Beijing in the Space Age
The atlas holds 60 people and 133 moments here, from 1957 to 2025. The most recorded lives are Kim Il Sung, Liu Xiaobo and Norodom Sihanouk.
Notable people
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
in 2006
1 moment here
Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud was King and Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia from 2005 until his death in 2015.…
Abdus Salam
in 1978
1 moment here
Pakistani theoretical physicist and 1979 Nobel Prize laureate whose career connected education in Punjab and Cambridge with professorships in Lahore…
Alan MacDiarmid
from 2004 to 2005
2 moments here
New Zealand-American chemist and 2000 Nobel laureate in Chemistry, known for co-developing conductive polymers.…
Ali Khamenei
in 1989
1 moment here
Iranian Shia cleric and politician who was president of Iran from 1981 to 1989 and supreme leader from 1989 until his death in 2026.…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
in 2003
1 moment here
Indian statesman, poet, journalist and Bharatiya Janata Party leader who served as India’s prime minister in 1996 and from 1998 to 2004.…
Benazir Bhutto
in 1995
1 moment here
Pakistani political leader who served twice as prime minister, from 1988 to 1990 and from 1993 to 1996.…
Benigno Aquino III
in 2011
1 moment here
Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III, known as Noynoy Aquino or PNoy, was a Filipino politician who served as president of the Philippines from 2010…
Chester Bennington
in 2016
1 moment here
American singer and songwriter best known as Linkin Park’s lead vocalist. His documented appearances include performances and recording-related…
Deng Xiaoping
from 1973 to 1997
3 moments here
Chinese revolutionary, statesman, and paramount leader of the People’s Republic of China from 1978 to 1989.…
Dorothy Hodgkin
from 1972 to 1993
4 moments here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Ebrahim Raisi
in 2023
1 moment here
Iranian cleric, judicial official, and politician who served as president of Iran from 2021 until his death in a helicopter crash in 2024.…
Edgar Lungu
from 2015 to 2018
2 moments here
Edgar Chagwa Lungu was a Zambian lawyer and politician who served as Zambia's sixth president from 2015 to 2021.…
Ferdinand Marcos
in 1975
1 moment here
Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos Sr. was a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as president of the Philippines from 1965 until his overthrow…
George H. W. Bush
in 1989
1 moment here
George Herbert Walker Bush was an American naval aviator, oil executive, congressman, diplomat, director of central intelligence, vice president, and…
George Michael
in 1985
1 moment here
English singer-songwriter and record producer, born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou in East Finchley, England.…
Gerald Ford
in 1975
1 moment here
Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977 after having served as…
Gough Whitlam
from 1971 to 1973
2 moments here
Edward Gough Whitlam was an Australian lawyer, Royal Australian Air Force navigator, Labor politician and the 21st prime minister of Australia.…
Haile Selassie
in 1971
1 moment here
Haile Selassie I (born Tafari Makonnen) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 until his deposition in 1974.…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1957
1 moment here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Hosni Mubarak
in 1976
1 moment here
Egyptian military officer and politician who served as president of Egypt from 1981 until his resignation in 2011.…
Hugo Chávez
in 1999
1 moment here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Jean-Bédel Bokassa
in 1976
2 moments here
Central African military officer and politician who seized power in the Central African Republic in 1966, served as president, and proclaimed himself…
Jiang Qing
from 1964 to 1991
6 moments here
Jiang Qing (1914–1991), also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese actress, revolutionary, and political figure.…
Jiang Zemin
from 2008 to 2011
2 moments here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
Moments
- 1957 Mao–Khrushchev state visit Mao Zedong
- 1957 Visit to the People’s Republic of China Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1957 Stop in Beijing Ho Chi Minh
- 1958 Diplomatic visit to Beijing Kim Il Sung
- 1959 Tenth PRC anniversary parade Kim Il Sung
- 1959 Return to Beijing Puyi
- 1961 Sino-North Korean treaty signing Kim Il Sung
- 1962 Marriage to Li Shuxian Puyi
- 1964 CPPCC literary editor Puyi
- 1964 Peking Opera reform speech Jiang Qing
- 1965 Meeting Chinese leaders in Beijing Norodom Sihanouk
- 1965 Visit with Mao Zedong Pridi Banomyong
- 1966 All-Army Artistic Creation Conference Jiang Qing
- 1966 Arrival in Beijing after coup Kwame Nkrumah
- 1966 Red Guard public appearance Mao Zedong
- 1967 Death in Beijing Puyi
- 1970 Visit to Beijing before the 1970 coup Pol Pot
- 1970 Arrival in Beijing after deposition Norodom Sihanouk
- 1970 Meeting Mao in Beijing Kim Il Sung
- 1971 Meeting with Zhou Enlai in Beijing Yang Chen-Ning
- 1971 Peking School of Medicine visit Gough Whitlam
- 1971 Arrival in Beijing Haile Selassie
- 1972 State visit to China Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- 1972 First return visit to Beijing Tsung-Dao Lee
- 1972 State visit to Beijing Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1972 Red Detachment of Women performance with Nixon Jiang Qing
- 1972 Meeting with President Nixon Mao Zedong
- 1972 China state visit: Beijing Richard Nixon
- 1972 Reception of Richard Nixon in Beijing Zhou Enlai
- 1972 Insulin discussions in Beijing Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1973 Return from exile to Beijing Deng Xiaoping
- 1973 Meeting with Mao Zedong Yang Chen-Ning
- 1973 Official visit to China Gough Whitlam
- 1974 Official visit to Peking Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1975 Normalization visit to Beijing Ferdinand Marcos
- 1975 China normalization visit Gerald Ford
- 1975 Meeting with President Ford Mao Zedong
- 1976 Meeting Mao Zedong Hosni Mubarak
- 1976 Death in Beijing Zhou Enlai
- 1976 Official visit to Peking Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
- 1976 Return to Zhongnanhai during Mao's final illness Jiang Qing
- 1976 Death in Beijing Mao Zedong
- 1976 Arrival in Peking Jean-Bédel Bokassa
- 1976 Great Hall banquet Jean-Bédel Bokassa
- 1977 Beijing and Pyongyang diplomatic trip Pol Pot
- 1978 Visit to China Abdus Salam
- 1978 Law studies at Peking University Li Keqiang
- 1978 Meeting Deng in China Pol Pot
- 1979 Flight to Beijing after Khmer Rouge collapse Norodom Sihanouk
- 1979 Return visit to Beijing Richard Nixon