Berlin in the Space Age
The atlas holds 30 people and 37 moments here, from 1959 to 2020. The most recorded lives are Ronald Reagan, Mikhail Gorbachev and Richard Nixon.
Notable people
Abebe Bikila
in 1962
1 moment here
Ethiopian marathon runner and Imperial Guard officer who won Olympic marathon gold in Rome in 1960 and Tokyo in 1964, both in world-record time.…
Ada Yonath
in 1979
1 moment here
Israeli crystallographer whose work on ribosome structure and function earned her a share of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.…
Alexei Navalny
in 2020
2 moments here
Russian opposition leader, anti-corruption activist, politician, and political prisoner. This chronology records supported locations of his birth,…
Benigno Aquino III
in 2014
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…
Carlos Fuentes
in 2005
1 moment here
Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist, essayist, public intellectual, and diplomat. Born in Panama City to a Mexican diplomat, he spent…
Chinghiz Aitmatov
in 1994
1 moment here
Kyrgyz author, public intellectual, and diplomat who wrote in Kyrgyz and Russian. His documented life connects his native Sheker and Soviet-era…
Claudia Cardinale
from 1975 to 2002
2 moments here
Italian-Tunisian actress whose career ranged from postwar Tunis through Italian, French, British, American, and international cinema, as well as…
Dalida
in 1959
1 moment here
Dalida, born Iolanda Cristina Gigliotti, was an Egyptian-born Italian-French singer, actress and model.…
Heath Ledger
in 2006
1 moment here
Australian actor and music-video director whose career began in Australian television, expanded internationally after his 1998 move to the United…
Jimmy Carter
in 1978
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Joan Fontaine
in 1982
1 moment here
British-American actress Joan de Beauvoir de Havilland, professionally Joan Fontaine, was an Academy Award-winning performer known especially for…
John F. Kennedy
in 1963
1 moment here
John Fitzgerald Kennedy was an American naval officer, journalist, congressman, senator, and the 35th president of the United States.…
José Eduardo dos Santos
in 1981
1 moment here
Angolan politician and military officer who served as Angola’s president from 1979 to 2017. His documented movements include exile in…
José Mujica
in 2011
1 moment here
Uruguayan guerrilla fighter, farmer and politician who was president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.…
Kenzaburō Ōe
in 1999
1 moment here
Japanese novelist, short-story writer, essayist, Nobel laureate, and prominent pacifist and anti-nuclear campaigner.…
Kim Il Sung
in 1984
1 moment here
Kim Il Sung (born Kim Song Ju) was a Korean communist guerrilla leader, North Korean political leader, and founder of the Democratic People’s…
Li Keqiang
in 2013
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Marlene Dietrich
in 1960
1 moment here
German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…
Mikhail Gorbachev
from 1966 to 1989
3 moments here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Muhammadu Buhari
in 2016
1 moment here
Nigerian army officer, military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and elected president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.…
Pope Benedict XVI
in 2011
1 moment here
Joseph Alois Ratzinger (1927–2022), Pope Benedict XVI, was a German Catholic theologian, archbishop, cardinal, prefect of the Congregation for the…
Richard Nixon
from 1963 to 1969
2 moments here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Robin Warren
in 1997
1 moment here
Australian pathologist whose observations of curved bacteria in gastric biopsies and subsequent collaboration with Barry Marshall transformed…
Ronald Reagan
from 1982 to 1990
3 moments here
American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…
Moments
- 1959 Golden Lion at Berlin Film Festival Dalida
- 1960 Titania Palast appearance Marlene Dietrich
- 1962 10,000-metre performance Abebe Bikila
- 1963 Declared solidarity with West Berlin John F. Kennedy
- 1963 Kennedy visit to Rathaus Schöneberg Willy Brandt
- 1963 Crossing divided Berlin Richard Nixon
- 1966 Delegation visit to East Germany Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1969 Address in West Berlin Richard Nixon
- 1975 Honorary guest at the Berlinale Claudia Cardinale
- 1978 West Berlin Airlift Memorial speech Jimmy Carter
- 1979 Group leader in Berlin Ada Yonath
- 1981 State visit at Brandenburg Gate José Eduardo dos Santos
- 1982 Berlinale jury presidency Joan Fontaine
- 1982 Visits West Berlin Ronald Reagan
- 1983 Meeting with Margot Honecker in Berlin Samora Machel
- 1984 State visit to East Berlin in 1984 Kim Il Sung
- 1986 Socialist Unity Party congress Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1987 Challenges Gorbachev at Berlin Wall Ronald Reagan
- 1989 GDR fortieth-anniversary visit Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1990 Tours Brandenburg Gate and Wall Ronald Reagan
- 1994 Berlin Lecture on Molecular Medicine Sydney Brenner
- 1994 Berlin International Film Festival juror Chinghiz Aitmatov
- 1997 Guest speaker in Berlin Robin Warren
- 1999 Lecture at Haus der Kulturen der Welt Kenzaburō Ōe
- 2002 Honorary Golden Bear ceremony Claudia Cardinale
- 2005 Opening speech at International Literature Festival Berlin Carlos Fuentes
- 2006 Candy press conference at Berlinale Heath Ledger
- 2007 Meeting Angela Merkel Shinzo Abe
- 2007 Meeting with President Hu Jintao Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
- 2010 Meeting Angela Merkel Sebastián Piñera
- 2011 State visit to Berlin Pope Benedict XVI
- 2011 Trade and investment visit José Mujica
- 2013 Official visit to Germany Li Keqiang
- 2014 Meeting Chancellor Merkel Benigno Aquino III
- 2016 State visit to Germany Muhammadu Buhari
- 2020 Medical evacuation to Berlin Alexei Navalny
- 2020 Discharge from Charité Alexei Navalny