Budapest in the Cold War

The atlas holds 8 people and 9 moments here, from 1953 to 1990. The most recorded lives are Kim Il Sung, Mikhail Gorbachev and George H. W. Bush.

Ayrton Senna
in 1988
1 moment here
Brazilian racing driver Ayrton Senna da Silva was a three-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…
Diana, Princess of Wales
in 1990
1 moment here
Diana Frances Spencer (1961–1997) was Princess of Wales from 1981 until her divorce in 1996.…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1972
1 moment here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Freddie Mercury
in 1986
1 moment here
Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…
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…
Kim Il Sung
from 1956 to 1984
2 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…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1986
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Satyendra Nath Bose
in 1953
1 moment here
Indian theoretical physicist and mathematician whose 1924 work founded Bose-Einstein statistics.…