Political Leaders of the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 37 people and 447 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Adolf Hitler and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Notable people

  1. Margaret Thatcher

    in 1925

    1 moment here

    British stateswoman Margaret Hilda Thatcher (née Roberts) was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990, the first woman to hold the…

  2. Martin Luther King Jr.

    in 1929

    1 moment here

    American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…

  3. Mikhail Gorbachev

    in 1931

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…

  4. Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

    from 1918 to 1938

    75 moments here

    Ottoman officer, Turkish field marshal, revolutionary statesman, founder of the Republic of Turkey, and its first president.…

  5. Nelson Mandela

    from 1918 to 1939

    7 moments here

    South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, lawyer and statesman. Mandela helped lead the African National Congress, co-founded its armed wing,…

  6. Pope Francis

    in 1936

    1 moment here

    Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…

  7. Pope John Paul II

    from 1920 to 1938

    2 moments here

    Karol Józef Wojtyła (1920–2005), Pope John Paul II from 1978, was a Polish Catholic priest, bishop, cardinal, and pope.…

  8. Raisa Gorbacheva

    in 1932

    1 moment here

    Soviet and Russian activist, philanthropist, lecturer, and public figure; wife of Mikhail Gorbachev.…

  9. Ronald Reagan

    from 1919 to 1937

    10 moments here

    American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

  10. Theodore Roosevelt

    in 1919

    1 moment here

    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (1858–1919) was the 26th president of the United States, serving from 1901 to 1909.…

  11. Vladimir Lenin

    from 1918 to 1924

    18 moments here

    Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…

  12. Winston Churchill

    from 1921 to 1939

    6 moments here

    Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…

  13. Yuri Gagarin

    in 1934

    1 moment here

    Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and to orbit Earth on Vostok 1 on 12 April…

Moments

  1. 1919 Truman and Jacobson Haberdashery Harry S. Truman
  2. 1919 Return to Beijing Mao Zedong
  3. 1919 Establishes the nationalist center in Ankara Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  4. 1920 French Military Mission to Poland Charles de Gaulle
  5. 1920 Service in the Panama Canal Zone Dwight D. Eisenhower
  6. 1920 Spanish teacher at Temuco Gabriela Mistral
  7. 1920 Moved to Naples Road John F. Kennedy
  8. 1920 Travel through Tianjin, Jinan, and Qufu Mao Zedong
  9. 1920 Work and political contacts in Shanghai Mao Zedong
  10. 1920 Presents the NSDAP 25-point program Adolf Hitler
  11. 1920 Opens the Grand National Assembly Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  12. 1920 Second Fascist congress Benito Mussolini
  13. 1920 Birth in Wadowice Pope John Paul II
  14. 1920 Spoke at the Second Comintern Congress Vladimir Lenin
  15. 1920 Lectures at Copenhagen University Ernest Rutherford
  16. 1920 Campaigns in Boston Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  17. 1920 Campaigns in Clarksburg Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  18. 1920 Campaigns in Cincinnati Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  19. 1920 Campaigns in Denver Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  20. 1920 Congress of Tours delegate Ho Chi Minh
  21. 1920 Meets the Istanbul delegation at Bilecik Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  22. 1920 Settles in Dixon Ronald Reagan
  23. 1921 Arrival in Tel Aviv Golda Meir
  24. 1921 Departure for Palestine Golda Meir
  25. 1921 Transit through Naples Golda Meir
  26. 1921 Vagabonds camping trip at Hagerstown Henry Ford
  27. 1921 Residence on Compoint Lane Ho Chi Minh
  28. 1921 Holds first Odisha meeting at Kathajodi Mahatma Gandhi
  29. 1921 Arrives in Gaza Winston Churchill
  30. 1921 Convenes Middle East conference in Cairo Winston Churchill
  31. 1921 Meets delegations in Jerusalem Winston Churchill
  32. 1921 Marriage in Calais Charles de Gaulle
  33. 1921 First director of Liceo de Niñas Nº 6 Gabriela Mistral
  34. 1921 First CCP Congress Mao Zedong
  35. 1921 First CCP Congress relocation Mao Zedong
  36. 1921 Visits Western Front headquarters at Karacahisar Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  37. 1921 Took leave at Gorki Vladimir Lenin
  38. 1921 Arrives at Campobello before illness Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  39. 1921 CCP secretary in Changsha Mao Zedong
  40. 1921 Admitted to Presbyterian Hospital Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  41. 1921 Adopts loincloth in Madurai Mahatma Gandhi
  42. 1921 Observes the Battle of Sakarya from Duatepe Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  43. 1921 Returns to East 65th Street home Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  44. 1922 Visits Lenin at Gorki Joseph Stalin
  45. 1922 Convalesced after first stroke Vladimir Lenin
  46. 1922 Voyage to Mexico for educational reform Gabriela Mistral
  47. 1922 Commands at Dumlupınar Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  48. 1922 Leads the Great Offensive from Kocatepe Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  49. 1922 Enters liberated İzmir Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
  50. 1922 Fascist rally before the March on Rome Benito Mussolini

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