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Notable Achievements at Age 6

Simone Biles

Formally adopted by Ron and Nellie Biles

In 2003 Simone and her younger sister Adria were formally adopted by their grandfather Ron Biles and his wife Nellie; the family moved to Spring, Texas.

2003
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Simone Biles

Introduced to gymnastics (day-care field trip)

On a day-care field trip Simone tried gymnastics, was encouraged by coaches, and began training at Bannon's Gymnastix in Houston.

2003
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Link Neal

Met Rhett McLaughlin (first grade)

Met Rhett McLaughlin on the first day of first grade at Buies Creek Elementary; incident inspired later 'Mythical' name.

1984
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Malcolm Gladwell

Family moved to Elmira, Ontario, Canada

Family relocated to a Mennonite rural community near the University of Waterloo where his father taught.

1969
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Daniel Kahneman

Lived in Nazi-occupied Paris

Kahneman and family were living in Paris when Nazi Germany occupied the city; family went on run and his father was detained and later died in 1944.

1940
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Barack Obama

Moved to Indonesia

Obama moved with his mother and stepfather to Indonesia and attended local Indonesian-language schools for several years.

1967
97% confidence
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Ryan Kaji

Channel hits 10 million subscribers

Ryan's World reached 10 million subscribers on YouTube.

2017
96% confidence
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Ryan Kaji

Ryan's World toys released exclusively at Walmart

The first retail release of Ryan-branded toys sold exclusively at Walmart on August 6, 2018 (later expanded to Target/Amazon).

2018
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Ryan Kaji

Ryan's World toy line announced at Toy Fair 2018

At the 2018 New York Toy Fair Ryan's World-branded toys were announced in partnership with pocket.watch and Bonkers Toys.

2018
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David Dobrik

Family moved to Vernon Hills, Illinois

Dobrik's family emigrated to Vernon Hills, Illinois when he was six.

2002
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Vitalik Buterin

Family emigrated to Canada

Buterin and his parents moved from Russia to Canada seeking better employment opportunities.

2000
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Andrew Ng

Started learning programming

At about age six, Ng began learning the basics of programming from books.

1982
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Sergey Brin

Arrived in the United States

Brin family arrived in the U.S.; father Michael secured a teaching position at University of Maryland with outside help.

1979
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Marc Jacobs

Father died

Jacobs' father, an agent at the William Morris Agency, died when Marc was six.

1969
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Oprah Winfrey

Moved to Milwaukee to live with her mother

At age six Winfrey moved from her grandmother's farm in Kosciusko to inner-city Milwaukee where her mother worked as a maid.

1960
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Carlos Ghosn

Moved to Beirut and began schooling

At about age six Ghosn moved with his mother and sister to Beirut where his grandmother lived; later attended Collège Notre-Dame de Jamhour (Jesuit secondary school).

1960
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Johnnie Cochran

Family migrates to California (Great Migration)

Cochran's family relocated from Louisiana to California as part of the Second Great Migration; they initially lived near the Alameda shipyards.

1943
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Joseph Pulitzer

Family moved to Pest after father's retirement

Fülöp Pulitzer was wealthy enough to retire and moved the family to Pest; children educated by private tutors.

1853
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Kylian Mbappé

Joins AS Bondy youth setup

Started playing youth football at AS Bondy under the coaching of his father, Wilfried Mbappé.

2004
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Zig Ziglar

Father died of a stroke; sister died two days later

His father died of a stroke and his younger sister died two days later; family left in care of his mother.

1932
92% confidence
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