Bucharest in the Space Age

The atlas holds 9 people and 12 moments here, from 1960 to 2013. The most recorded lives are Kim Il Sung, Pope John Paul II and Mikhail Gorbachev.

Notable people

  1. Ahmed Sékou Touré

    in 1979

    1 moment here

    Guinean nationalist, trade-union leader, and Guinea’s first president, serving from independence in 1958 until his death in 1984.…

  2. Jean-Bédel Bokassa

    in 1970

    1 moment here

    Central African military officer and politician who seized power in the Central African Republic in 1966, served as president, and proclaimed himself…

  3. Kim Il Sung

    from 1966 to 1984

    4 moments 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…

  4. Kwame Nkrumah

    in 1972

    1 moment here

    Ghanaian nationalist leader, Pan-Africanist, and political theorist who led the Gold Coast to independence as Ghana in 1957.…

  5. 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…

  6. Mikhail Gorbachev

    in 1987

    1 moment here

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

  7. Nikita Khrushchev

    in 1960

    1 moment here

    Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…

  8. Pope John Paul II

    in 1999

    1 moment here

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

  9. Richard Nixon

    in 1969

    1 moment here

    Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…

Moments

  1. 1960 Arrival at Băneasa Airport Nikita Khrushchev
  2. 1966 Comecon summit in Bucharest Kim Il Sung
  3. 1969 Official visit to Bucharest Richard Nixon
  4. 1970 Official visit to Bucharest Jean-Bédel Bokassa
  5. 1972 Death at Flamingo Hotel Kwame Nkrumah
  6. 1975 State visit to Bucharest in 1975 Kim Il Sung
  7. 1979 Official visit to Romania Ahmed Sékou Touré
  8. 1980 State visit to Bucharest in 1980 Kim Il Sung
  9. 1984 State visit to Bucharest in 1984 Kim Il Sung
  10. 1987 State visit to Bucharest Mikhail Gorbachev
  11. 1999 Apostolic journey to Romania Pope John Paul II
  12. 2013 China-CEEC summit in Romania Li Keqiang

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