Police suppress student demonstration; Velvet Revolution begins
Police violently suppress a student demonstration on Nov 17; Havel returns from Hrádeček and becomes central leader of the Velvet Revolution.
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