Buenos Aires in the Space Age
The atlas holds 18 people and 57 moments here, from 1957 to 2018. The most recorded lives are Mercedes Sosa, Jorge Rafael Videla and Diego Maradona.
Notable people
Diego Maradona
from 1960 to 2010
5 moments here
Argentine football player and manager Diego Armando Maradona (1960–2020) was a central figure in world football.…
Freddie Mercury
in 1981
1 moment here
Freddie Mercury (Farrokh Bulsara) was a British singer, songwriter, pianist, and lead vocalist of Queen.…
Gabriel García Márquez
in 1967
1 moment here
Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…
Garrincha
from 1959 to 1964
2 moments here
Manuel Francisco dos Santos, known as Garrincha, was a Brazilian right winger. He spent most of his club career with Botafogo and won the FIFA World…
Hugo Chávez
in 1995
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…
Italo Calvino
in 1984
1 moment here
Italian novelist, short-story writer, editor, journalist, and member of Oulipo. Born in Cuba, raised chiefly in Sanremo, and active across Italy,…
Jack Brabham
in 1960
1 moment here
Australian racing driver, engineer, team owner and three-time Formula One World Champion. Brabham began in Australian speedcar racing, worked as a…
Jiang Zemin
in 2001
1 moment here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
Jorge Rafael Videla
from 1958 to 2012
8 moments here
Argentine Army officer and de facto president of Argentina from 1976 to 1981. His dictatorship, the National Reorganization Process, conducted…
Juan Manuel Fangio
from 1957 to 1995
5 moments here
Argentine racing driver Juan Manuel Fangio was a five-time Formula One World Drivers’ Champion.…
Juan Perón
in 1974
2 moments here
Juan Domingo Perón was an Argentine army officer and politician who served as president of Argentina from 1946 to 1955 and again from 1973 until his…
Mercedes Sosa
from 1982 to 2009
15 moments here
Argentine folk singer and leading exponent of the nuevo cancionero movement, internationally known for interpreting Latin American popular song and…
Miguel Ángel Asturias
in 1962
1 moment here
Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright, journalist, and 1967 Nobel laureate. Asturias’s documented life moved between Guatemala, Europe,…
Néstor Kirchner
from 2003 to 2009
4 moments here
Argentine lawyer and Peronist politician. Kirchner was mayor of Río Gallegos, governor of Santa Cruz Province, president of Argentina from 2003 to…
Olav V
in 1967
1 moment here
Olav V of Norway (born Prince Alexander of Denmark) was King of Norway from 1957 until his death in 1991.…
Pelé
from 1959 to 1963
2 moments here
Edson Arantes do Nascimento, known as Pelé, was a Brazilian footballer who starred for Santos, Brazil and the New York Cosmos.…
Pope Francis
from 1966 to 1998
3 moments here
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Pope Francis, was an Argentine Jesuit priest, archbishop of Buenos Aires, cardinal, and head of the Catholic Church and…
Sebastián Piñera
from 2010 to 2018
3 moments here
Chilean economist, businessman and politician who served as president of Chile from 2010 to 2014 and from 2018 to 2022.…
Moments
- 1957 Argentine Grand Prix win Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1958 Service at the Ministry of Defence Jorge Rafael Videla
- 1959 Copa América in Buenos Aires Garrincha
- 1959 South American Championship match Pelé
- 1960 Argentine Grand Prix season opener Jack Brabham
- 1960 Birth at Policlínico Evita Hospital Diego Maradona
- 1962 Detention in Buenos Aires Miguel Ángel Asturias
- 1963 Copa Libertadores final appearance Pelé
- 1964 Botafogo versus Barcelona Garrincha
- 1966 Teaching at Colegio del Salvador Pope Francis
- 1967 Visit to Buenos Aires after breakthrough Gabriel García Márquez
- 1967 State visit to Argentina Olav V
- 1969 Joined Los Cebollitas youth team Diego Maradona
- 1973 Carrera del Recuerdo Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1974 Final rally appearance Juan Perón
- 1974 Death at Quinta de Olivos Juan Perón
- 1976 Presidential oath Jorge Rafael Videla
- 1976 Luncheon with Argentine intellectuals Jorge Rafael Videla
- 1976 Audience with Spain's trade minister Jorge Rafael Videla
- 1978 Opened the 1978 World Cup Jorge Rafael Videla
- 1978 Presented the World Cup trophy Jorge Rafael Videla
- 1981 Buenos Aires stadium performance Freddie Mercury
- 1982 Return concert at Teatro Ópera Mercedes Sosa
- 1984 Buenos Aires Book Fair appearance Italo Calvino
- 1985 Appeared in the Trial of the Juntas Jorge Rafael Videla
- 1988 Sin Fronteras at Luna Park Mercedes Sosa
- 1990 Creativa 90 performances at Gran Rex Mercedes Sosa
- 1991 Open-air stadium concert at Ferro Carril Oeste Mercedes Sosa
- 1992 Named Illustrious Citizen of Buenos Aires Mercedes Sosa
- 1992 Episcopal consecration Pope Francis
- 1995 Final confinement at home Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1995 Admission to Mater Dei Clinic Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1995 Death in Buenos Aires Juan Manuel Fangio
- 1995 Political event in Buenos Aires Hugo Chávez
- 1996 National Congress tribute Mercedes Sosa
- 1997 Four Teatro Ópera concerts Mercedes Sosa
- 1998 Metropolitan archbishop of Buenos Aires Pope Francis
- 2001 Acústico concerts at Gran Rex Mercedes Sosa
- 2001 State visit to Buenos Aires Jiang Zemin
- 2001 Farewell match Diego Maradona
- 2003 Presidential inauguration Néstor Kirchner
- 2003 Walk to the Casa Rosada after inauguration Néstor Kirchner
- 2005 Comeback concert at Casa Rosada Mercedes Sosa
- 2005 Return-tour concert at Cabaret Faena Mercedes Sosa
- 2006 Palermo concert Mercedes Sosa
- 2006 Corazón libre presentation at Gran Rex Mercedes Sosa
- 2006 May Revolution commemoration performance Mercedes Sosa
- 2007 Year-ending Buenos Aires concerts Mercedes Sosa
- 2007 Hospital treatment Diego Maradona
- 2009 Campaign appearance at Luna Park Néstor Kirchner